Mint, alias Rendan grass, perennial herb. The plant is 30-60 cm tall, leaves opposite, lanceolate or oval, hairy and oily on both sides. After the stems and leaves are crushed by hand, they have a strong fragrance and a sense of pungent coolness, which is the main medicinal part. In the courtyard can be planted or potted, as flower diameter configuration material, can also be used as ground cover plant.

Mosquitoes are rampant in hot summer, especially the kind of houses with vegetation by the windows. A good way to protect the environment is to plant mint by the window or in the room, which not only has the effect of repelling mosquitoes, but also has the unexpected harvest of preventing heat and cooling. So, how to maintain and manage after planting mint in the balcony?

1. In the first year, always water the mint. Use your fingers to test the dryness of the soil. Keep the soil moist, but do not soak the soil with water. If peppermint has direct sunlight, you need to water it more frequently.

2. Trim the top of the mint. This prevents the mint from growing too tall and encourages it to grow more leaves around. At the same time, it can also create a bumper harvest. When you check to see if the mint needs watering, by the way, see if the mint is too tall.

3. Cut off the buds of mint to make it look more compact. Mint usually blossoms between June and September. Before the mint is in full bloom, you should cut off its buds so that it doesn't grow like crazy (out of control). Pinch off the buds when they appear, which can also prolong the harvest.

4. Mint is separated every two or three years. After a few years, the mint grows as big as a container, causing the roots to squeeze. Break the flowerpot and let the mint branch carefully and separate it into several new peppermint plants. The mint is separated every 2-3 years or 3-4 years, and the new plants are transplanted to other flowerpots to keep the flavor of mint pure and strong.

5. If you want to burst the mint basin, the mint grows very fast and luxuriantly. A little trick is to change the basin once a year, in spring or autumn. If you change to a larger basin, the soil will be more fertile and will grow faster, because it is the same as the orchid, and even the root system develops faster than the orchid, and will soon occupy the whole flowerpot.

6. If peppermint is infected with rust, you need to spray fungicide to treat it. Rust, a fungus, causes orange-brown spots on the leaves of plants. This is also one of the common diseases of mint.

7. Beware of pests and diseases. All you need to do is provide a good drainage system for mint so that it can grow healthily. If you find insects in mint, you can wash them away with a garden hose. You can also wash mint leaves with insecticidal soap. At the same time, be sure to pay attention to the pests under the mint leaves. Pests like to hide in these places.

Family potted mint is very simple, mint is lazy grass, is one of the best plants, but to see dry and wet, not too wet, because peppermint originally lived in northern Europe, and there are many kinds of mint, different mint habits are also different, depends on what kind of mint you raise.

Of course, peppermint Xiyang, only bask in the sun, will become more and more fragrant, but also will blossom and seed oh!

Time: 2019-05-31 Click: