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Reply With QuoteSome plants prefer to be rootbound...I have a few houseplants that prefer it as well...MJ doesn't though..it won't make it grow more...a lot of harvested plants need ample root room, while often decorative or ornamental plants prefer small spaces...
Mint plnat question
I've been watching how my Chocolate mint plants are doing and I've noticed that the one that is root bound is growing faster and more then the one that was transplanted into a bigger pot that was less root bound.
Why is the mint plant that is more root bound growing more then the one that isn't root bound?
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Some plants prefer to be rootbound...I have a few houseplants that prefer it as well...MJ doesn't though..it won't make it grow more...a lot of harvested plants need ample root room, while often decorative or ornamental plants prefer small spaces...
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is mint the kind of plant that likes to be root bound?
----- Last Updated , December 10th, 2011 -----
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Mint is a notorious ground cover. I don't think plants like that have problems with bunched up roots.
I just harvested a ridiculous amount of mint leaves yesterday, like 2 lbs wet. I'll do an Iso extraction to get the mint oil out tomorrow.
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Sure! Interestingly, it's supposed to be done with bruised wet leaves. And it soaks for days, according to the process I got from Google. I suppose residuals in the oil wont be a problem because we don't smoke mint, but this is my first time doing this so I'm kinda excited to....er....experimint.
Don't know much about mint but could it be that you damaged the roots and shocked the plant during transplant.
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That's possible but its been transplanted for over 1 week so it should have recovered from that. I did split the whole thing into half and put them into the same pot.
----- Last Updated , December 10th, 2011 -----
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I don't think mint likes being rootbound too long. Once the transplanted plant gets its roots growing in its new real estate it will pick up its growth rate.
Well Dear Toolage,
Maybe I couldn't give you the answer of your question but I have something that I feel I must Ask to you perhaps you could help me to know about the same plant. Actually I wanna Ask you is that also concern about the area where You're trying to do so?
If it is than how about the soil of Bozeman City?
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