Wait, do blackberries also grow like weeds? I've never had much interest in gardening, but like the one plant I'd genuinely like to have, due to loving the fruit, would be blackberry
If I ever did get one, I'd probably want to grow it indoors anyway, if that's even possible. I'm more a city person and dont especially desire living somewhere with lawn space to maintain
Rubus Ursinus (Pacific blackberry) and Allegheniensis and a few others are native to the US. They're still prickly but not evil, we have some in the backyard and the turkeys love them.
Blackberries grow in thick brambles with nasty thorns. It also has a hardy root system that allows it to regrow if you just cut it down. They also spread a few feet per year, so keeping them contained is a constant (and often painful) battle. If you go too long without paying attention to it, your entire yard will be a mess of thorny brambles that are nearly impossible to kill.
or you can put them on wires like grapes. idk if it's unusual luck or skill issue, but my blackberries get stem rust every couple of years and they have to be cut down, they do grow back from roots but it keeps them from spreading too far
The bramble types do. They'll spread out a few feet every year and new plants will pop up everywhere. They're hard to prune because of the nasty thorns, and as long as there's roots, they'll grow back.
You can get a thornless variety that's much easier to contain. I have one in my front yard that hasn't spread at all.
You'll certainly have a lot of blackberries if you plant them.
The bushes down near the river by me are about 20 feet thick and 8 feet high. The only other thing growing near them are nettles. It's a genuinely fearsome plant.
Are you in the US? There are a couple of native blackberries that don't grow in brambles, but they are still quite pokey. This one basically grows as a couple of arching canes, usually on a tree line with a few others.
Interesting, I didn't realize there was more than one species, I had always figured that one blackberry population had been domesticated at some point and then bred into the different varieties out there
We just bought a house last year and now are currently dealing with a garden full of bindweed and creeping bellflower. It's fairly daunting but also kind of addicting trying to dig it all up.
I planted a blackberry plant 2 years ago, and it's grown maybe a couple inches since I planted it. I'm annoyed - I wanted blackberries! The raspberries took off, so that's nice. I just planted them all in the yard so I can mow down any that grow where I won't want them.
The funny part is that clumping bamboo actually makes a great privacy hedge. It’s leafy, grows in thick bunches, very quickly hits like 10-20 feet tall (depending on the variety), and doesn’t rapidly spread. So it can be a great option for people looking for a perimeter hedge or property divider.
The tricky part is that most bamboo isn’t clumping. Most is running bamboo, which rapidly spreads, doesn’t grow very tall, and will break past basically every barrier (like sidewalks and landscaping stonework) that most other plants would be stopped by. It’s also extremely difficult to kill, because it stores nutrients in the (extremely wide) root system. So even if you cut it down, it’ll just grow right back again somewhere else.
And plenty of people have accidentally planted running bamboo, thinking it was clumping bamboo.
Peppers and tomatoes can do this too. I used to grow tomatoes and habaneros in the same raised garden bed, and the tomatoes always came out with quite the kick
Define close please. Also mint please I got a nice lemon balm patch right next to some Greek oregano I bought because why not. The rest of my oregano lives in the bee alley.
Grass lawns started off as a way for pretentious rich people to flaunt how much of their land they could waste on nothing important, so it’s really not worse at all. Just another dumb trend that caught on.
I planted mint in my yard for this exact reason. I hate grass lawns. However local flowers are probably better for local pollinator and bird populations, so I might add those too.
please do! native flora are super important, especially since large monocultures of a useless crop (grass) have become popular. if your yard is gonna be filled with plants that you aren't using, you might as well fill it with plants that are useful to the environment
I can tell you that 30cm of woodchip will do sod all to stop it. My mint grows under 50cm of concrete. It takes a couple of years to get there, but it does!
I was promised this when I planted mint in ground at my old house, and sure enough, the mint took hold. Alas, my insatiable appetite for mojitos was too much demand for the mint to sustain and I eradiacted it through overharvesting.
Oooh. I knew this but for some reason my brain went from "Th ground? Like soil?" to "if I'm not supposed to grow it in a pot of soil, am I meant to grow it on some sort of trellis setup?"
