Plant mint in a pot! Not in the ground. Mint spreads via rhizomes underground so it bypasses and then outcompetes basically any other plant or pest around!
Plant mint in a pot! Not in the ground. Mint spreads via rhizomes underground so it bypasses and then outcompetes basically any other plant or pest around!
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Dig up what you don’t want, stick it in pots & give it away.
Plant mint in a large pot ,not in the ground it just takes over .
Ohhhh i knew once you said mint wtf happened 😅 the root system will take over
Mint is very hard to get rid of but if you snip the bud as soon as it come up abobe the ground eventually it dies because there is not time for photosinthesis.
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Next year everytime you cut grass you will smell mint.
Mint doesn't have a spot. It has an area 😂
The war has begun
Mint is very aggressive. I only pot it😊
I learned this the hard way too, 3 years later and I'm still pulling with mint…..I did dig it up and pot it, but it doesn't go away but bees love it!!!
Mint can be an awesome ground cover. Plus,,there is nothing better for your stomach than mint tea
This is so strange to me, I've had a mint bush outside my house my entire life, it made another bush a few feet from it, but that was it. Did we just get lucky?
Absolutely no one told me and now I also have a mint situation
This is why mine is in pot but bro is overflowing IDK what to do 😭😭😭😭 ( I did use some google to understand mint, I did it for all my plants as I am very new to it 😭 )
I have mint in the yard. I don’t mind it spreading. May as-well have something useful out there mixing with the endless weeds.
You're laughing now, but you'll be crying later
The moment you said you made a stupid decision I already knew what you did 😂
Whahaha. You were WRONG. And now mint will take over the planet 🌎
Theres a joke about a group of adventurers comming out into a castle garden where in the corner of the garden they see a bed with a very strong protective barrier
As they look closer they notice that the barrier isnt keeping something out, its designed to keep something in.
It was mint.
The patch of green outside my yard is all mint.
Spearmint that was planted like 20 years ago.
People park there all the time so the grass always died, Mint took over. Planted some in my fruit Tree raised bed to deter pests
Buy some Rhizome blockers, like for bamboo. It will contain the mint to that corner as long as you pluck any flowers.
Well you wont get mosquitos in your garden its a good flying bug deterent lol. Not so bad mints got sooooo many uses you can use it up quicly.
My parents did this. It smelled lovely when they mowed the lawn 🤣
Mint will over take your garden and infests your entire backyard! Good luck getting rid it 😂
Lol just wait
I'm in the desert and I'm very glad for my spreading mint.
Maybe I want mint growing through the yard
I did the same thing. But, I even put it in a separate container and it still got out and took over!
I planted 7 different mint plants in hope they would take over an area where NOTHING will grow. Some survived the winter. Definitely don’t take over anything like I had hoped.
Oh no…. always mint in a pot. Maybe a chicken will help you.
Don't even let the pot come close to the ground……mine escaped though the pot
But you wanted A LOT…so you got your wish.
Prepare for your entire yard to be a mint field. No joke
Okay i was just thinking this today😂maybe it would smell really nice?
I am ok with mine taking over. If I have to pull weeds I would rather pull something with easy roots and smells amazing.
Pull them out every time you see one and it will eventually be eradicated it takes a long time though