We all know that mint has a cool fragrance, smell can make people refreshed, especially in the summer when planting a little mint at home, that cool fragrance can alleviate some of the hot feeling. Today Hua Hua will teach you how to grow mint at home.
1. Planting method
Peppermint is grown in different ways than sowing and cuttings.
Sowing and propagation: Ready to be used to raise peppermint pots and soil, because the seeds of peppermint are relatively small, so you can use a toothpick or cotton swab to point the seeds on the soil, and then cover the seeds with a layer of fine soil and then gently compact, and then water again, even if the seeds are sown.
After sowing, place it in a cool, ventilated place, pay attention to keeping the soil moist, and then you can wait for germination.
Cuttings propagation: Select strong mint branches, cut off the bottom branches, and then cut the bottom branches into a bevel. Soak the branches in rooting water and take them out to dry after a day. Put the mint branches into clean water, change the water once a day, wait until the branches grow roots, and then transfer to soil cultivation.
2. The maintenance method of peppermint
Soil: The growth of peppermint does not have high requirements for soil, and any kind of soil can live. However, peppermint likes slightly acidic soil, so when raising peppermint at home, pay attention to prevent the alkalinization of the soil, you can pour peppermint with a ferrous sulfate solution every 15 to 30 days, which can make the peppermint grow better.
Light: Mint likes a well-lit environment, when raising mint at home, the environmental light should be sufficient, preferably the balcony on the south side, but in the summer, pay attention to shade the mint to prevent the leaves from being burned.
Temperature: The temperature at which peppermint is suitable for growth is between 25 and 30 degrees, and it needs to be moved indoors in winter for cultivation.
Watering: Mint likes sunlight, and likewise it has a large demand for water. Because when the light is more intense, the water evaporates faster. In the early stage of the growth of mint, the water demand is relatively large, in half a month to water once, the later appropriate watering, do not let the potting soil too wet, otherwise it is easy to rot.
In the summer, water evaporates quickly. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the amount of watering for the mint, and to reduce the watering in the winter.
Fertilizer: Peppermint itself is also more fertile, and it is very important to keep up with fertilizer during the growth process. In the growth period to apply more nitrogen fertilizer, can make the leaves of peppermint grow green and vigorous, in the flowering period should pay attention to the application of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, can promote the flowering of peppermint. In the winter, mint enters a dormant period, at which point no more fertilization is given.
Mint is particularly useful, in addition to when the green ornamentation, we use mint instead of tea, the taste is cool, you can be clear-eyed. Mint picked in a light shed greenhouse can be used as a dish, and it is refreshing and delicious to eat. And the taste of mint itself is also relatively good, smelling cool and refreshing, refreshing, and the flowers are considered to be excellent plants for relieving the sweltering heat in summer.
This is the method of planting and maintaining mint recommended to everyone today, do flower friends like to raise mint? Take advantage of the hot weather to raise a pot to try, and those who have experience in raising mint are also welcome to share in the comment area