I live in a city, so the growing region is by proxy the closest supermarket. My apartment does have an unattended garden but I’m not quite sure what I could do with it. Every spring there’s plenty of growth but some dickhead always mows everything down if summer doesn’t make everything dry and uhm.. groundy?
I’m assuming they keep coming back because (A) They hate that mowing dickhead (B) They have some pretty darn long roots there. Seeing as plants don’t have emotions B is the right option while A is more wishful thinking.
I have a nice pot of peppermint which the ground looks dense like a bus full of people and it still managed to grow some despite how dense the ground looks and summer fighting it with a water drinking competition.
I’m assuming they keep coming back because (A) They hate that mowing dickhead (B) They have some pretty darn long roots there.
It could be that seeds are left in the ground. They can just child there for years! Farmers hate that cause it’s a weedy phenomenon.
I have a nice pot of peppermint which the ground looks dense like a bus full of people and it still managed to grow some despite how dense the ground looks and summer fighting it with a water drinking competition.
Excellent! Hope it grows well!
TLDR: What options do you think a city guy has?
I’m not too confident in this area though. Maybe someone else could chime in?
It could be that seeds are left in the ground. They can just child there for years! Farmers hate that cause it’s a weedy phenomenon.
Any reason why it can’t be some deep roots? I have a crazy/stupid idea of using that garden to grow something, and roots would be rather troublesome with digging and stuff.
Excellent! Hope it grows well!
It grows EXTREMELY well—absurdly fast, to honest. I’m surprised there’s still room for more growth after a year in the same pot.
By the way, what should I do about dead branches? There’s a lot of dead branches and I’m not sure what to do with them.
Any reason why it can’t be some deep roots? I have a crazy/stupid idea of using that garden to grow something, and roots would be rather troublesome with digging and stuff.
I don’t know if roots regrow the top bit, or if it’s conceivable. Sorry about that. But yes, roots can be very troublesome when digging. They get in the way and their job is to stay in place. Them and rocks, if your soil is so inclined can be a bit annoying
By the way, what should I do about dead branches? There’s a lot of dead branches and I’m not sure what to do with them.
It depends on how dead, basically. If they are decaying organic matter barely discernable from the soil, it could be useful for you should your soil have insufficient organic matter (and/or acidity since they often go hand in hand). Or, if it’s too acid then it could be worthwhile getting rid of it. But that’s only once you start looking at the soil quality stuff.
More importantly, if those branches are making it hard for you to access the ground, you could chop them up with an axe so they’re easier to move and put them aside (or give them to people with fireplaces if they’re the right kind of wood). They’re probably too big to compost, but I don’t know too much about composting since generally more traditional composting substances are readily available in my garden.
It’s a peppermint plant, they’re more like a line drawn on paper rather than a tree’s branches.
Think of it like ---- and ====.
They’re mainly what used to be the plant when I got it, although there’s a few stems here and there, the center of the pot is a bunch of dead ‘branches’. Most of the new growth occurs at the side, and I want to know that if I take the dead ‘branches’ out, they’ll be new growth in their place.
I live in a city, so the growing region is by proxy the closest supermarket. My apartment does have an unattended garden but I’m not quite sure what I could do with it. Every spring there’s plenty of growth but some dickhead always mows everything down if summer doesn’t make everything dry and uhm.. groundy?
I’m assuming they keep coming back because (A) They hate that mowing dickhead (B) They have some pretty darn long roots there. Seeing as plants don’t have emotions B is the right option while A is more wishful thinking.
I have a nice pot of peppermint which the ground looks dense like a bus full of people and it still managed to grow some despite how dense the ground looks and summer fighting it with a water drinking competition.
TLDR: What options do you think a city guy has?
It could be that seeds are left in the ground. They can just child there for years! Farmers hate that cause it’s a weedy phenomenon.
Excellent! Hope it grows well!
I’m not too confident in this area though. Maybe someone else could chime in?
Any reason why it can’t be some deep roots? I have a crazy/stupid idea of using that garden to grow something, and roots would be rather troublesome with digging and stuff.
It grows EXTREMELY well—absurdly fast, to honest. I’m surprised there’s still room for more growth after a year in the same pot.
By the way, what should I do about dead branches? There’s a lot of dead branches and I’m not sure what to do with them.
I don’t know if roots regrow the top bit, or if it’s conceivable. Sorry about that. But yes, roots can be very troublesome when digging. They get in the way and their job is to stay in place. Them and rocks, if your soil is so inclined can be a bit annoying
It depends on how dead, basically. If they are decaying organic matter barely discernable from the soil, it could be useful for you should your soil have insufficient organic matter (and/or acidity since they often go hand in hand). Or, if it’s too acid then it could be worthwhile getting rid of it. But that’s only once you start looking at the soil quality stuff.
More importantly, if those branches are making it hard for you to access the ground, you could chop them up with an axe so they’re easier to move and put them aside (or give them to people with fireplaces if they’re the right kind of wood). They’re probably too big to compost, but I don’t know too much about composting since generally more traditional composting substances are readily available in my garden.
It’s a peppermint plant, they’re more like a line drawn on paper rather than a tree’s branches.
Think of it like ---- and ====.
They’re mainly what used to be the plant when I got it, although there’s a few stems here and there, the center of the pot is a bunch of dead ‘branches’. Most of the new growth occurs at the side, and I want to know that if I take the dead ‘branches’ out, they’ll be new growth in their place.
Yes, peppermint should regrow nicely, it is quite aggressive.
Sinapis alba in pots. Eat the seedlings. Vitamins and some gall-inducing bitterness (so don’t eat too much).