Growing Spearmint from a Cutting
LaLa from North Augusta, SC
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RE: Growing Spearmint from a Cutting
I agree with the others, mint is very easy to grow. I have it in my flower beds all around the house. It smells very nice when you walk by it. Just cut a limb off, stick it in the ground, keep damp till you see it growing. I also like to make mint tea. Good luck.
Post By kathleen (Guest Post)
RE: Growing Spearmint from a Cutting
You might have to limit yourself to certain seasons when you try to grow cuttings. Just a suggestion.
I understand mint is invasive, so it should be placed in a pot in the garden from whence it can't escape through a drainage hole in the bottom.
Where I live, mint is an annual, so the 'escape and take over' factor isn't a problem.
Post by cookwie
RE: Growing Spearmint from a Cutting
You will have no trouble rooting spearmint either in water or directly in soil. I had a 100 year old house with spearmint growing through the foundation into the cellar. It was white wherever it grew without sunlight! (no chlorophyl). Once you have it rooted, be sure to plant it (or any mint) in a pot. If you put it in the ground it will take over. Enjoy.
Post By Ashley (Guest Post)
RE: Growing Spearmint from a Cutting
John is right, many things will root in water. I am really into gardening and I have an old aquarium outside with six packs filled with perlite for rooting plants. I cover the top with glass, leaving it slightly ajar. I mist the cuttings every day and keep the perlite damp. I have good luck rooting a lot of things this way.
Post By Pat (Guest Post)
RE: Growing Spearmint from a Cutting
Thank you very much!
Post By LaLa (Guest Post)
RE: Growing Spearmint from a Cutting
Sure, mint of any kind is very easy to start. Stick a sprig with several leaves in water. Pinch off a couple of the bottom leaves. The roots grow at the nodes. Plant in yard or garden when a bunch of roots appear.
Post By John M L (Guest Post)
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