chocolate mint

[CaroltheCarrot]

Excellent , thank you once again

[Anna Stox]

Carol, I have sent you a pm (btw, you are a star!)

[CaroltheCarrot]

Done and in the post. If it has survived our winter then I am sure it will survive the Royal Mail.

[Furny]

Can anyone please advise me how best to treat my new choc mint cuttings courtesy of Carol (Thanks Carol, please see pm). I have researched online & have now confused myself!. Do I need to put them in water to root? or just pop them in compost as in two sheds post/diagram above?.
I also read about hormone powder (but don't have any) so i'm just looking for the best but easiest method. The internet is great but too much info confuses me sometimes!Lol! .
I think i'm turning this in to rocket science when its probably just a case of bunging it in the compost! ha! I just want to get it right as I have some plain mint cuttings & other herbs (rosemary & chive etc) coming too.
Thanks in advance.
Furny

[Two_Sheds]

I never use hormone powder (neither does Flummery and she's a sage)

Cut it below a leaf node and pop it in water for a while. When it shows a goodly amount of white roots, pot it up

[Furny]

Thanks Two Sheds. They already have quite a lot of white side roots (you know what i mean) but I think I'll still obviously need to pop them in to root from the bottom then.
I really appreciate your advice.

[Two_Sheds]

They already have quite a lot of white side roots

Oh, that's fine. Just lay the cutting on its side in a small pot of compost (not too deep, just covered)

[Furny]

ooops, I popped them in a glass of water last night as I worried about them drying out.
I'll go rescue them soon then I do as you say. Do I lightly cover the whole cutting including the leaves (top of the cutting)??
Thanks so much

[Two_Sheds]

Yes cover the whole cutting. It won't matter if you do cover the leaves, they'll push themselves back through

[Furny]

Thanks again Two Sheds. We can rely on you to come to the rescue!!

[CaroltheCarrot]

Ha oops the note to say that I was too cowardly to take cuttings and had lifted rootings(?) was left on kitchen table

[Furny]

Ha! don't worry Carol. Its my first time as you can guess with a cutting/rooting so I'm not much wiser but wanting to get it right( I just noticed they had lots more roots on them than the cutting pics online so sort of guessed) .
They are currently laid in the compost horizontally buried like Two Sheds told me, I do hope this is still the right method now (wondering if because of all the roots they could have just sat up in compost) but I don't suppose it will do them any harm, someone may confirm this is ok (Two Sheds?) also should they be covered (propogated!)?

[CaroltheCarrot]

They have been under feet of snow so would not think wee bit of compost will do them any harm at all

[Two_Sheds]

They are currently laid in the compost horizontally buried like Two Sheds told me, ...someone may confirm this is ok (Two Sheds?) also should they be covered (propogated!)?

OK, I shall confirm my confirmation of the advice I gave you

What you have from Carol is roots, so you can now take root cuttings: http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to...root-cuttings/

No, they don't need any kind of heat or covering, just don't let the compost dry out. Honestly, mints are weeds, you'd have to try very hard to kill it

[Furny]

Thanks folks. I just needed confirmation that they where ok still to be like that now we know what we have! ha!.
Two Sheds do I now take them out & do the cuttings as above (in article) as at the mo the whole thing is in the compost? your post confirmed they where ok like this but then you said i could do cuttings (article)? sorry to be a pain to you.
Ok I will religiously water too... I did have a giggle at your post Carol & at the end of your post Two Sheds never say never! Lol!
Sorry if i've been a bit painfull with these it's just a bit confusing to a cutting/root newbie!.