Mint in a hanging basket.......

[Novice Gardener]

Would it work? I'm struggling to find room for all I want to grow. I love herbs and have a nice little herb bed, but we use loads of mint and I know its not a good idea to plant in in the ground, and I don't have the space to for it to have its own tub so I wondered if it would do well in a hanging basket? I picked up a pot of mint in Asda today, and for it said on the pot that it was suitable for replanting in the garden. What do you think????

[rustylady]

I think a hanging basket would probably not be too good an idea, mint likes a cool damp root run. Mine is in 9inch pots on the patio, and seems quite happy, but a hanging basket would probably get too hot and dry. You can plant it in the ground, the only reason for not doing so is because it spreads like mad.

[Novice Gardener]

Back to the drawing board then.

Does mint "strangle" other plants then? The reason I ask is that my herb bed is about 3.5ft x 2.5 ft, but very deep (its a raised bed about hip height) but its totally separate from the rest of my raised beds, so I'm wondering if I were to put the mint in there, would it suffocate the rest of the herbs, or just grow like mad - the latter I can cope with as I use loads of mint.

[queen of the cobs]

it shouldn't suffocate them. Mint spreads in underground runners so it can pop up in unexpected places, I think that's why people worry. Personally I just plant it in and the pull it up if it comes up where I don't want it.