How to safely remove fresh mint from plant?

Question

I am growing a little chocolate mint plant by the window and the stems are pretty long now. How do I safely remove the mint so that the plant keeps growing? Do I just pull off the leaves and leave the stem in the soil? Or do I take out the whole stem? If so, where do I remove the stem from? Just the top soil or pull the whole thing out? I'm worried it won't grow back if I take the stem out. Any gardeners know? Thanks!

Answer 1

Mints are very hard to kill if they get enough light. Cut any where. Cut as much as you want. It will grow back with a vengence. They love being cut. The more you cut the more it will re sprout.

Answer 2

Yes I was a bit worried about the "Stem" business. Mint should be bushy not single stemmed. No, you do not just pull off the leaves, when your plant branches out, on the tip of each branch you will find lovely succulent fresh tips, just pluck these off and use them. In fact if you take out the tip of the single stem of the plant it will bush out much better, so just pluck it.

Answer 3

Mint

Answer 4

Cut as much as you want, just leave 5-6 leaves on the stem. The more you cut, the more it branches, the more you get.

Answer 5

If you only have ONE stem, I would wait until you have more. But if you have a good patch going, just cut the whole stem to the ground.