I have a mint plant in my house, in a pot, that I simply cannot seem keep alive. It has a single stem left that’s trying its hardest to die every moment. I’ve taken it as a personal challenge to nurse it back to health (I need an easy win these days)
Last time I mowed, I noticed a new weed in the yard, popping up all over; this one smelled different, pleasant even. Fuck me, I’ve got a yard full of mint that showed up on its own, I’m guessing to mock my black thumb.
Already done. It was actually a freebie supermarket plant my son picked up. The local store has a section where the ugly and dying plants are free. So we picked up a chocolate mint, and are trying to bring it back to life.
I had it nearly there, so I gently moved it to a bigger pot, with fresh new soil, and it promptly died. There was one single stem that was left that had gotten buried when I replanted it. Everything behind it died, but it must be trying to put some roots down at a buried node or something. It was floppy and I thought dead, but then decided to come back to life and is growing new leaves. Fingers crossed, I’m too afraid to touch them t right now, so I’m just keeping it watered and sunny and hoping it comes back.
I have chocolate mint and I find its not as hardy as other varieties.
It does really well with fairly wet and shady conditions (I had it under my elevated rain barrels and it did great, but didn't spread beyond that) and poorly otherwise (since moving the rain barrels and exposing it to constant sun, it doesn't want to grow much at all, much less spread).
Idk how much that’ll help your quest, but perhaps it will :)
Oooohhh noooo, not mint!! How can I ever live with a yard of short, lush, green, plants that smell nice when I cut them, keep pests away, and give me an endless supply of ingredients for drinks and desserts? It's going to cover up all my regular grass that I can't do shit with and benefits no one!
Mint is extremely hardy, isn’t picky about soil type, spreads quickly, strangles and overtakes whatever is growing with it, and reproduces from the roots. If mint ever goes into the ground, your entire yard will very quickly be overtaken by it even if you start ripping it out as soon as you see it. It’s basically an invasive weed that happens to taste good. Anyone who intends to grow it will keep it in above-ground pots instead. But even then, all it takes is a small sprig landing in the grass, and suddenly your entire lawn is starting to smell minty when you mow.
Only in cold/temperate climates, try planting mint in a tropical climate and the thing will just die for whatever reason. I used to have a planter with it, then I moved it a bit, to a spot where there was less shade, and the thing died in days.
I had a potted mint in my parents backyard years ago. It grew through the bottom of the pot and started to invade the flower bed. Since then, my parents have drowned the entire bed in weed killer, pulled up everything they could find by the roots, and then put down a tarp and bark chips. Every year, some more mint pops up through all that.
i'm now thinking I should infest one of the drainage areas a bit away from my house with blackberries, wild strawberries and mint and just go farm it over there.
So is Australia apparently. I've seen this joke a few times and the first time I had to ask what the hell it was all about. I've seen my share of gardens with mint in it and not only it doesn't take over everything, it's also very susceptible to insects. A fully grown plant will disappear over the weekend if the right caterpillars find it.
all that menthol mint makes is a part of its defenses against insects specifically, and it works in europe. maybe it's better this way, because australia needs zero extra invasive species
Let me get in on this. The previous owner of my home planted Garlic. There’s no grass in that corner of my yard now. Just garlic. It escaped the garden bed.
I've got privit, onion weed, rust weed and bamboo all fighting it out in gladiatoral combat
And winners reward will be acid ans fire followed by a salting of the earth after which the soil will be evacuated to the clay level before it is dumped in my neighbours yard (where all of these fuckers came from
I used to have that. Pretty sure our neighbor planted it to try and sabotage us because our yard was a mess. Fuck you Jerry. On the rare occasion that I'd mow, it smelled amazing
I ended up getting rid of my garden this year, planted clover,grass and wildflowers. But along the fence line, I just planted potatoes. So it's potato surrounded by grass and clover.
My neighbors mint spread to an area of my driveway that is comprised of (from bottom to top) weed barrier, 8 inches of CA6, and 2 inches of river rock.
