What are the common varieties of peppermint seeds? What are the methods of raising seedlings?

Peppermint is widely used in our lives, some are made into mints, and some are used to make tea. There are many varieties of peppermint, so which ones are the most common? What are the methods of raising seedlings? If you want to know more, please read the following!

What are the common varieties of peppermint seeds?

1. Green mint

The flower spike is white, light fragrance, leaf vein is obvious, plant height is 60mm 100cm.

2. Peppermint

The flower spike is pink and sensitive to cold, and the plant height is 10-40 cm.

3. Pineapple mint

Leaves opposite, oval to round, dark green, with broad milky white spots on the edge. Because the appearance is beautiful and beautiful, it is often used as an ornamental, and the plant height is 10 to 50 centimeters.

4. Peppermint

Perennial perennial root herbs, plant height is 30cm to 90cm, flower spikes are purple, leaves are spreading, leaves are bright green to dark green, reticular veins are sunken, leaf edges are deep and sharp, mint smell is obvious. With fragrant, cool taste, leaves can be used as vegetables, cold, fried, commonly used in Europe to make tea.

5. Apple mint

The whole plant is covered with fluff, the leaves are round and have the fragrance of apple, hence the name, the plant height is 60cm to 90cm.

6. Lemon perfume mint

Also known as vanilla, plant height of about 50 to 80 centimeters, for perennial herbs, very cold-resistant and easy to grow, flowers and leaves used to make tea, with the function of relaxing mood to help sleep and promote digestion.

7. Grapefruit mint

The leaves are large and white tomentose. The smell is lighter than chocolate mint, with clear aroma.

2. Seedling raising methods of peppermint seeds

1. Choose the planting site

The planting land should be in places with good light intensity, good drainage and irrigation conditions, high soil fertility and relatively flat terrain.

2. Ploughing and fertilizing

Before planting peppermint, the land needs to be ploughed to a depth of more than 25 centimeters. When cultivated, 2000 kg-3000 kg of rotten farm manure, 50kg-70kg compound fertilizer and 150kg-200kg fermented lignin bacterial fertilizer were applied. After applying the fertilizer, rake the land flat.

3. Build a seedling bed.

The nursery bed should be built in a place where drainage and irrigation is more convenient and where access is also convenient. After turning the soil on the seedbed like the planting land, apply some mature farm manure and lignin bacterial fertilizer, and then rake the seedbed soil. After leveling the ground to make a flat border, the width of the border needs 1.2 meters, the height needs 12 centimeters, and the width on the ridge needs 8 centimeters.

4. Cuttage propagation

Peppermint propagation can be divided into cutting propagation, rhizome propagation and ramet propagation. When planting in a large area, the method of cutting propagation needs to be used. The method is: cut the healthy, non-damaged, disease-free aboveground stem into small segments 10 cm long with a knife as cuttings. After the cuttings are finished, insert them into the seedbed according to the row distance of 6cm * 3cm, and water them after insertion. After it takes root and sprouts, it can be transplanted.

From the above we can know that there are still many varieties of peppermint, the editor mainly shared with you several more common varieties, if you plan to plant, you can choose seeds according to your own preferences. The above breeding methods we think are good can also be used for reference!

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