Comment on Mint

Sunforged@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ranzispa@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Unless all you want to harvest is mint, it’s not a good idea to plant mint in the ground. It takes over the whole field.

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  • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was promised this when I planted mint in ground atbmy old house, and sure enough, the mint took hold. Alas, my insatiable appetite for mojitos was too much demand for the mint to sustain and I eradiacted it through overharvesting.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have also experienced this tragedy. But not before discovering that a little catnip gives mojitos a nice flavor

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      • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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        Since I do not enjoy being randomly attacked, I don’t mess with their stash.

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      weeds hate this one trick

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  • kinkles@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This was me as a novice gardener many years ago.

    Wow this grows really well!

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    Okay, I’m going to trim this back now.

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    Why the hell is there mint over there now

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  • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    would be the best smelling field tho

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No joke we have a few pots of different mints growing by the trash cans for any unpleasant odors

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oooh. I knew this but for some reason my brain went from “Th ground? Like soil?” to “if I’m not supposed to grow it in a pot of soil, am I meant to grow it on some sort of trellis setup?”

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  • nomecks@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s why I only plant horseradish!

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• belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mint grows as hard as grass and weeds. Once you plant mint all you have is more mint

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  • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mint grows better than grass, as it’s well suited for the environments most people try to grow grass. Which are environments not well suited for it.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well I copied the yard we already had, but I let the mint run wild. Also I think the racing stripes I added here and here look pretty sharp.

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