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Billy wrote:

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Omelet wrote:

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"R M. Watkin" wrote:

Hi All,
"kitamun" wrote in message
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I received from Nichols Seed Company yesterday the two mint plants I
ordered in January. One is a Black Simpson peppermint and the other a
spearmint. I am considering transplanting them both to a seven gallon
nursery pot. They will share an apartment for a while until I figure-
out how much of each I will use. If I need more of either for my
kitchen later I will take a cutting or a root to another location.

Are there cautions to this plan that my inexperience in gardening is
not allowing me to see?

Any comment is welcome.

Thank you.

Kitamun

Most mint will take over everyting if you do not keep it under control.
It
is best kept in some sort of container otherwise you will be lumbered
with
trying to dig it out for ever. Hope tis helps you.

Richard M. watkin.


The alternative is to adopt a border collie.

She totally destroyed my mint patch. g

Mine specializes in beets and lettuce:-( groan

Believe it or not, a low wire fence helps. I used to have NO grass at
all in the front yard. I fenced off the middle and one side and left her
a "race track" around the perimeter which I'll be lining with a wood
mulch for looks and mud control.

I now have grass returning to life in those protected areas. :-) She
jumps that low fence in the middle to go potty, but she does not stay in
there and stomp it all to death.

Right now I'm allowing her to kill the star jasmine in one area where I
don't want it. That stuff is a bear to pull out.

I'll fence it off once it's clear and put down landscaping fabric before
refinishing it.
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Peace! Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a Bitch."
-- Jack Nicholson