Mint and the rest of the world!

[tball]

OK last year i planted a small mint plant near my cucs and tomatoes. Winter comes , all disapear. Then spring, till, and plow garden. Then "oh my" mint everywere, now i am ok with it all over, but its next to green beans and purple hulls and **** near everything!!! My question is will the smell or flavor of mint affect any of my veggies?

 

[uchytil]

It's rhe worst garden weed ever and hard to erradicate. Dig it out and burn it. The smell/flavor won't be the problem. The roots are very invasive and choke out the new seedlings. Good luck. There are some weed killers you can use and an organic one I read about uses vinegar, salt, and dish soap - google for more info.

OK last year i planted a small mint plant near my cucs and tomatoes. Winter comes , all disapear. Then spring, till, and plow garden. Then "oh my" mint everywere, now i am ok with it all over, but its next to green beans and purple hulls and **** near everything!!! My question is will the smell or flavor of mint affect any of my veggies?

 

[Gryphon]

Mint is very easy to spot, so I'd just keep yanking it out as you go and use it in meals, or dry it out and use it for tea. But yeah, it spreads like crazy, and chopping it up and spreading it only makes it grow in new places, as you've found out.

 

[Nambroth]

I wish mints would come with a warning sticker that they are very invasive. Not only to your other garden plants, but to native species too, as it goes crazy. I love mint, though, so I put mine in a big terra cotta pot and buried the pot so that all but the lip is in the ground. The mint stays where I put it and I can enjoy it that way.

I too recommend trying to pull it up as it grows, and get it out of your ground. It will spread more and more every year. It grows well for me in a pot, which is the best way to do it if you want mint!

 

[Happy Chooks]

I love the smell of chocolate mint, but I won't plant it because I don't want it everywhere in my garden.

 

[Carols Clucks]

I got a chocolate mint and planted it....In a big pot! Not even going to risk that pot in the ground.

Mom hates the smell of mint, I think it was her job to weed mint from the gardens as a child

 

[carolsaucier]

Here in central Florida mint is hard to grow, too dry and too sandy. I have 1 struggling mint that I have to constantly defend my my feathered girls. They love it too.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

Do you have any pets that will eat it? I know my rabbits love mint. If not, just keep pulling it up.

 

[OnceAroundTheBlock]

I love mint and mainly put a sprig or two in my gallon jugs of southern sweetened ice tea. I'll explain how much I love the stuff......

In FL, a friend gave me a huge bunch of old fashion peppermint that he pulled up roots and all from his "back 30" and told me back then that his mint patch was at least 40 years old. I transplanted it in my FL back yard and it grew beautifully for at least 10 more years and when we moved here to NC, I dug it all up, wrapped it in wet newspapers and transplanted it all out by my NC barn.......and that was 31 years ago.

So the way I figure it, that mint plant(s) has to be at least 80 years old now and still growing strong. I should give it a name since it's been part of the family for so long.

 

[Daisy8s]

I love mint, too...homemade mint jelly is the best. I have two plants in pots and one plant that grew beyond a weak in-ground barrier I made.

I thought the in-ground plant would spread since that is what I've read but it barely has. It's stayed about the same size and location for three years now. Maybe the location and soil conditions are important. This is in a semi-shaded area with fairly poor/light soil. It does get mown whenever I mow the yard so perhaps this helps to deter it from spreading?