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Mentha spp.
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- How to Stop Mint Taking Over the Garden
- Types of Mint: Peppermint, Spearmint and the Rest
- Cutting Mint Back to Keep the Scent and Stop It Rotting
- How to Propagate Mint from Cuttings and by Division
- When to Pick Mint and How to Dry and Store It
- Mint Through the Year: Cutting, Dividing and Picking
Pests and diseases (4)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Rust
MajorDisease
Small raised orange-yellow to red-brown pustules form on both leaf surfaces, then rupture and release powdery spores. Heavy infection yellows the leaves and kills them early.
Root Bound
MajorDisorder
Leaves wilt even right after watering and roots push out of the drainage holes. Water runs off the surface instead of soaking in, foliage pales and growth stops.
Spider Mites
MajorPest
Fine white stippling spreads across the upper leaf surface, and the leaf eventually whitens and dies back. In heavy infestations fine webbing appears on leaf undersides and shoot tips.
Cabbage Armyworm
CommonPest
Young larvae feed in groups on the leaf underside, eating only the tissue so the leaf turns translucent white. Larger larvae chew big holes and can strip a plant bare in a single night.
