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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
|  Posted: 2013-02-07 12:31 pm Permalink
Use larger pots then what you might use for other herbs
you will get a much larger leaf, plenty of sun is important
cold temps will kill the plant above ground, but can grow again in the spring
I like English Mint myself, but also grow Pineapple mint.
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Greg_D_R
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Joined: Apr 22, 2011
Posts: 50 | Posted: 2013-02-22 11:22 pm Permalink
This is a timely topic for me. Knowing a mai tai party was on the horizon, I got three sprouted mint plants (Kentucky Colonel) from a greenhouse that was selling on ebay. I sat them on my kitchen counter directly under a fluorescent light, each little plant in its own 6" plastic pot. 3 weeks later, they've grown quite a bit, but I have small leaves and long stems, and some of the bottom leaves have dead spots. No idea if it's too much water, too little light, or both.
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lunavideogames
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From: San Diego
| Posted: 2013-02-23 3:44 pm Permalink
Too little light would be my guess.
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Little fragrant Tiare
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Posts: 181 | Posted: 2013-02-25 06:16 am Permalink
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On 2008-04-01 10:02, 54 house of bamboo wrote:
Moroccan mint is my favourite. What's that called in the US I wonder? 
Mentha spicata 'Nana' or 'Moroccan'
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I grow my mint indoors and on my balcony during the summer because of our harsh climate (sweden) and it grows like crazy in a large wide low pot and supplies enough mint for my drinks and food. And even though i`m in new orleans during five weeks every summer the mint still just grows with occasional watering from my room companion.
When the fall comes it starts to decline and then i throw it away and re-start with fresh cuttings from the store next spring. I buy Moroccan mint and plant a bunch of cuttings that i first root in a glass of water ( they root very quickly)Then i top them regularly. Never had any problems with growing mint, gotta be the easiest plant on earth to grow.
I have tried a a few other varietes like the chocolate mint for example but in think the best one is the moroccan.
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