Needless to say, we've been finding excuses to make as many mojitos as possible.
Does it smell nice when you drive over it? Does it allow rainwater to percolate? Can your vehicle get sufficient grip and support?
I guess maybe you're worried it will dislodge the rocks and make the surface uneven? Because otherwise it seems like a non-problem. If you make a point of squashing the tallest bits each time you won't even have to cut it.
Im not worried about it. The driveway is primarily a concrete slab, with the aforementioned river rock acting as a sort of decorative strip along the edge. It sure does smell nice.
Somebody planted mint in one of my raised beds before I lived here and it's a constant battle to keep it at bay. At least I get refreshing mint tea out of the 20% of it I harvest.
My wife planted some lemon balm in one of our raised beds "accidentally" and she's lucky I love that shit. I cut a strategic handful or two out every day and it's still not enough to keep it controlled.
Seems like this really depends on the local climate, or maybe we just don't get the right type of mint here. All the actual weeds (i.e. plants that we don't want to grow) seem to shake down mint for its lunch money.
Got to know a gardener lady who lives far outside of the city. She usually gives me dried mint for a tea since she has it abundant. That is how I know.
I'm seeing a lot of debate right now with no solutions. GROW THE FUCKING PLANT NEAR THE WINDOW. KEEP IT INDOORS. If you're growing a non-native species for human consumption, KEEP IT INSIDE. If you can, the best place is above the Kitchen sink window. If you don't have that, you might have to tent.
The sink window is really nice because the plants are easy to water and they have plenty of sunlight.
I can't really explain why, your sentence just strikes me as a fun mnemonic such as Dear King Philip Claps Often For Good Science (for the order of taxa). Can I ask which country or continent you're from?
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abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 161 pts · 79d
Haha! That's such a stupid thing to do. That's why I've only planted a blackberry in my garden.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 47 pts · 79d
Wait...
Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 79d
Hahaha. You poor soul.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 79d
It's ALMOST worth it for fresh Blackberries that actually taste like blackberries. Not that trash in the grocery store.
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 78d
Do those get replicated or something? Crafted from foam, glue and paint?
nickiwest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 78d
They get picked before they're ripe, which means their flavor isn't very good.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social · 23 pts · 79d
Wait, do blackberries also grow like weeds? I've never had much interest in gardening, but like the one plant I'd genuinely like to have, due to loving the fruit, would be blackberry
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz · 43 pts · 79d
Blackberry is evil.
If it is not native to your country don't plant it! Nothing eats it, grows extremely quickly and is very hard to get rid of.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social · 10 pts · 79d
If I ever did get one, I'd probably want to grow it indoors anyway, if that's even possible. I'm more a city person and dont especially desire living somewhere with lawn space to maintain
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 79d
Sounds like you'd be interested in hydroponics.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 79d
I mean tell that to all the birds eating my blackberries.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz · 15 pts · 79d
They are spreading seeds.... That is the point of the berries.
Nothing eats the plant.
Even goats, which famously will eat blackberry, will eat anything else first.
Nefara@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Rubus Ursinus (Pacific blackberry) and Allegheniensis and a few others are native to the US. They're still prickly but not evil, we have some in the backyard and the turkeys love them.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 78d
I'm in NZ, of there is a naive blackberry, I've never heard of it. But we have a lot of blackberry in this country, it all sucks.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 79d
Blackberries grow in thick brambles with nasty thorns. It also has a hardy root system that allows it to regrow if you just cut it down. They also spread a few feet per year, so keeping them contained is a constant (and often painful) battle. If you go too long without paying attention to it, your entire yard will be a mess of thorny brambles that are nearly impossible to kill.
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 78d
or you can put them on wires like grapes. idk if it's unusual luck or skill issue, but my blackberries get stem rust every couple of years and they have to be cut down, they do grow back from roots but it keeps them from spreading too far
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 11 pts · 79d
They grow as brambles and grow thick.
It will take up any and all space it can.
