Re: Spider Mites on Mints ?


--- maria guzman <mirror@3rivers.net> wrote:

> I don't know of any mints that grow in full sun -
> especially in California!
> (There is a field mint: Mentha arvensis (?) which
> grows in dry, mixed grass
> pasture, but IIRC it hasn't much odor.)  

We had spearmint growing in full sun here in Marina
(just north of Monterey). It got everywhere.
Fortunately, we keep the front garden on the dry side
so it never became a pest, it just popped up in
different places here and there. It's mostly died off
since it never gets lots of water. Of course, our
climate is cool year round and in summer we get lots
of fog.

The native "mint" is Yerba Buena, (Satureja
douglasii), which grows out in the chapparal under
bushes. It's rather dainty and small and has a light
mint scent. I'm sure though it probably prefers
moister conditions. I think the Japanese use it for
flavoring, rather than true mint.
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