Essential oils from peppermint plants and so many horticultural functions for growing flowers are great.

Mint at home in addition to cooking, it also has many effects, such as common stress relief and drug effects, but also has some gardening effects on flower cultivation, let's take a look.

Common water mint and magnolia mint mix, will produce a very strong sweet smell, have a very cool taste, very suitable for cooking, they can also be used in gardening.

1. Drive away pests

Peppermint oil is an excellent garden insect repellent with a very light aroma that confuses the taste of pests and repels the most common aphids, cabbage bugs, fleas, beetles and whiteflies.

You can spray some peppermint oil around the plants to drive away pests. You can prepare 15 to 20 drops of peppermint oil, add 5 drops of detergent, and finally mix it in about 4 liters of water. After stirring well, you can spray directly on the plants that are infected with pests. Be sure to spray them all within 1 to 2 weeks.

two。 Fungal inhibitor

Fungal infection is the most common disease of plants in the garden, it can cause plants to consume a lot of nutrients, but also cause leaves to yellowing and withering, and even rot.

Fungal diseases can cause damage by blocking stomata, destroying and killing cells in plants. Fungal diseases can be controlled and eliminated with peppermint oil. About 10 drops of peppermint oil can be added to a spray bottle filled with water. After stirring well, it can be sprayed on infected plants.

3. Pest control

If you often have squirrels, mice, or other sawteeth in your yard, you can use chili peppers or strong peppermint scents to drive them away, and you can dip some cotton balls with some mint oil. cotton balls stained with peppermint oil can be placed directly in places infested by sawtooth plants, changing cotton balls every two weeks.

4. Slugs, snails and mosquito repellents

Slugs and snails will cause great damage to the leaves of plants. They will eat up the leaves of plants. In wet and dark conditions, snails and slugs will be very rampant. At this time, we can use peppermint oil to get rid of them. We can add a small tablespoon of peppermint oil to a spray bottle full of water, and then spray it directly to the place where the snail is infested and sprinkle it around. It can be watered once a week, and it also has a certain repelling effect on mosquitoes.

5. Keep pets away from you

Home pets, there are some curious kittens and puppies, they may cause great damage to the potted plants at home, or even bite plants, some will urinate in flowerpots, and some friends even raise some poisonous plants at home.

If you want to keep your pet away, add a few drops of peppermint oil when spraying water. After stirring hard, soak some slivers and rope in the solution and circle the rope around the flowerpot. Or hang a cotton cloth stained with solution around and soak it once a week to prevent pets from approaching.

6. Refreshing and fragrant

Peppermint oil has a very fragrant smell. It can help relieve mood and stress. Peppermint oil can be used to relieve anxiety and depression and cure depression. Mix with the same amount of peppermint oil and rosemary oil, stir and put directly on top of the container, and you can enjoy the fragrance of leisure.