Description
Its refreshing, cool-tasting leaves add zest to all kinds of cuisine. Peppermint tastes great in sauces and pairs well with vegetable, meat, and potato dishes.
It also makes an excellent garnish for iced drinks, melons, and ice cream! The peppermint herb plant has been used for culinary purposes for centuries and continues to be a popular ingredient in many dishes around the world.
- Characteristics: Attracts pollinators
- Color: Green
- Fill Weight (grams): 200 mg
- Approximate Seed Count: 275 - 290
- Flavor: Cool and refreshing mint
- Preparation Ideas: This versatile herb can be used in meat dishes, potato dishes, iced drinks, or iced cream to name a few
- Plant Type: Herb
- Plant Lifecycle: Perennial
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Resistance: Deer|Rabbit|Wet Soil
- Growing Season(s): Spring|Summer
- Harvest/Bloom Season(s): Summer
- Package Dimensions: 3.25 x 4.5"
Sowing Info
Sow a few seeds evenly spaced in hills, 8 inches high and 12 inches across. Young vines should have a fence, trellis, or heavy cord on which to climb. When young vines are about 8 inches, thin to 3 plants per hill. Does not transplant well.
- Planting Depth: 0.0625"
- Seed Spacing: 12"
- Nutrient Care Instructions: Apply SUPERthrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Description
Its refreshing, cool-tasting leaves add zest to all kinds of cuisine. Peppermint tastes great in sauces and pairs well with vegetable, meat, and potato dishes.
It also makes an excellent garnish for iced drinks, melons, and ice cream! The peppermint herb plant has been used for culinary purposes for centuries and continues to be a popular ingredient in many dishes around the world.
- Characteristics: Attracts pollinators
- Color: Green
- Fill Weight (grams): 200 mg
- Approximate Seed Count: 275 - 290
- Flavor: Cool and refreshing mint
- Preparation Ideas: This versatile herb can be used in meat dishes, potato dishes, iced drinks, or iced cream to name a few
- Plant Type: Herb
- Plant Lifecycle: Perennial
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Resistance: Deer|Rabbit|Wet Soil
- Growing Season(s): Spring|Summer
- Harvest/Bloom Season(s): Summer
- Package Dimensions: 3.25 x 4.5"
Sowing Info
Sow a few seeds evenly spaced in hills, 8 inches high and 12 inches across. Young vines should have a fence, trellis, or heavy cord on which to climb. When young vines are about 8 inches, thin to 3 plants per hill. Does not transplant well.
- Planting Depth: 0.0625"
- Seed Spacing: 12"
- Nutrient Care Instructions: Apply SUPERthrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.