Day 157
UPDATE#4
Grower update
Update #4
Update: these are still going gangbusters on my deck! The mint is blooming and pulling honeybees to the deck, it's awesome!
GrowLog
TransplantedMint Cutting Rooted in an AeroGarden and Transplanted with Thai Basil
Grow log by Jay · Original thread
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View recapCrop🌿Mint, Thai basil
VarietyThai Basil
MethodAeroGarden
EquipmentAeroGarden Harvest 360
Plants2
AudienceBeginners
What you can learnA simple and clear propagation example showing mint rooting in six days, transplanting, and successful outdoor continuation.
Actions:1 Roots1 Planting1 Transplant
Useful practices
- rooting a mint cutting in an AeroGarden
- monitoring root formation
- transplanting rooted mint with Thai basil
- using flowering mint to attract honeybees
Problems encountered
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*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.
Conversation
S
WOW, wonderful they are still producing.
W
It's thriving! Funny that mint, something that grows like nuts elsewhere, has never done great in the Aerogarden for me.
J
Honestly, it sat and sat and then really took off. I was growing this in school and showing students different ways to root the mint. It really did well.
S
What class did you teach
J
I teach technology education, it's a blend of computer, engineering and science classes.
Day 52
UPDATE#3
Grower update
Update #3
Actions taken
TransplantMoved the rooted mint into a knockoff EarthBox with Thai basil.
The mint did root! It filled up it's cup and has been moved into my knock off earthbox with the Thai basil!
Day 7
UPDATE#2
Grower update
Update #2
It did! Six days and I have a little root!
Day 1
UPDATE#1
Grower update
Update #1
Actions taken
RootsTrimmed roots and moved the two pods before starting the mint-rooting experiment.
PlantingPlaced a mint cutting to test whether it would root.
I didn't do this one right at all. I just threw some pods in and away I went.Today (2/25/2020) I was trimming up the roots and moving the two pods around and thought... I wonder if I can root this mint so... here it is!
Conversation
S
I bet it will work. Mint was born to spread. From someone who FINALLY removed a runaway patch from a garden a few years ago.