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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What herb do you want to see a guide on next? We're growing a ton right now!
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.
I think I shall start a garden by my front door and call it "Mint Mayhem".
it's a good plant to experi-mint with. ba dump. there's also a variety of peppermint that was created in an atomic garden.
thanks for your explanation
Preorder your 8-in-1’s guys! Super excited to get some soil in mine!!
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.
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.
How can your mint survive being absolutely brutalized with a saw and yet I can't grow it to save my life
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.
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!
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.
Rhizomes will share nutrients with other roots. Taste blending is more likely to occur from that than from air.
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.
I love mint I don't really use It for anything I just love to grow It I can walk out Into my garden on a breezy day and just smell It a mile away
I'm not trying to be that guy, but I have 6 starts of spearmint that I started from seed in my house. And they are doing quite nicely.
I heard different mints loose their flavor when grown close together because of cross pollination.
Love pineapple mint it’s tea worthy and pretty to grow
Chives, Rosemary
My mint is growing quick and beautiful. When will the 8 in 1 bed be back on your site?
My favorites are pineapple and chocolate 🙂
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.
I’d like to know what other things you use your mint for. I really like Ricola mint. It’s delicious as a tea.
Root cuttings is also a good method of propagation
Yezzzzza. That's what I've been found for weeks now! IE Zone 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.
Catnip is my favorite mint, not that I eat it but I like to give it to cats. Only half of cats like it though.