You won’t have to worry about kids playing in your yard, but they’ll be in it for berries
protist@retrofed.com · 10 pts · 79d
Make sure to try to find a thornless variety. Blackberry thorns will wreak havoc on your body and your clothes
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 79d
The bramble types do. They'll spread out a few feet every year and new plants will pop up everywhere. They're hard to prune because of the nasty thorns, and as long as there's roots, they'll grow back.
You can get a thornless variety that's much easier to contain. I have one in my front yard that hasn't spread at all.
Speculater@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 79d
Extremely hardy, hard to kill, and spiders love them. But the fruit is delicious!
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 78d
yes, and they have sharp thorns, makes removal them very difficult. apparently is the himlayin blackberry is the notirous hard to kill weed.
the himalyin blackberry is capable of regenerating from root fragments, even if you pull out the whole plant, a small part of it can regenerate.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 78d
Well, good news!
You'll certainly have a lot of blackberries if you plant them.
The bushes down near the river by me are about 20 feet thick and 8 feet high. The only other thing growing near them are nettles. It's a genuinely fearsome plant.
Nefara@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Are you in the US? There are a couple of native blackberries that don't grow in brambles, but they are still quite pokey. This one basically grows as a couple of arching canes, usually on a tree line with a few others.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social · 1 pts · 78d
Interesting, I didn't realize there was more than one species, I had always figured that one blackberry population had been domesticated at some point and then bred into the different varieties out there
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 79d
They are evil incarnate
MissJinx@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 79d
Oh no, I planted Bamboo trees to avoid issues
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 79d
Bamboo is native to more places than people think.
potpotato@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 79d
“A species of bamboo”
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 7 pts · 79d
Personally I love https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolvulus_arvensis, it's flowers are so cute! The neighborhood is blooming!
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 79d
We just bought a house last year and now are currently dealing with a garden full of bindweed and creeping bellflower. It's fairly daunting but also kind of addicting trying to dig it all up.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 3 pts · 78d
addicted to the war game
[Sabaton]
Signtist@bookwyr.me · 4 pts · 79d
I planted a blackberry plant 2 years ago, and it's grown maybe a couple inches since I planted it. I'm annoyed - I wanted blackberries! The raspberries took off, so that's nice. I just planted them all in the yard so I can mow down any that grow where I won't want them.
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 79d
Bamboo looks way better than blackberry, I made sure to plant a ton of it in various parts of my yard.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 79d
The funny part is that clumping bamboo actually makes a great privacy hedge. It’s leafy, grows in thick bunches, very quickly hits like 10-20 feet tall (depending on the variety), and doesn’t rapidly spread. So it can be a great option for people looking for a perimeter hedge or property divider.
The tricky part is that most bamboo isn’t clumping. Most is running bamboo, which rapidly spreads, doesn’t grow very tall, and will break past basically every barrier (like sidewalks and landscaping stonework) that most other plants would be stopped by. It’s also extremely difficult to kill, because it stores nutrients in the (extremely wide) root system. So even if you cut it down, it’ll just grow right back again somewhere else.
And plenty of people have accidentally planted running bamboo, thinking it was clumping bamboo.
Mpatch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Throw some blueberry, strawberry plants in there too
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 124 pts · 79d
fun fact: if you plant oragano next to mint, it will take on a minty flavor.
the tomato mozarella salad I made was... interesting
kinkles@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 79d
That’s so cool
DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 79d
Crystal cool - Holly
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 79d
A similar thing happens with fennel and dill. The result is something that tastes like a weaker mix of both and the fennel doesn't grow a bulb.
Gust@piefed.social · 3 pts · 78d
Peppers and tomatoes can do this too. I used to grow tomatoes and habaneros in the same raised garden bed, and the tomatoes always came out with quite the kick
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
Define close please. Also mint please I got a nice lemon balm patch right next to some Greek oregano I bought because why not. The rest of my oregano lives in the bee alley.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 78d
Touching distance, basically
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Oh whew. We have a pepper patch between the experimental greek oregano and the lemon balm disaster
mimic_kry@sh.itjust.works · 123 pts · 79d
I have no idea what I'm doing
Psythik@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 79d
Well they're not dead so you're already doing better than me.
mimic_kry@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 79d
Yet.
