Peppermint plants

[federicoP]

Hi, I am looking for some peppermint small plants (to prepare a good Mojito......) to grow in my pots.

I have asked in different nurseries, as well as at We Café, but did not find anything.

 

Any address to suggest ?

 

Many thanks

[BritManToo]

Mojito is made with Mint leaves.

Supermarkets often sell the picked leaves/sprigs, which you can root and grow.

I found them in Rimping (Chiang Mai), and grew loads.

Sadly I let them all die when I lost the taste for Mojitos.

 

You could try seeds, although I've never had much luck with seeds from Lazada.

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/200-mint-pepper-i265222444-s412611367.html

 

And some live plants.

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/papermints-i785026906-s1562674091.html

 

 

Edited January 4, 2022 by BritManToo

[federicoP]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Supermarkets often sell the picked leaves/sprigs, which you can root and grow.

Thanks, last year I have been lucky and found at Makro some small mint branches with roots, I put them on a pot and they have grown and supplied our mojitos for a long time.  

This year it looks that I am not so lucky.

Thanks for the clarification, in my country we call it only Mint and I make Mojito with the kind mint that I find.

 

But in Cuba, with the Hierba Buena cubana and the rumba, ah, definitely another thing ........????

[rwill]

You can find it at roadside nurseries.  สะระแหน่  commonly said as salanaa

or on lazada as mentioned above.

[Tropposurfer]

Mentha (Lamiaceae family) is easy to grow from seeds. You can order them online easily or maybe get them in a big garden centre of maybe a large hardware store (I dont know of any to direct you too).

lay out seed-raisin mix in a tray or a pot, tap tray a few times on the table to settle the mix, screed the mix nice a flat and level, then sprinkle to seeds on the moist pot-mix surface, cover seeds with the tiniest bit of washed (tiling sand if ya can get a bit) and water in by using a spray bottle not a water can (watering can, hose droplets too big and will uncover or bury seeds to deep).

If you can get a healthy bunch of mint from a supermarket or someones garden ( Villa, Central Food Halls sells all the time in Bang Tao).

That's how we grew all the different mints we have. It will strike in water easily in the kitchen (don't need direct light to strike, just ambient kitchen window sill light and refresh the water ever day ... very gently so as to not disturb the cutting too much.

I used filtered water not the tap-water as it's so dirty ...  this way you avoid rancid water developing in the glass cutting jar.

Simply cut a 'woody' if a bunch of mint just take a few 150mm pieces and cut the bottom of the stems. (not soft tip cutting) with sharp scissors ... nice clean cut just below a leaf node, strip off the leaves above that cut all the way to the top except for a few leaves at the end of the stem (this allows for photosynthesis) and stops rapid dehydration of the cutting and the plant trying to push  energy back into too many leaves.

This leaf removal directs energy to the special cells (meristems) that are present in and around the leaf nodes to trigger them to make roots.

Place stem into a jar or glass of water. 

Make sure a few leaf junctions where you've pulled off the leaves are submerged in the water and wait maybe 10 days for the roots to develop. Then plant in some decent potting mix (gently as the roots are very tender.

Then water in gently and place in a semi shady  moist cooler area, maybe just underneath some other overhead plants on the patio will be fine and let the plant settle and begin to grow. Mint species by-and-large enjoy a cool, moist root run, so water is good as long as they don't sit waterlogged.

If you've got some Seasol or other fish based nutrient liquid, water in with a weak solution into its new pot or garden bed area. Then same again every few weeks and it will thrive.

 

All the common mint's if grown in decent soil with grow vigorously and spread via underground rhizomes (modified stems) so watch this and make sure you get rid of the extra growth you don't want by digging up and cutting away from parent plant, then bagging it to trash, or composting it as if will become a nasty weed if simply thrown in a rubbish heap, or over a fence or wall. 

 

I grow it on the south east side of the house so it gets a bit of morning sun and then no midday or afternoon sun. It's in a large old Italian terracotta pot along with spearmint and peppermint plants so its a nice show of different greens, flowers too.

It sits in a garden bed which helps keep the roots cool and moist. I sealed the Italian terracotta pot with waterproofing membrane paint to help keep the roots moist longer between waterings.

Peppermint is a great plant for near doorways and BBQ as as it deters flies, mosquitoes, and other annoying flying critters and is delicious scent when you brush past it. The dogs love it lol and have a good nose poke and sniff every day.     

Edited January 5, 2022 by Tropposurfer

[unblocktheplanet]

Are mints annuals to perennials, i.e., do they die every year & need to be replanted or can one keep cutting & they keep growing?