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Where to get the peppermint seeds from?

You can get seeds without an indication of the variety in the supermarket or hardware store. If you have different Peppermints want to grow in the garden, you should ask in the gardening trade. Sometimes the neighbor can help out with special varieties.

Own Seeds you win if you let the peppermint bloom in the garden and simply shake out the ripe seeds in autumn.

Prefer peppermint on the windowsill

Since peppermint needs a relatively high level of ground warmth to germinate, it makes sense to place it on the window sill from February onwards.

Prepare planters for this Potting soil before. Do not scatter the seeds too densely. You must not cover it because it is a light germ. Keep the seeds moist but not wet. Cover the vessels with cling film, which you ventilate once a day to prevent mold growth.

The first seedlings take between one and three weeks to appear. It is not planted before mid-May, when the soil has warmed to around 15 to 18 degrees and the plants are large enough.

Sow outdoors

To sow peppermint outdoors, wait until mid-May. In the growing bed or at the desired planting site, lay out rows about 30 centimeters apart. Scatter the seeds thinly.

After emergence, isolate the plants at a distance of about 15 centimeters. Once the peppermint has reached a height of approximately ten centimeters, set Place them at a distance of 50 centimeters from other plants where you want them Location. You should prepare the floor beforehand:

• Loosen
• Remove compaction
• Possibly. refine with sand
• Pulling weeds
• Work under mature compost

Tips & Tricks

Since sowing the peppermint can be quite time-consuming and tedious, you should rather use cuttings instead Multiplication to use. A few stems are often enough, which you cut from a preferred plant from the gardening trade and root in a water glass.

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