Peppermint

Peppermint

Very happy with the peppermint. We replaced a backyard area with peppermint and it has grown very well and have taking cuttings to root more. It is very healthy and am pleased with the successful planting.

A more difficult seed

I'm a beginner with mint, and have had quite a learning experience growing this one. Mint seeds take a while to germinate and the plants start out tiny. They take a while to really get going. While the seeds themselves do deliver as advertised, I think West Coast Seeds should revise their instructions: 1) Unlike most other seeds, mint needs light to germinate, thus you should barely scratch them into the soil surface. 2) I don't recommend those peat pellets. I found it was necessary to keep them wet for quite a while, and I had multiple pellets eventually starting to grow mould or fungus or similar. 3) I found a better germination method was to scratch 30-40 seeds into the soil in a shallow pot or container. Generously garnish the soil surface with vermiculite. Keep them damp. As plants start to get bigger, re-pot individual plants into 3 or 4 inch pots.

It has been a challenging summer but these seeds have given me what I was looking for. I have experimented with only planting a few seeds each to get a feel of how they grow etc and so far it has been successful