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Wild Mint
A variety of mint
How to sow wild mint: Direct seed indoors or outside
Sun requirement for wild mint: Plant in Partial Sun
Mint is a perennial herb with a distinctive taste. It's stems are square-shaped and it has pink, purple, or white flowers. Peppermint, ginger mint, and large apple mint are hybrids of mint. Mint is often grown in pots to prevent it from overtaking the garden with its invasive, spreading rhizome root structure. It's leaves are most aromatic before the plant flowers and can be used fresh, dried, or frozen. Mint's strongly scented leaves confuse the pests of carrots, tomatoes, alliums, and brassicas, and deter flea beetles.
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Wild mint facts
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Growing wild mint
- Plant in a pot or a sunk bucket to keep it from spreading at planting out
- Water regularly at planting out every week
- Pick sprigs at first harvest every week
- Cut back hard after flowering 8 weeks after first harvest
- Divide and replant 24 months after planting out
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Where wild mint grow
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Sign in or sign up to post your tips and experiences growing wild mint.Who's planted wild mint
- shiny Aro Valley · Wellington, NZ
- cas3y black pot · Whanganui a tara
Wild mint harvests
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shiny harvested not specified.
over 8 years ago
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shiny harvested not specified.
almost 9 years ago
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cas3y harvested 5.
almost 9 years ago
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Time to harvest
If sown now, expect a first harvest in about 12 days.
From the median time members' plantings of this crop took to their first harvest.
Ecological requirements
Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Mentha longifolia Huds
| Family / Taxonomy | Magnoliopsida Asteridae Lamiales Labiatae |
|---|---|
| Life form | herb |
| Life span | perennial |
| Habit | erect |
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