They're not dead yet.
robocall@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 78d
I don't understand why people act like having a lawn of mint is worse than grass. Seems like it requires less maintenance.
binux@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 78d
Grass lawns started off as a way for pretentious rich people to flaunt how much of their land they could waste on nothing important, so it’s really not worse at all. Just another dumb trend that caught on.
Leviathan@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 78d
I planted mint in my yard for this exact reason. I hate grass lawns. However local flowers are probably better for local pollinator and bird populations, so I might add those too.
erev@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 78d
please do! native flora are super important, especially since large monocultures of a useless crop (grass) have become popular. if your yard is gonna be filled with plants that you aren't using, you might as well fill it with plants that are useful to the environment
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 78d
The other day walking in the woods I saw what I assume is native grass, it looked like lawn grass so I'm tempted to experiment.
LetThereBeNick@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 78d
You are closed in on three sides. This is a good spot for mint. I recommend putting 30cm/1ft of woodchips/mulch as a barrier to keep it all in.
Redfox8@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 78d
I can tell you that 30cm of woodchip will do sod all to stop it. My mint grows under 50cm of concrete. It takes a couple of years to get there, but it does!
Sunforged@lemmy.ml · 83 pts · 79d
Explain yourself right this instant young man!
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 121 pts · 79d
Unless all you want to harvest is mint, it's not a good idea to plant mint in the ground. It takes over the whole field.
kinkles@sh.itjust.works · 83 pts · 79d
Wow this grows really well!
…
Okay, I’m going to trim this back now.
…
How the hell did the mint get over there
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 77 pts · 79d
I was promised this when I planted mint in ground at my old house, and sure enough, the mint took hold. Alas, my insatiable appetite for mojitos was too much demand for the mint to sustain and I eradiacted it through overharvesting.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 79d
I have also experienced this tragedy. But not before discovering that a little catnip gives mojitos a nice flavor
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 79d
Since I do not enjoy being randomly attacked, I don't mess with their stash.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 79d
weeds hate this one trick
expatriado@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 79d
would be the best smelling field tho
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
No joke we have a few pots of different mints growing by the trash cans for any unpleasant odors
saltesc@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 79d
Oooh. I knew this but for some reason my brain went from "Th ground? Like soil?" to "if I'm not supposed to grow it in a pot of soil, am I meant to grow it on some sort of trellis setup?"
nomecks@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 79d
That's why I only plant horseradish!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
Well I copied the yard we already had, but I let the mint run wild. Also I think the racing stripes I added here and here look pretty sharp.
4grams@awful.systems · 62 pts · 79d
I have a mint plant in my house, in a pot, that I simply cannot seem keep alive. It has a single stem left that’s trying its hardest to die every moment. I’ve taken it as a personal challenge to nurse it back to health (I need an easy win these days)
Last time I mowed, I noticed a new weed in the yard, popping up all over; this one smelled different, pleasant even. Fuck me, I’ve got a yard full of mint that showed up on its own, I’m guessing to mock my black thumb.
RamenDame@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 79d
If you bought a supermarket pot you need to separate it and put it into a bigger pot. Otherwise it will cannibalise itself.
namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev · 23 pts · 79d
In fairness, if I were made of mint, I would also cannibalise myself.
4grams@awful.systems · 16 pts · 79d
Already done. It was actually a freebie supermarket plant my son picked up. The local store has a section where the ugly and dying plants are free. So we picked up a chocolate mint, and are trying to bring it back to life.
I had it nearly there, so I gently moved it to a bigger pot, with fresh new soil, and it promptly died. There was one single stem that was left that had gotten buried when I replanted it. Everything behind it died, but it must be trying to put some roots down at a buried node or something. It was floppy and I thought dead, but then decided to come back to life and is growing new leaves. Fingers crossed, I’m too afraid to touch them t right now, so I’m just keeping it watered and sunny and hoping it comes back.
I can always go get some from the yard :).
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 79d
I have chocolate mint and I find its not as hardy as other varieties.
