Eating and rooting a mint plant

 Got a small 'mint' plant from waitrose the other day, and the mint tastes
much better than the mint plant i have in a pot in the garden.

I am going to try to root some stems in some water inside the house.
Meanwhile wife is taking leaves to put in salad etc.  Since i have not had
any root yet, it is a race against time.

Should wife just take leaves from the bottom of stems and i take the top
leaves and stem to try and root them, or is it better she just take one
whole stem at a time?

 On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:14:07 -0000, "john east"


Take some stems off and hide them somewhere from her. Put them in
water until they root.

Buy another one if she is using that much of it as it'll be a while
before you've grown any.

Repotting them often gives them an extra burst of growth.

I've grown rosemary cuttings recently from a packet of rosemary pieces
bought as fresh herbs in the local morrisons.
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  Just plant the roots in some better compost and stand back.

  I grow all my mints in prison pots; when old plants are tired and I need
to start afresh I just pull up some roots (cut off the stems) and replant
them. It soon shoots again.


  Janet

 On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:14:07 -0000, "john east"


I bought a bunch of cut mint before Christmas and didn't use it all.
I stuck it in water, looking very sad.  It now has good roots and is
growing new shoots.  Just take off leaves at the bottom and put it in
a jar of water.
If they're long enough you could cut off the tops and root those too.

Pam in Bristol

 wrote:


That never worked for me, except one not-very-good variety which
spread like mad on the allotment.  I've planted mint in the garden
more than once and lost it.

Pam in Bristol