This flower that explodes into a full pot with just a little water is a mini medicine cabinet on the balcony, and anyone can grow it

For many houseplants, summer feels like a tribulation, and one careless moment can kill them off. But there is one plant that grows more vigorously the hotter the weather gets, and can fill a pot in no time! What's more, this plant can also reduce internal heat and moisten the lungs - it's practically a mini medicine cabinet on the balcony! Have you guessed what plant it is? Of course, it's mint!

Grow mint like this in summer and it will fill the pot in 10 days!

1. Plenty of sunlight

Only by giving mint plenty of sunlight can you make it fill the pot as quickly as possible. Gardeners with a south-facing balcony or south-facing windowsill at home can place the mint on the sunny south balcony or terrace; those with a yard at home can just toss it right into the yard!

2. Plenty of water

If you give mint plenty of sunlight every day, then the water must keep up. Summer weather is hot, so basically watering thoroughly once a day, or once each in the morning and evening, is enough. When you have nothing else to do, you can also take a small spray bottle and spray water directly onto the mint leaves, so the mint grows even more vigorously!

3. Occasional fertilizer supplement

Many people feel their mint at home isn't growing much, so why not give it some fertilizer? Things like compound fertilizer or slow-release fertilizer granules at home can be mixed into water and poured directly onto the mint, or buried at the edge of the pot, away from the roots, so the mint can grow like crazy as fast as possible!

4. Pinch off the growing tips

Poor light at home or other factors can easily cause mint to grow leggy. Once you notice your mint has grown leggy, quickly pinch off the growing tips, keeping the height to no more than 15cm, and it will soon grow side branches and fill the pot in no time!

Snap off a mint sprig and roots will appear in 5 days!

Don't throw away the mint branches you trim off normally - just use them for cuttings, and after 1 month you'll harvest another big pot of mint!

1. Find a bottle filled with water, let the cut mint branch's wound dry, then just drop it into the bottle. Note that the lower end of the branch should slightly touch the water surface.

2. Summer weather is hot, so basically it only takes 3-5 days for the mint cutting to sprout white roots.

3. Once the mint's roots have grown longer, prepare to transplant it into potting soil.

4. Move the rooted mint branch into soil. For the first 3-5 days, it's best to place it somewhere with good indirect light to let it acclimatize, then you can let it get direct sun, and continue caring for it with plenty of water and plenty of sun, and it will fill the pot again in no time!

What to do if mint leaves turn yellow or scorched?

In the process of growing mint, the most common problem is yellowing and scorched leaves.

1. Mint leaf edges turning yellow: potassium deficiency

If your mint's leaves develop spots and the leaf edges turn yellow and dry up, it's basically potassium deficiency.

Solution:

If the leaves show this condition, we should spray the leaves with a 02.% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution, and they will basically recover quickly.

2. Black spots on the underside of mint leaves: red spider mites

If there are large areas of black spots on the underside of the mint leaves, it's basically a red spider mite infection.

Solution:

Prepare 2 spoons of dish soap + 1 spoon of vegetable oil, mix evenly with water, and spray it directly several times on both the front and back of the mint leaves, and you can kill the red spider mites!

How to save a mint that is nearly dead?

Summer weather is hot, and with the slightest carelessness, your mint at home will look like it's about to die.

1. If your mint has been sunburned, or lack of water has caused large areas of the leaves to wilt, then you can only steel yourself and give the mint a buzz cut!

2. Use scissors to cut off all the yellowed, withered leaves and branches, starting to trim roughly 2-3cm above the potting soil, until the whole pot of mint is cut bare.

3. As long as the mint's roots are intact, it basically only takes about 10 days for the buzzed mint to send out new shoots and grow new leaves!

4. If the mint has already developed root rot, then you can only trim the roots again and change the pot and soil.

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5. Take the mint out of the pot, then cut off all the rotten parts of the roots, keeping only the healthy roots, and soak them in a carbendazim solution for about 20 minutes to achieve sterilization and disinfection.

6. Re-pot the dried healthy roots. First place them in a cool, ventilated place to let the roots recover for 1-2 weeks, and once the mint grows new leaves, move it into the sun.

Eat mint like this - clears heat, relieves summer heat, and tastes great!

In the scorching summer, if you have mint at home, you're really in for a treat! Hurry and take a look at these fancy ways to eat mint!

1. Mint tea

The most common use of mint is for making tea! Just pick a few leaves, drop them into hot water, and steep for 10 minutes and it's ready to drink!

2. Scrambled eggs with mint

If you've picked a lot of mint leaves, why not just make scrambled eggs with them! The mint is refreshing and the eggs are soft and tender - it feels like you'll drool just thinking about it!

3. Crispy fried mint leaves

Wash the mint leaves clean, coat them with a little batter and fry them in oil, then pair with a glass of beer - it's simply a delicacy on earth!

What varieties of mint are there?

There are quite a few mint varieties, and many gardeners find them hard to tell apart. Today, Huahua will take everyone to take a look - what variety is the mint you're growing at home?

1. Field mint

Generally, this field mint is what grows in the wild or by the roadside. Field mint tastes like a fresh minty green aroma, and eating it feels quite cooling.

2. Spearmint

What's generally sold at flower markets is spearmint. Spearmint is an ingredient often used in toothpaste, and eating it tastes like chewing gum.

3. Peppermint

Peppermint has a faint Sichuan pepper taste, and its cooling sensation is quite sharp. Many gardeners also really like this flavor!

4. Apple mint

Apple mint has a sweet apple taste and looks like Cuban oregano, but its taste is still different from Cuban oregano.

5. Candy mint

The highest-looking mint in the mint family, generally used to make mint candy.

That's all for today's introduction from Huahua!

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