It does really well with fairly wet and shady conditions (I had it under my elevated rain barrels and it did great, but didn't spread beyond that) and poorly otherwise (since moving the rain barrels and exposing it to constant sun, it doesn't want to grow much at all, much less spread).
Idk how much that’ll help your quest, but perhaps it will :)
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 79d
Oooohhh noooo, not mint!! How can I ever live with a yard of short, lush, green, plants that smell nice when I cut them, keep pests away, and give me an endless supply of ingredients for drinks and desserts? It's going to cover up all my regular grass that I can't do shit with and benefits no one!
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 28 pts · 79d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 78d
I'm thinking I let some clover run wild because the hoa board will shit their non-hoa approved shit receptacles.
potpotato@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 79d
Roses suck. Also, no.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 79d
So I'm. Gardener who doesn't know. What is it that i should know?
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 57 pts · 79d
Mint is extremely hardy, isn’t picky about soil type, spreads quickly, strangles and overtakes whatever is growing with it, and reproduces from the roots. If mint ever goes into the ground, your entire yard will very quickly be overtaken by it even if you start ripping it out as soon as you see it. It’s basically an invasive weed that happens to taste good. Anyone who intends to grow it will keep it in above-ground pots instead. But even then, all it takes is a small sprig landing in the grass, and suddenly your entire lawn is starting to smell minty when you mow.
Naz@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 79d
My grandma's garden got a mint infestation, and I simply rip some up and make fresh mint tea whenever I visit :)
It's really really, good
GiveOver@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 79d
Well I know what to do if my gardener buddy ever pisses me off
rainwall@piefed.social · 4 pts · 79d
Toss Dandelion's in there too. Also very hardy, spreads well, almost entirely edible.
alphabethunter@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 78d
Only in cold/temperate climates, try planting mint in a tropical climate and the thing will just die for whatever reason. I used to have a planter with it, then I moved it a bit, to a spot where there was less shade, and the thing died in days.
sness@sh.itjust.works · 53 pts · 79d
I had a potted mint in my parents backyard years ago. It grew through the bottom of the pot and started to invade the flower bed. Since then, my parents have drowned the entire bed in weed killer, pulled up everything they could find by the roots, and then put down a tarp and bark chips. Every year, some more mint pops up through all that.
zeroConnection@programming.dev · 35 pts · 79d
Not a gardener, but I've heard people say it grows like a weed and we should plant some on mars
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 17 pts · 79d
If it likes your climate it'll spread fast and be hard to keep in check because it spreads underground
Alenalda@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 79d
I seem to have the same problem with wild strawberries
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 14 pts · 79d
Sound like you need to plant some mint and spend the summer enjoying all you can drink strawberry mojitos.
rumba@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 78d
i'm now thinking I should infest one of the drainage areas a bit away from my house with blackberries, wild strawberries and mint and just go farm it over there.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 78d
The Legend of Johnny Mojitoseed.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 78d
I want to go to there
Trade you wild blackberries
Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 79d
We have minimal grass in our backyard. Whoever owned the property before us loved mint lol
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz · 42 pts · 79d
Tried planting mint for several years in a row - seeds, transplants, nursery plants (yes those exist). All died. Finland is a harsh place.
The_v@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 79d
Mint is succeptable to all sorts of fungal pathogens. Some pathogens like fusarium can remain in the soil for over 30 years as well.
BTW, experienced gardner here and I planted my mint in the ground. There comes a point where you no longer fear it and can control it.
Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 79d
It smells awesome when you mow. I will not apologize.
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 79d
come on, now you have to make a mojito in a concrete mixer
Mothra@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 79d
So is Australia apparently. I've seen this joke a few times and the first time I had to ask what the hell it was all about. I've seen my share of gardens with mint in it and not only it doesn't take over everything, it's also very susceptible to insects. A fully grown plant will disappear over the weekend if the right caterpillars find it.
Lantana, now, that's a problem
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 79d
all that menthol mint makes is a part of its defenses against insects specifically, and it works in europe. maybe it's better this way, because australia needs zero extra invasive species
Mothra@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 79d
Agreed
MinisterOSW@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 79d
Had mint take over the back yard of a rental in Melbourne. Was there for years before we got rid of it.
