How to Grow Mint in Water? A Full Breakdown of the Detailed Method and Steps

  There are many kinds of mint. Some mint can be used in cooking, some can be made into a cool drink, blended with lemon into mint lemonade, and mint can also be rubbed on insect bites to cool and relieve itching. Liking the smell of mint is the main reason I grow it. Mint has two propagation methods. One is sowing seeds, which I have tried; it requires plenty of patience, waiting and waiting and waiting, and after germination it needs careful tending until it grows up. But water propagation is one of the easier ways to propagate it. Convenient and simple, one pot becomes two. Now let me explain the method.

  1. Prepare an empty cup, either a plastic cup or a porcelain cup will do, and fill it with tap water.

  2. Cut a slightly longer stem from the mother mint plant. You can let it sit for 12 hours to let the wound dry, then stick it into sand, or you can put it straight into water.

  3. Choose spring or summer for water propagation, when the temperature is higher and warmer, as this makes rooting easier. Generally, when propagated in water in summer, it starts growing roots in just over a week.

  4. After about half a month, the roots have grown like a beard, and at this point it can be planted into soil.

  Be careful to water often; mint likes plenty of water. But the potting soil must not become waterlogged; it should be loose and fertile soil. In a very short time, one mint stem can grow into a large pot.

  Mint can also be grown in water. For water propagation, mainly pay attention to the following points:

  1. Mint likes light and likes water, so it should be placed somewhere with plenty of light. It cannot stay all the time in a shady spot where it never sees sunlight; that way it is hard for photosynthesis to occur, few roots form, and it is also hard for leaves to grow.

  2. There is no need to change the water every day; generally change it only once a week. If the water in the bottle gets low, add a little more, but do not fill it to the top. You can drip some Dovodo series nutrient solution into the water, used at a maximum concentration ratio of 1:400. This can supply nutrients to the mint, but do not use nutrient solution that is too concentrated.

  3. When changing the water, wash the roots at the same time, remove any leaves that have already rotted, and keep the bottle and the whole mint stem clean.

  4. Mint likes moisture, so you can spray the leaves twice a day with a small spray bottle. Actually the amount of water sprayed is not much, but because it is a mist, it can be absorbed fully. During the seedling stage, try not to spray nutrient solution; just use clean water.

  5. Mint leaves very easily turn black. I generally pick off the black leaves as soon as I see them. Herbaceous plants are not afraid of being picked; the more you pick, the more vigorously they grow. Black leaves may also spread, so it is important to remove them early.

  Mint grown in water is much cleaner than mint grown in soil, and it also looks attractive placed indoors! Do not be scared off by some of the problems mentioned above; you can actually try growing it in water yourself. These little guys can surprise you every day!