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Wondering how to care for this mint plant in a pot

Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
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I have this mint plant which I planted into a pot a few months ago.  It's in a very sunny spot (when it's sunny) outside next to a brick wall. It was looking healthy a few weeks ago, but now I can see a lot of leaves have gone brown. It is throwing out stems with leaves, trying to spread.
I was wondering how best to care for it now?
Online they say after flowering cut it right down to soil level in autumn, but mine didn't flower as it's a new plant. I'm wondering if I should just leave it as-is but cut out any bad bits.
Also wondering if I should I leave it outside over winter or not.
Thank you very much for any suggestions!



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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    It will die down for winter anyway. Any tatty bits can be cut off now.  Then put the whole pot up against a wall for the winter. It will come back in the spring.  If you have a cold greenhouse or a porch, if you put it there, it will sprout earlier in Spring.
  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    Thank you so much fidgetbones! When should I cut everything off to soil level, to allow it to make new leaves - is that something I do in early spring?
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    It will drop leaves over the next few weeks, then just trim the stalks down.
  • EmptyheadtimeEmptyheadtime Posts: 366
    I trimmed all my potted mints right back the other week. It’s pretty resilient.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I have the same silvery spots on my mint and foxgloves. Which bug is it that does that, please?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    As others have said - it's pretty indestructible @Pink678, so you can trim it now or spring,  or just remove any dead material.
    It won't really matter what you do, but if you use it a lot, it might be worth just taking growth to use now while it still has any reasonable material.  :)

    Depending on how you like to use it, you can also pick and freeze some. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    Thank you everyone, much appreciated. I'll trim off the bad looking stuff now, then leave the healthier leaves for a little while and maybe make some mint tea, then trim the rest either the next few weeks or spring time.
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