Growing Mint, also Garden mint

Mentha spicata : Lamiaceae / the mint family

Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov
S	S	S	S
		T	T	T
		P	P	P

(Best months for growing Mint in Australia - sub-tropical regions)

S = Plant undercover in seed trays
T = Plant out (transplant) seedlings
P = Sow seed

Easy to grow. Grow in trays and plant out or start from cuttings. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 21°C and 24°C. (Show °F/in)
Space plants: 30 cm apart
Harvest in 8-12 weeks. Cut leaves from top with scissors.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Cabbages, Tomatoes

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21 Aug 17, Eileen Stowers (New Zealand - temperate climate): My Grandfaher told me to empty the tea pot round the mint when the tea is cold and it will thrive. I tried it and got three times the size of the leaves that I got before with only water !! Has anyone else tried this ?
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13 May 17, Preetam (Australia - temperate climate): My mint plant is not flowering in winter. All the leaves are turning yellow in Color. Any advice please.
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15 May 17, Ken (Australia - temperate climate): Some of the leaves on my mint have gone yellow and dropped. They seem to do it every winter. It can be quite cold here so I just put it down to that. They freshen up every spring and take off again.
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24 Oct 16, Gillian (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Does heavy wind affect a small balcony garden of tomatoes, parsley, spring onions, sage, mint tyme, spinach etc ?
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31 Mar 16, James L (Australia - temperate climate): My guess is that its a bug called leafminer, while common in citrus trees it is known to affect other plants. Ive had it on cabbage, mint and rocket. Yates success is a good product to use
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06 Mar 16, carole jones (USA - Zone 5b climate): in streator ill and does anyone ever grow ginseng have the seeds no information how do start to plant . can then be planted outside.
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18 Jan 16, Jennifer (Australia - sub-tropical climate): What's the best form of fertiliser if any, for mint and other root running herbs? Thanks
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12 Nov 15, MANJU (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I PLANTED MINT AND CUCUMBER IN THE SAME TRAY. THE MINT IS NOT GROWING AS IT WAS BEFORE . IT IS MORE THAN 6 WEEKS BUT THERE ARE NO FLOWERS IN CUCUMBER PLANT. HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE THE CUCUMBERS
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23 Dec 15, Mark (Australia - tropical climate): Do you fertilise with pot ash?
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10 Nov 15, goitse (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): where can i buy mint seedlings in South Africa,also where can i found an active farmer who grows sweet corn
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