»How To Grow Mint In Pots«
Mint is a perennial plant with a tiny purple, pink or white flowers. Mint leaves have a fresh sweet aromatic taste . These high aromatic plants are rarely annual.
Mint plants have opposite pair of leaves. Mint leaves are oblong and are sometimes downy with margins. Mint is the fastest growing aromatic herbal plant and it has many varieties. Each of them has a different variety of leaves, own flavor or scent but they belong to the same family. Make sure that the variety you choose is adaptable to your rowing conditions. Some varieties of mint are not used for culinary purpose and are used for aromatic or aesthetic purposes.
Varieties
Varieties like peppermint have delightful sautéed leaves with delicate white and purple colored flowers which provide a spicy fragrance when crushed between the fingers.
This variety grows well in containers and can be harvested twice in a growing season. Other varieties that can be grown in pots include Spearmint, Pineapple mint, apple mint, Red mint, Chocolate mint, Lavender mint among others.
Propagation
Pudina mint can be propagated in pots from both seeds and cuttings. Propagating from seed is a time taking process and ideal method for growing pudina in pots is through cutting.
Even though mint can be grown from seeds, cuttings are a faster and more reliable option. Potting soil for growing Mint in pots requires deep rich fertile soils that are high in organic matter. The PH levels of the soil should range from 6.0 to 7.5. Lots of water is also a requirement for mint to thrive.
Requirements
Even though mint adapts to all types of soil, it produces the best in soils enriched with organic compost or well rotted manure
Suitable containers for growing pudina in pots should be of large size . The mint plant grows vigorously and most of them grow by their own so use of shallow containers may spread the mint roots out at the bottom weakening the plant.
