Topic: mint

[littlebabybird]

hi does any one have some mint i can have? please

i was looking for seeds but my little brother recons i should ask for a root?


lbb

[ceres]

Oh, I can give you roots - how many roots would you like??!!  ;)

I've got a nice variegated apple mint in a pot that needs potting on.  Any good to you?  I've also got the plain old ordinary mint too if that's what you're after.

[valmarg]

You could also go to your local supermarket and buy a pack of mint, and take cuttings.

It is an easy way of increasing your stocks.

French tarragon is another herb you can propagate by this method.

valmarg

[littlebabybird]

thankyou valmarg

ceres i was after the normal one but apple mint sounds great as well.
if its not to much of a pain could i have both please?
theres no great hurry just when your doing them :)
can i send you anything or just some stamps?    :-*
lbb 

[Hyacinth]

.....and I've got some non-variagated apple mint too as well as the 'ordinary' stuff...and somewhere I've got a really pretty one....curry mint perhaps?...small variagated leaves, low growing...thing is, I might not be able to find it all til it starts coming through, but I spect that won't be too long now. Any good?

[littlebabybird]

oooh Hyacinth yes please :)


thank you every one :)

lbbx

[Hyacinth]

OK, you're on, but like I said, you'll have to wait til it shows itself :-\

XXX

[littlebabybird]

its ok there is no hurry, i was going to grow from seed.

lbb

[ceres]

lbb, I'll pot them on at the weekend and sort you out some root sections.  Don't worry about sending anything, not necessary.  :)

[littlebabybird]

ceres thank you so much  :-*

[Slug_killer]

As Mint is promiscuous, it very rarely comes true from seed.

In a few weeks time (around Easter) the GC's will be full of 3.5" pots of every kind of mint going - and there are quite a few. At about £1.25-£1.50 their good value.

Pot them into a bukkit this year and it'll be packed full of roots this time next year, plant it out and by year 2 it'll have taken over the garden. Year 3 - the world, and you'll be giving cuttings away.

My fav's are Black spearmint and Moroccan mint.