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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: query: how to prune an overgrown mint plant?
Message-ID: <1175@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Sep-86 18:10:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  3 18:10:28 1986
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In article <2259@hammer.UUCP>, andrew@hammer.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) writes:
>I just moved into a home whose yard contains a mint plant.  It has been
>growing wild for several months, and is much too big for its location.
>I would like to trim it back (and regain the use of the sidewalk), but
>I'm concerned.  Only the outer part of the bush is green; the inner
>stalks are grown, and if I trim it back as much as I want to I won't
>leave any green.
>
>Suggestions?  I can wait until winter if that's proper.  I like having
>fresh mint, so total removal is not an option.
>
>  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
>                        (tekecs!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay)  [ARPA]

Mint is a pretty tough plant, just about as tough as a weed.  Go ahead and
prune it severely.  If you like, take the cuttings and root them in water,
(takes a week or so, no hormones or other special stuff needed) then you can
transfer them to a pot of potting soil.  This way you can have your mint
greenery till the plant in the yard sprouts more leaves.
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