Question:
watering my mint plant?
waca waca
12 years ago
i need help with my mint plant(speremint). i have no idea how much water to give it. i already know to water when the plants soil is dry and always keep the soil damp. i just wanted to know if there is an approximate amount of water.
Five answers:
anonymous
12 years ago
How often and how much you need to water depends on the size of the pot, the size of the plant, the amount of sunlight and the surrounding temperature. So it will vary. All you can do is make a point of checking it every couple of days to make sure the soil is damp. I have some mint (a small plant at the moment) in a pot that's about 15cm diameter and about 25cm deep. Our weather is hot at the moment. I give it about half to one litre every three days or so. I have my pot sitting in a fairly deep saucer and I let the water stay in the saucer until it's soaked up into the soil.
anonymous
12 years ago
Mulch your mint patch, if desired. Mentha grows too vigorously for weeds to bother it much, but if your garden space lacks adequate water or dappled shade, mulch helps keep the herbs cool and moist.



Don't worry about fertilizing your mints. The herbs adapt just fine to almost any kind of soil, so save your compost and fish emulsion for pickier plants.



Unless your mints live in containers or grow in the Dust Bowl, watering is not a concern. Mints can take care of themselves! But do check the soil of your potted-up herbs, including mints, as container soil dries out much more quickly than garden soil.



Keep pruning, or pinching back, the tips of the plants to encourage healthier, bushy growth and plenty of leaves. The plants, especially peppermint, quickly get a leggy, scraggly look when left unpruned. If possible, however, let some of the plants flower. The purple blossoms look lovely in any garden, and make a unique addition to salads, herbal vinegars, jellies and jams.



Even if you do nothing, the plants will simply die back in the cold months and emerge hale and hearty the following spring. For neatness' sake, though, you may want to trim the plants close to ground level in the autumn.



For the colder months, consider potting up a bit of mint for an indoor container. Keep the mint watered but not overly moist, and place it where it will receive some shade. As you might have guessed, however, indoor mint plants are not much fussier than their outdoor cousins.
Gege
12 years ago
The sprig you choose doesn't need to have a lot of leaves. Almost every sprig will do. When cutting a sprig, cut about a centimeter above a junction. This way new branches will grow just below that place.

Put the sprig in a glass full of water. Do this for a few sprigs so you'll end up with more than one plant. You can put more than one sprig in the same glass.
?
12 years ago
There is no ideal amount. Mint loves it wet so the more moisture you give it the happier it will be. Err on being too moist rather than too dry. Like Sheila says it depends on growing conditions.
?
12 years ago
the other answers tried to be smart about it , but seriously its basically a weed just keep it damp.. its quite hard to kill mint,it spreads like crazy


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