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SFGL: mints

Yes, take it out of the bed and put it in one of those 5 gal. black pots.
What are they, 12" pots? Then stick the pot back into the ground. Dig it up
at the end of the season and cut off any roots that are working their way
out of the pot, then rebury the pot. As far as I can tell all mints are
invasive -- some more so than others and I think it depends in part on
where in the world they are grown. I have grown 10 different varieties of
mint and they all spread like fireweed if I don't contain them. Of course I
don't mind digging them up too much since the tender new growth tastes so
good.

Try using mint in ices cubes with them. Just put a leaf in the bottom of
each spot and then fill w/ water, juice, or iced tea and freeze.

>There has been a lot of discussion here recently about mint and problems
>with it being invasive.  Are all of the mints invasive or only some?  I
>have just (as in a week ago) planted a single orange mint plant in one of
>my raised beds.  It is planted with a number of other herbs.  Will this
>prove to be a problem in the future?  Should I remove it and put it in a
>pot instead?  Or, for example, if I really did want it to be in that raised
>bed, would it be OK to replant the mint in a pot and then bury the pot in
>the bed? (to prevent runners)



Natalie McNair-Huff
Gardening Organically in Tacoma, WA Sunset zone 5; USDA Zone 7/8
Publisher/Editor Mac Net Journal http://www.blol.com/web_mnj/

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