HERB - Peppermint

[Wolf Kestris Rowanwood]

Choclate mint, orange mint and my spearmint... full evening, partial
afternooon sun. my catmint loves it too. all love semi wet soil here.}:)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren & Meredith Harmon" <corwynsca at juno.com>
To: <herbalist at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 2:40 PM
Subject: HERB - Peppermint


>
> Hello!
>
> >Nope.  Me too.  I've now managed to kill peppermint, spearmint, and
> >lemon balm in pots.  ;>  (The peppermint died last weekend.  ;<)
> >
> >I can grow them in the ground just fine, but as soon as I pot them....
>
> For some reason, peppermint doesn't like pots.  I had the same problem -
> spreads like a weed in the ground, but as soon as you pot it, it withers.
>  The only time I've been able to trick it is by putting the pot into the
> ground, flush with the soil.  Then it was fine.
>
> Now, let me think....my grandmother told me that each individual mint
> likes different conditions, and that you must accede to its request.  For
> instance, catnip likes full shade (under pine trees is best), and white
> balsam likes full sun and dry conditions, but blue balsam likes morning
> sun and evening shade, with dry conditions.  I don't know about some of
> the other mints.
>
> Go fig.
> -Caro
>
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