December 23, 2024

VIDEO: How to Grow TONS of Mint (And Not Let it Take Over)


Join @Jacques in the Garden and I as we grow multiple different varieties of mint and discuss ways to prevent it from spreading, propagate it, and harvest at the optimal time for freshness and flavor.

00:00 – Intro
00:08 – Quick Mint Tips
00:42 – Mint Varieties
01:57 – Propagation By Division
04:12 – Propagation By Cuttings
06:45 – Mint In Containers
07:48 – Clean Up & Harvest

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27 thoughts on “VIDEO: How to Grow TONS of Mint (And Not Let it Take Over)

  1. I have a mint container garden on my deck. My favorite is "chewing gun mint" that is a type of mint that tastes like Double mint gum. I like it because it tastes very good with strawberries.

    No one turn me in, but I help nurseries prune their mint and come home and stick them in water to propogate them.

  2. My understanding is mint cross pollinates, so that is why you want to spread out varieties a decent distance from one another. I don't know what the ideal distance is, but if growing multiple varieties for more than a season right next to eachother in the same planter, I could see why they could end up tasting similar or the same from one another.

  3. Have you done an oregano video like this? I need to split some insanely overgrown oregano bushes and don’t know where to start. I live nearby so I’d like to follow your advice first, if possible. (seasonal timing is a factor since the heat is coming) They’re taking over my herb garden.

  4. I have been growing spearmint in the shade on the side of my house with very little effort. I think the shade keeps it from spreading so fast. It gets about an hour to two hours of sun a day. I has been very manageable. I handle it once a year when I’m weeding the area. Some of it gets pulled up when I pull weeds but it always comes back. I’d love to add different varieties. Thanks for the idea.

  5. i literally planted mint today! along with dill, chives, italian parsley, thai and genovese basil and lavender (i know i should have gotten a plant but im experimenting). you have videos on most of them tho i think. except maybe chives and the parsley? thanks! you’re the best!

  6. I love to muddle pineapple mint, spearmint, and lemon balm in some elderflower cordial/syrup with ice and top it off with club soda. Refreshing and tasty. Also a calming drink due to all the great properties in all of those herbs.

  7. Would you consider doing a video on mint as a ground cover? Which Lamiaceae plants work best? I've been trying to replace the grass with various mints, with varying degrees of success. The peppermint seems to grow the fastest. Creeping thyme works okay, but takes a while to get going, and is finicky to propagate. Oregano sort of works, but the Greek oregano survived while the golden oregano did not.

  8. It's hard to kill mint once it's in the ground. I love all kinds of mint though so I prefer it to weeds in any case. One ground cover that most don't know about is something called Corsican mint. I don't know if it's edible but it had tiny leaves and looks a lot like baby tears but when you step on it you get this great minty scent. It's heaven as a ground cover.

  9. I hate to tell you but I recently started spearmint from seed. I did not know that you couldn’t. Apparently you can! Not the easiest thing to start from seed but it did germinate and I’ve got little seed trays of it. I had some other mint from last year, repotted, and I used a bread knife. I agree it’s easier to propagate from cuttings.

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