Green Speckles

Peppermint

Peppermint, also known as Mentha balsamea Wild, is a hybrid mint between watermint and spearmint. Indigenous to Europe and Middle East. Occasionally found wild with its parent species.

Since May 2022

Purchased young plants (2 containers) from Home Depot. Burpee. $5-6 each.

Journal

• 12 May 2022: purchased young
• 16 May: transferred to 30 cm round container with 2 spearmints.
• 19 May: December Basil (1) is transferred to the pot.
• 21 May: Rearranged to be tidier.

Care

• Light: 6 hours of sunlight daily. Shade from strong afternoon sun.
• Water: Keep consistently moist. Water when the top inch feels dry to touch.
• Pruning: Pinch regularly to prmote bushy growth. If it gets too scraggly, cut back 1 inch aboe soil line to regenerate with fuller growth. Remove flower stalk because it degrades flavor.
• Fertilizer: Avoid. Or if must: Feed once with 10-10-10 when new growth emerges. Then one more mid way growing season if nedeed.

References

• The Spruce: How to Grow a Mint Container Garden
• The Spruce: How to Grow Peppermint
• Gardener's Path: How to grow mint in the garden (without it taking over)