Mothra@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 79d
Interesting, I can't say I lived in Melbourne other than during a holiday visit. Maybe I should say NSW
kalapala@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 79d
And it still grows like crazy on some random abandoned field in middle of nowhere.
TheSlad@sh.itjust.works · 41 pts · 79d
I'll plant it next to my invasive english ivy and see which one wins...
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 78d
Let me get in on this. The previous owner of my home planted Garlic. There’s no grass in that corner of my yard now. Just garlic. It escaped the garden bed.
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 78d
You make that sound like it's a bad thing and not, in fact, free garlic.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 78d
The garlic is great! The odor is not as great.
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 77d
Ah, yeah, I could imagine it gets pretty pungent.
how_we_burned@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 79d
I've got privit, onion weed, rust weed and bamboo all fighting it out in gladiatoral combat
And winners reward will be acid ans fire followed by a salting of the earth after which the soil will be evacuated to the clay level before it is dumped in my neighbours yard (where all of these fuckers came from
AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 79d
Don't forget the Lilly of the vally, 3 way cage match ( or uncaged in this case )
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
Thank you for acknowledging my pain
bluesheep@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 78d
If you're in America throw some kudzu in there for some extra spice
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 79d
This bamboo grove is really taking off!
webkitten@piefed.social · 33 pts · 78d
chris@l.roofo.cc · 21 pts · 79d
I had mint on my balcony. This spring I saw mint grow around the corner. In my doormat!
philipp_@discuss.tchncs.de · 20 pts · 79d
Me to weeds in other pots: "Die! You are taking away nutrients and water from my precious plants!
Me to weeds in the mint pot: "You poor things! You are going to suffer."
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 79d
Glad y'all warned me about mint! I'll just plant some nice snow-on-the-mountain in a small little patch over here.
Redfox8@mander.xyz · 19 pts · 78d
I really don't know what you're all getting into a tizz about?! Grows just fine for me ;)
elaina@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 78d
Now make tea with it
Redfox8@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 77d
Indeed I do every now and then!
elaina@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 76d
Nice, the moroccans are proud of you
Etterra@discuss.online · 16 pts · 78d
NGL, I'd rather have a lawn of mint than of grass.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 78d
I used to have that. Pretty sure our neighbor planted it to try and sabotage us because our yard was a mess. Fuck you Jerry. On the rare occasion that I'd mow, it smelled amazing
Mpatch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
I ended up getting rid of my garden this year, planted clover,grass and wildflowers. But along the fence line, I just planted potatoes. So it's potato surrounded by grass and clover.
Ferrous@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 79d
My neighbors mint spread to an area of my driveway that is comprised of (from bottom to top) weed barrier, 8 inches of CA6, and 2 inches of river rock.
Needless to say, we've been finding excuses to make as many mojitos as possible.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 79d
Does it smell nice when you drive over it? Does it allow rainwater to percolate? Can your vehicle get sufficient grip and support?
I guess maybe you're worried it will dislodge the rocks and make the surface uneven? Because otherwise it seems like a non-problem. If you make a point of squashing the tallest bits each time you won't even have to cut it.
Ferrous@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 79d
Im not worried about it. The driveway is primarily a concrete slab, with the aforementioned river rock acting as a sort of decorative strip along the edge. It sure does smell nice.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 69d
The previous owners of our house planted mint, no matter what we do, we also have mint.
Fresh mint on vanilla ice cream tho...
Now our neighbors also have bamboo... I'm going all in on Crossbow for that!
BigBenis@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 79d
Somebody planted mint in one of my raised beds before I lived here and it's a constant battle to keep it at bay. At least I get refreshing mint tea out of the 20% of it I harvest.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d
My wife planted some lemon balm in one of our raised beds "accidentally" and she's lucky I love that shit. I cut a strategic handful or two out every day and it's still not enough to keep it controlled.
My house smells fantastic tho
lauha@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 78d
Now I want to plant mint, garlic and raspberry in three corners of my garden and have them battle it out.
