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Sow mint seeds skillfully - here's how to do it right

While most noble varieties fail to sow, you can get out Seeds pure mint species grow splendid plants. Suitable candidates are, for example, water mint or spearmint. To do this, follow these steps:

• in March, fill a seed tray with peat sand or lean seed soil
• Moisten well with water from the spray bottle
• Mix the fine seeds with the bird sand and sow

You just press the light germs on, put a plastic bag over the vessel and place it in the partially shaded window seat. At a pleasant 20 degrees Celsius, germination begins within 2 weeks.

Grow cuttings in the bed - this is how rooting works

From mid-May, mint cuttings with a length of 15-20 centimeters will thrive directly in the bed. Choose a partially shaded, sheltered one Location in the garden. The soil should be nutritious, humus and well drained. How to do it right:

• Thoroughly loosen and weed the bedding soil
• Incorporate a 5 centimeter high layer of sifted compost
• Plant cuttings and support them with small wooden sticks
• a planting distance of 40 to 50 centimeters is ideal
• pour water from the spray bottle

All mints are characterized by an invasive character. So that the herb plant does not spread its root runners throughout the garden, we recommend planting with it Rhizome barrier. It is a stable one Geotextile,(€ 103.11 at Amazon *) which is placed in a circle around the planting site 50 centimeters deep vertically in the earth. Alternatively plants Insert each cutting in a large, bottomless pot.

Tips & Tricks

You can easily grow mint in the large pot on the balcony. To do this, cut 15 centimeter long cuttings, the lower half of which are defoliated. The rooting proceeds quickly in a glass of water. If the delicate root strands are nice and long, plant the young plant in a nutrient-rich, loose substrate in a 30-centimeter tub.

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