"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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I tried to contact this fellow but does his email address work, not
Pygmalion likely!

Alan

"Tim Tyler" wrote in message
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Janet Baraclough.. wrote or
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from Tim Tyler contains these words:

I'm trying to grow some mint from cuttings.

Mint is /supposed/ to root easily - but I'm having some problems.

I've tried putting the cuttings in water, but find that they wilt
faster than they take up fresh water.

Did you cut the ends of the stems before you put them in water?

I did.

I suspect there may also bo some mystical art of slicing bits from
the side - which I haven't mastered yet.

I may persevere with my science experiments.

I may wait until next time I see my Gran - and steal some of her mint.

Or I might try a garden centre.
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Striking cuttings from mint plants?.
Mint is a ferociously fast growing weed and has a massive root system, it's
as bad if not worse than convolvulus.
Grip a smallish bunch of stems and pull 'em out without breaking them away
from their roots., Ease out with a trowel if necessary. Now you have a
problem. Where are you going to plant them. In your garden?, - not Pymalion
likely!, You'll be overrun in no time.
Keep them out of your borders.
Get a big shallow container of some sorts, drill holes in the bottom and
fill with any old soil.
Stuff the roots into the soil and put the container out of the way
somewhere. Shift it occasionally or the roots will go through the holes.
The roots can propagate in the soil like convolvulus so keep the b-----s
isolated but not starved of sun or nutriment, - easy on the last item,
though, just enough and no more than that.
What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.
Doug.
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In article , wrote:
In article , good golly
miss Molly wrote:

I have spearmint, pineapple mint, black mint,
apple mint and ordinary mint.

Wow. I'm jealous.

Don't forget Moroccan, for those glasses of mint tea. Nothing else will
do.

And there's also chocolate mint, tho I've noticed one has to keep it
cut back so it's always got young new growth, or it loses that
distinctive chocolate-mint smell.

~REZ~

"Rez" wrote in message
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In article ,
wrote:
In article , good golly
miss Molly wrote:

I have spearmint, pineapple mint, black mint,
apple mint and ordinary mint.

Wow. I'm jealous.

Don't forget Moroccan, for those glasses of mint tea. Nothing else will
do.

And there's also chocolate mint,

After Eight ??

tho I've noticed one has to keep it
cut back so it's always got young new growth, or it loses that
distinctive chocolate-mint smell.
~REZ~

Jenny :~)

"Rez" wrote in message
hlink.net...
In article ,
wrote:
In article , good golly
miss Molly wrote:

I have spearmint, pineapple mint, black mint,
apple mint and ordinary mint.

Wow. I'm jealous.

Don't forget Moroccan, for those glasses of mint tea. Nothing else will
do.

And there's also chocolate mint, tho I've noticed one has to keep it
cut back so it's always got young new growth, or it loses that
distinctive chocolate-mint smell.
I must reorganise my mint garden and try to get some chocolate mint.

Douglas wrote or quoted:

Striking cuttings from mint plants?.
Mint is a ferociously fast growing weed and has a massive root system [...]

My mints are all in pots. None have escaped to date.

What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.

I like to eat my mint fresh - when I can manage it.
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Douglas wrote or quoted:

Striking cuttings from mint plants?.
Mint is a ferociously fast growing weed and has a massive root system [...]

My mints are all in pots. None have escaped to date.

What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.

I like to eat my mint fresh - when I can manage it.
--
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|im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply.

Douglas wrote or quoted:

Striking cuttings from mint plants?.
Mint is a ferociously fast growing weed and has a massive root system [...]

My mints are all in pots. None have escaped to date.

What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.

I like to eat my mint fresh - when I can manage it.
--
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|im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply.

Douglas wrote or quoted:

Striking cuttings from mint plants?.
Mint is a ferociously fast growing weed and has a massive root system [...]

My mints are all in pots. None have escaped to date.

What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.

I like to eat my mint fresh - when I can manage it.
--
__________
|im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply.

Douglas wrote or quoted:

Striking cuttings from mint plants?.
Mint is a ferociously fast growing weed and has a massive root system [...]

My mints are all in pots. None have escaped to date.

What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.

I like to eat my mint fresh - when I can manage it.
--
__________
|im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply.

Douglas wrote or quoted:

Striking cuttings from mint plants?.
Mint is a ferociously fast growing weed and has a massive root system [...]

My mints are all in pots. None have escaped to date.

What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.

I like to eat my mint fresh - when I can manage it.
--
__________
|im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply.

Douglas wrote or quoted:

Striking cuttings from mint plants?.
Mint is a ferociously fast growing weed and has a massive root system [...]

My mints are all in pots. None have escaped to date.

What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.

I like to eat my mint fresh - when I can manage it.
--
__________
|im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply.

Douglas wrote or quoted:

Striking cuttings from mint plants?.
Mint is a ferociously fast growing weed and has a massive root system [...]

My mints are all in pots. None have escaped to date.

What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.

I like to eat my mint fresh - when I can manage it.
--
__________
|im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply.

"Douglas" wrote in message
...

"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
...

I tried to contact this fellow but does his email address work, not
Pygmalion likely!

Alan

"Tim Tyler" wrote in message
...
Janet Baraclough.. wrote or
quoted:
from Tim Tyler contains these words:

I'm trying to grow some mint from cuttings.

Mint is /supposed/ to root easily - but I'm having some problems.

I've tried putting the cuttings in water, but find that they wilt
faster than they take up fresh water.

Did you cut the ends of the stems before you put them in water?

I did.

I suspect there may also bo some mystical art of slicing bits from
the side - which I haven't mastered yet.

I may persevere with my science experiments.

I may wait until next time I see my Gran - and steal some of her mint.

Or I might try a garden centre.
--

Stuff deleted:-

What's wrong with mint sauce from Asdas?.

The price and it's not fresh, and probably full of chemicals!

Alan

"Lazarus Cooke" wrote in message
om...
In article , good golly
miss Molly wrote:

I have spearmint, pineapple mint, black mint,
apple mint and ordinary mint.

Don't forget Moroccan, for those glasses of mint tea. Nothing else will
do.

L
where could i buy some moroccan mint please? i live in north west london.
thanks john west

"jw" wrote in message
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"Lazarus Cooke" wrote in message
om...
In article , good golly
miss Molly wrote:

I have spearmint, pineapple mint, black mint,
apple mint and ordinary mint.

Don't forget Moroccan, for those glasses of mint tea. Nothing else will
do.

L
where could i buy some moroccan mint please? i live in north west london.
thanks john west



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