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Poorly mint
Thirtybyseven
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The mint in my garden grew really well in the early part of the summer, but now it has gone to flower. Insects that I don't usually see on other plants seem to like the flowers, so I've left them as they are for now, but the leaves of the mint look a bit poorly and there isn't much new growth.
I feel that at some stage I should prune the mint right back so that it come grow afresh next year. When is it best to do that?
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Hi again Thirtybyseven. You've got it exactly right. You cut the mint back down to the ground in Autumn - once flowers are over. If you would like some of your own fresh mint over the Winter months, just find a few longish roots and put into a plant pot on your kitchen windowsill. The mint will soon grow to supply you.
Try cutting back half of the mint now and you might get a second flush of leaves before winter. I'm intending to do this with my overbearing plant.
I cut mine down about a month ago and it's all grown back, looks much better. I have three large pots of different sorts.
Or you can oven dry the leaves for use in winter. for cooking. I always fill up my herb containers with home dried herbs until the next season rather than buying supermarket dried herbs.