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Kate Downham wrote:
-Is it so aggressive that it will stop my other herbs from growing?
-Is it easy to just chop off the bits I don't want, to stop the spread? Or will the roots overrun everything?
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Nicole Alderman wrote:I have lemon balm in my herb spiral. For the first few years, it stayed really small. Now it's taking over. Come to find out, we don't really like the flavor of lemon balm
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Kate Downham wrote:I've only grown mint in pots before, and had heard it was invasive. I planted some in my herb spiral a couple of days ago and am not sure whether I should put it back into pots before it's too late...
-Is it so aggressive that it will stop my other herbs from growing?
-Is it easy to just chop off the bits I don't want, to stop the spread? Or will the roots overrun everything?
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Ruth Meyers wrote:
Nicole Alderman wrote:I have lemon balm in my herb spiral. For the first few years, it stayed really small. Now it's taking over. Come to find out, we don't really like the flavor of lemon balm
Yeah, I was going to mention lemon balm too; because I think it reproduces by seed as well, and won't stay contained. For me, it wasn't worth the fight.
On the mountain mint - I saw how ecstatic it made the pollinators in a city garden. When I introduced it on the ridgetop, my pollinators just kind of shrugged and ignored it. I guess they have enough goodnesses already.
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Allazandrea Cottonwood wrote:A thought...
Would it be a bad idea to try and use mint to out compete spotted knapweed and cinquefoil while at the same time trying to deter deer?
I have an abandon piece of land I would like to start a food forest on (land used for service behind my house) but I know deer are going to be an issue and the knapweed is awful here.
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Kate Downham wrote:We can all start breathing normally again...I've put the mint into pots and asked it to behave. I'm still dreaming of a garden bed full of peppermint one day, but I won't expect anything else to grow in the same bed, and I will have to think carefully about where I put it now.
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Greg Martin wrote:I grew variegated apple mint that I rooted from a sprig in a desert I had at a restaurant. It was quite lovely. I planted it outside and it was well behaved, but I moved from that house so I don't know long term how it behaved. I mention it because variegation often helps slow down rapid spreaders. Does anyone know if variegated mints are good citizens in a garden?
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