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

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"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?

I don't know those varieties but do know that some will outgrow and crowd
out others :-(

Mary

Hi All,
"kitamun" wrote in message
.net...

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.


Container Gardening in
Central California twelve miles from the ocean
Climate 10a

Separate Posting to Newsgroups: rec.gardens and rec.gardens.edible

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"R M. Watkin" wrote:

Hi All,
"kitamun" wrote in message
.net...

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
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Peace! Om

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

In article ,
Omelet wrote:

In article ,
"R M. Watkin" wrote:

Hi All,
"kitamun" wrote in message
.net...

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
--

Billy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0s...eature=related

In article
,
Billy wrote:

In article ,
Omelet wrote:

In article ,
"R M. Watkin" wrote:

Hi All,
"kitamun" wrote in message
.net...

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

In article ,
Omelet wrote:

In article
,
Billy wrote:

In article ,
Omelet wrote:

In article ,
"R M. Watkin" wrote:

Hi All,
"kitamun" wrote in message
.net...

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.

She? Mine (Beau) only fires blanks but I'm sure he would like to meet
your little border collie. He is a short hair (McNabb). I use a motion
detecting sprinkler but Beau always finds when it's not turned on to
work his magic. He is also exploring other parts of the garden now. He
likes to finds an area and then paw it up like he is a bull or
somethin'. We have three lots of steep hillside and a bend in the one
way narrow street that we live on, so he has lots of fence line to
interact with pedestrians. I swear he hits warp nine going from one end
of the yard to the other (In contravention of all the laws of physics.).
His foster sister, Lilly, is a German shepherd and likes to play bounce
the border collie (she is 85 lbs. to his 45 lbs.) and then she licks
him. They are seven ears old this year and I hope that the start to show
their age. My garden deserves it. I deserve it.
--

Billy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0s...eature=related

In article ,
says...
Hi All,
"kitamun" wrote in message
.net...

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.

Or you need an environment that's as competitive as the mint... like
ours. --Mint grows strongly and well in several, locations. In other
areas, our pet garden thugs beat it, and each other into submission.

"R M. Watkin" wrote in message
...

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.

I planted mine in a Belfast sink. The hens have kept it under control, in
fact they've cleared it completely. I thought that was impossible!

There's one new plant growing in the nearby veg. plot which is protected
from the hens, it's safe there. The sink didn't stop it spreading :-(

Mary

says...

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?

I thank everyone who posted in response to my inquiry of suitability
to potting peppermint and spearmint plants together. The main caution
was their known tendency to colonize nearby territory. I planted them
together in a seven gallon nursery pot (14 inch diameter) and told
them to stay there. They seemed to agree that they would.

http://fasterupload.com/files/83976afnfc569bwkc3lc.jpg

Kitamun

--

Container Gardening in
Central California twelve miles from the ocean
Climate 10a

Separate Posting to Newsgroups: rec.gardens and rec.gardens.edible

Hi All,

"kitamun" wrote in message
.net...

says...

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?

I thank everyone who posted in response to my inquiry of suitability
to potting peppermint and spearmint plants together. The main caution
was their known tendency to colonize nearby territory. I planted them
together in a seven gallon nursery pot (14 inch diameter) and told
them to stay there. They seemed to agree that they would.

http://fasterupload.com/files/83976afnfc569bwkc3lc.jpg

Kitamun

I would not count on it. Mint has been known to lie

Richard M. Watkin.

--

Container Gardening in
Central California twelve miles from the ocean
Climate 10a

Separate Posting to Newsgroups: rec.gardens and rec.gardens.edible

In article ,
"R M. Watkin" wrote:

Hi All,

"kitamun" wrote in message
.net...

says...

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?

I thank everyone who posted in response to my inquiry of suitability
to potting peppermint and spearmint plants together. The main caution
was their known tendency to colonize nearby territory. I planted them
together in a seven gallon nursery pot (14 inch diameter) and told
them to stay there. They seemed to agree that they would.

http://fasterupload.com/files/83976afnfc569bwkc3lc.jpg

Kitamun

I would not count on it. Mint has been known to lie

Richard M. Watkin.

LOL!!!

So does Lemon Verbena. ;-)
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Peace! Om

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