• prettybunnys@piefed.social
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    12 days ago

    Mint is easy to keep alive, but you gotta not kill it first.

    One of those catch 22s

    If you plant it successfully, it lives there now.

    Even for years after it’s removed the ground has enough seeds for it to regrow for nearly a decade.

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        12 days ago

        That’s because it’s vv hardy, it’s rare for rosemary to drop seed like mint does though

        Mint just fills the ground with seeds so it can show up forever whenever for whatever reason

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          11 days ago

          Chives are also like that. I think I planted some in my parents garden when I was 12 about 25 years ago and it still keeps coming back every year. Often in different places as it roams around the garden, but I don’t think I’ve ever not had them come up somewhere.

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            11 days ago

            I think they’re also a bulb plant like onions or garlic so they grow and spread underground.

            Make underground babies that pop up elsewhere.

            Like tulips