What is the best way to help a mint plant grow when there are lots of weeds?

Answer 1

Mint is pretty indestructible! Given half a chance, mint will take over your whole garden.It grows best in partial shade and in moist, moderately rich, slightly acid soil, but it will grow in any light from full sun to full shade and in any kind of soil you happen to have. Set plants 12 to 18 inches apart,. To control their rampant ways, plant them in bottomless containers sunk into the soil. Clay drainage tiles, about 10 inches deep and 6 to 8 inches across, are ideal.Keep the soil moist until the plants are established.Pinch stem ends off each spring to keep plants bushy. At the end of the gardening season, prune plants back to near ground level and top-dress with compost.

Answer 2

Pinch the mint back. Mint spreads quickly and will eventually overtake the grass and weeds. Pinching it back will allow this to happen faster. Take your pruning in the house and boil them on the stove. Your house will smell great, and the mint will spread -- 2 birds, 1 stone. Let it go to seed before fall, though.

My Nanny had a nice stand of mint around her pump house. No weeds. I sure would like to crush the leaves between my fingers one more time.

Answer 3

After mint plants get established you won't have many problems with other weeds, and all the mint family plants spread worse than many weeds.

Answer 4

ALWAYS plant mint in its pot so as to limit its root growth, otherwise you will find that the mint itself becomes a weed due to its incredible aggressivity.

Answer 5

Mint usually takes over any space it's put in. You must have too much grass. Don't ever put it in your herb garden or flower garden. I worked years killing it out, and I lost the war. It grows in the grass and we mow it. I had to move my garden, as the mint spreads from the roots. Is your soil well tilled?

Answer 6

pull the weeds and water it good

Answer 7

get rid of the weeds...duh

Answer 8

uh...pull out the weeds. Duh.