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Posted: Jun/17/2008 8:18 PM PST
ok 1 im SOOO glad my ginger mint survived the winter (i rather like the stuff an a small pot outside in our winters only the TOUGHEST survives) sadly no pics of it but asnywho the real reason of this post is to show yall how out of control mint canm get (yall should be wonderin why as i use pots an there all contained in there) well i have 1 pot with 2 chocolate mint an 2 orange mint plants an there gooin NUTS in that pot so yea if thats mint in a pot imagine it in the ground! yea can be pretty invasive oh yea thats right my books say mint is an ant repellant one pot has both mint AND ants in it Attachments: ![]() ![]() |
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Posted: Jun/17/2008 8:47 PM PST
Yeah ant repellent right - today I found an ant colony under a rock right next to my lemon mint LOL! |
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Posted: Jun/17/2008 8:58 PM PST
yikes well i know with all the runners it usially sends out it dos a GREAT job at preventing weeds so-yea need proof? theres not a 1 non-mint in the mint pot an it has runners gooin ALL over (i think my lemon balm may be killing my catnip tho which sux sence skiddles likely nibbled on some of the catnip --local outdoor cat i KNOW i saw evidence of like an animal having ripped some off if it WAS a person id think theyd be smart enough ta grab one of my 3 garden knives that are usially sticking IN soil) |
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Posted: Jun/18/2008 7:26 AM PST
You're right. Mint can go wild, but I don't mind pulling mine. It smells heavenly. And, no it's not keeping the ants at bay here either. |
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Posted: Jun/18/2008 12:30 PM PST
well that pot has like 3 mint sprigs 3 peppers an i think 4 ant holes (just shjowin that one cause there RIGHT next to each outher) outherwise the rest of the pots no issues with ants AT ALL but it got me wondering why my books say its an ant repellant oh that harley mug an the magarita glass there BOTH gonna be used fer mint fer abit the margasrita glass also has acouple strawberry runner cuttings in it (i saw roots figured why not? dosdent work ill learn if it dos well have indoor strawberries) |
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