BigBenis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Battle Royal - Urban Garden Edition
hDGGgrLpg8nEucjxWnJz@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 79d
Not a gardener but I definitely don't know
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 79d
If it didn't smell so good and taste so great in ice cream, it would be a weed.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 79d
The only difference between an herb and a weed is how tasty it is. The only difference between a wildflower and a weed is how pretty it is.
NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net · 18 pts · 79d
It's just whether you want it there or not.
A rose bush in a corn field is a weed!
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 79d
Technically anything can be a weed if it’s growing where it’s not wanted.
village604@adultswim.fan · 7 pts · 79d
Mint will take over anywhere you plant it.
BehavioralClam@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 79d
I tried planting it and it just dies lmao. Spearmint on the other hand has a huge bush in its corner already..
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 78d
Its not a weed if its useful. It may just be a little "unwanted at the moment".
Mpatch@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d
My 96 year old neighbor always tells me," a weed is just flower growing somewhere you didn't want it. "
village604@adultswim.fan · 9 pts · 79d
We have a rose bush like that which can't be killed. Bitch had a cement truck parked on it for 2 hours and it just shrugged it off.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
had the same problem. I dug down to the root and poured a cup of copper acetate crystals on it and buried it. never saw it again.
for context, it was growing out from under my garage concrete slab and was in an awkward spot.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 79d
Mint is a keter-class SCP, don't let it escape containment
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 5 pts · 78d
Seems like this really depends on the local climate, or maybe we just don't get the right type of mint here. All the actual weeds (i.e. plants that we don't want to grow) seem to shake down mint for its lunch money.
A garden full of mint would be julep heaven!
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 78d
Got to know a gardener lady who lives far outside of the city. She usually gives me dried mint for a tea since she has it abundant. That is how I know.
drone678@piefed.social · 4 pts · 79d
I planted Reynoutria japonica to get rid of my mint plants. I did not go to plan.
Xanthrax@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 79d
Did you also swallow a flie?
the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 77d
I have a patch of raspberries that's been slowly traveling around my house for the last ten years.
SsxChaos@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 76d
You should make a pi
angband@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 78d
Wah, it is better than goatheads
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 78d
I asked AI and I still don’t understand; what’s this got to do with making tons of money?
/s
Xanthrax@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 79d
I'm seeing a lot of debate right now with no solutions. GROW THE FUCKING PLANT NEAR THE WINDOW. KEEP IT INDOORS. If you're growing a non-native species for human consumption, KEEP IT INSIDE. If you can, the best place is above the Kitchen sink window. If you don't have that, you might have to tent.
The sink window is really nice because the plants are easy to water and they have plenty of sunlight.
UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Instructions Unclear, Plants escaped containmend
Xanthrax@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 74d
Fuck
pseudo@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 78d
Let's keep calm. Round leaves mint cut small enough make fine lawn.
techt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 78d
Is this a mnemonic?
pseudo@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 76d
No. Why would you think that?
techt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 76d
I can't really explain why, your sentence just strikes me as a fun mnemonic such as Dear King Philip Claps Often For Good Science (for the order of taxa). Can I ask which country or continent you're from?
pseudo@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 74d
I'm from France and I lack a lot in understanding the rythm in the english language.
crimsonpoodle@pawb.social · 1 pts · 78d
True but mint is woody so eventually stems harden and become brittle
pseudo@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 76d
In my experience round-leafed mint (Mentha suaveolens) is much less woody that other type. But I might be wrong.
Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app · 2 pts · 78d
Will mint out compete crab grass and fescue?
Erusset@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 78d
I'll tell you in a few weeks
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 77d
if they spread enough as a ground cover plant, than yes,. they only need to block out the sunlight.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
Next up: kudzu
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 78d
Love Kevin from EpicGardening
getFrog@piefed.social · 1 pts · 79d
Oh hey that's Eric!
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 79d
Oh no YOU DIDN’T!!!!!!!!!!!!
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 79d
halferect@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 79d
It really depends on where you live, but I can see in certain areas it going absolutely insane.
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social · 0 pts · 79d
That's why you always plant it next to strawberries and blackberries.