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Species of mint (Labiatae)

Appearance:

Many species of mint is grown almost everywhere. Wild or cultivated forms all have different local names. His tendency to hybridization over the fact that the parish names and appearance vary according to climate and location leads to some confusion in the identification or matching of species information. The scientific analysis of essential oils has been largely clarified identification and interrelationship of these popular herbs, but local names abound and persist. At one point I grew a dozen different species of appearance different, until sanity prevailed.

Garden spearmint or peppermint is widely used – is narrow pointed leaves, reaching 30-90 cm (1-3 m high). If left to mid-summer bloom, purple peaks are well above the leaves. Apple mint large, round, soft pink leaves and spikes of growth up to 1 m (3 feet) tall. The cream and green leaves variously lined and coated with cream usually called pineapple mint, good decorative garden plant retains its attractive foliage throughout the summer. Ginger mint or mint whiskey is another attraction of plant leaves, especially in the form of gold variegation varied with the pointed leaves and their fresh appearance and height, even makes a great herb border.

Use:

Most mints can be used to culinary purposes – one of the largest – Bowles mint – has a reputation as a gourmet mint. It is a vigorous producer, easy to reach 1.5 meters (5 feet), its leaves are covered with large colored lights below. Peppermint isa widely used in culinary and medicinal applications; There are two varieties (Black and White) that grow about 1 meter (3 feet), the first with black / purple stems – both produce a clear treble oil. In the minds of the kitchen can be used to flavor fruit cups, candy and desserts. Tea is made Fresh or dried leaves.

A range of true fragrance is provided by the same oil, the reason is that small chemical variations between species another is affected by season, soil and climate. Mint what can be described as spicy, lemony flavor or ginger.

History:

The mint green, the classic ingredient in Mint Julep, was recorded as growing in Plymouth, Massachusetts in early 1600, Elder William Brewster. Appears in Josselyn's list of seeds, but absent from the seed Winthrop order placed in 1631. It was available locally and need not be imported.

Cultivation:

All mints are vigorous growers given the right conditions for growth. Most can be collected throughout year, except in areas with heavy frost or snow.

Mint is propagated by planting pieces of stem taken root – about 5 cm (2 inches) deep in moist clay soils, almost anytime during the growing season. Apple Mint, sometimes called dryland mint in America tolerates wet soils but unless all mints, such as sunlight. Plants should be limited to the space allocated by attaching your growing space with bricks, Ora TILESA thick plastic strips.

Container growing requires regular watering, unless the containers are sunk into the earth. All mints can grow indoors, but have a tendency to become leggy when grown like this. The exception is apple mint can be a container plant too attractive.

A bed of mint should be rebuilt and relocated every three or four years to prevent rust disease of mint.

Annular mint plants may be in boxes or in pots in winter and hot gases led to a strong force fresh outbreaks in three to four weeks.

Pete Steel has grown herbs for 25 years in several different climates and soils. The result is a book on herb growing called “Kung Fu Herb Gardening Exposed”. It covers all aspects of herb gardening and herb usage.

Other than that, animals are life essentials and fishing is wonderful. The sea is the only environment that counts next to a garden plot.

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Mint Boxed

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