I’m so excited to show you guys this fun tip to never miss a day with mint. I'm going to teach you the magic of smelling mint every day.
Mint is one of the best and easiest plants in the world to propagate. A single bunch from the grocery store can provide you with enough mint for the rest of your life!
Mint just makes me so happy, and I want to share that happiness with you.
What you need for this project is just some:
- Organic grocery store or garden mint (I bought mine in an exposed bunch at the grocery store)
- A glass of fresh water
- Some pruners or some really sharp scissors
- A little shallow cup
If you want to bring it to the next level, you can have a small container filled with compost.
You can also have a little dibber, or a butter knife or chopstick, just something to make a nice big hole in your soil once your plants have propagated.
What we'll do with just these few materials is propagate our mint plants so we can have lots of plants to grow from this season.
The word propagate just means turning one plant into many more!
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Step One
Once you've located an organic bunch of mint, it's time to pick the best stems that you want to turn into more plants.
step one: select the healthiest stems to propagate
Go through your bunch of mint and pick some of the healthiest looking sprigs. Look for the sprigs that have a lot of leaves that look nice and fresh and the greenest.
Step Two
Now that you've selected the best mint stems, it's time to prune back the bottom of the stems to prepare that stem to grow new roots.
step two: trim the bottom third of your mint plants
Once you have your freshest ones, take your sharp scissors and just cut the stem a bit so that it’s not too tall. Also be mindful to cut it right above a leaf node, where the leaves on the stem sprout out from and cut it at a bit of an angle. What you’ll do next is just strip the bottom leaves (at least the bottom third of leaves should be removed).
And it may look a little bare now, but don’t worry! Your mint will all grow back soon enough.
Step Three
For this project, you'll use water as the medium for new root formation, so get ready to place your mint plants into a fresh cup of water and give the plant several weeks to begin forming new roots.
step three: place your mint into a glass of fresh water
Fill your glass with some water and just pop your freshly trimmed sprigs in.
You want to make sure the leaves are hanging out all nice and dry at the top. You definitely don’t want them to be in the water. And make sure the stem is nicely submerged since that’s where all the roots are going to shoot out from. Just wait: in a week, two weeks, maybe even three, you’re going to pull this up, and all along the stem will be roots, not just at the bottom. It's crazy.
So after a few new roots have formed, it's time to move your rooted plants into fresh compost or potting soil and start growing your newly propagated plants.
And there you have it!
Fresh new mint plants for your garden or windowsill are really that easy. I’m so excited for you to grow this delicious (and magically fragrant!) herb in your space.
Thanks so much for bringing back the kitchen garden with me!
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