where are you? Mint recovers quickly from transplanting. When I chop a
rhizome into many plants for my friends, I leave only a little strand
of roots for a one foot plant. It looks bad for a day or two, but then
it perks up and is fine from there onward. At any rate keep in mind
that a single plant will cover about four square yards completely in
three years, so many mint plants are beyond overkill. I have about two
square yards, but we drink mint tea most nights, and it all started
with three mint plants.