Especially for girls, even though they know it's bad for their health, they still can't bear the negative effects brought by hot weather, so it's common to drink from time to time.
Can you believe it? There is a very common thing in the drinks that you often drink in summer!
This is the leaf of a plant. It's mint!
Fresh mint leaves soaked in water have the functions of dispelling wind and clearing heat, clearing the head, soothing the liver and promoting qi circulation.
Moreover, the mint essential oil in mint has a refreshing effect, which can make people who are sleepy in summer full of energy, especially suitable for office workers and students.
But you should know that many drinks are bad for your health, so if you just want to refresh yourself with drinks, you can plant some mint directly at home, or buy some fresh mint leaves to soak in water.
Of course, it is recommended that qualified friends plant edible mint at home, which can not only be self-sufficient, but also ensure the hygiene and safety of materials, and at the same time save a lot of money, killing two birds with one stone, awesome!
The roots of mint have very strong germination ability, and the requirements for soil are very high, so the container for planting should be large enough when planting.
Generally, you don't need to prepare flowerpots to plant mint in potted plants at home, but a larger foam box can be used as a container.
Moreover, when selecting soil, in order to ensure the growth of mint, the soil can always provide a variety of organic matter to meet the development needs.
Usually, mixing sandy soil and humus soil according to the ratio of 4:6 can not only ensure that the root system of mint can easily master the soil, but also achieve the effect of root fixation and vertical growth of plants, and at the same time, the vigorous root system can continuously obtain various trace elements from it.
In addition, the requirement of mint for soil PH is that the pH value is between 6.0 and 7.5.
Peppermint likes the environment with plenty of light, but too much continuous strong light will often lead to slow growth of mint, and the leaves are sparse and easy to turn yellow, so in order to avoid the ugly leaves of mint.
In hot summer, it usually needs to be placed in a cool place.
Put it in a semi-shady room or on the balcony of the window sill, it can promote the longer the branches and leaves, the more lush they will be.
In the case of sufficient light, the growth of mint needs sufficient water and nutrients, so it is also necessary to ensure sufficient water and nutrients in the usual nursing process.
And mint is a very solid plant. The more you are willing to pick the top branches and leaves, the faster you grow, the better!
But even if you don't eat it, you should trim the branches and leaves at least once every 1 month in the usual management process.
Mint is a natural "water pot". In the process of potted care, we need to use large water for irrigation. However, some mints are prone to lodging due to less light during the growth process, so we should also pay attention to the state of these branches and leaves when watering to avoid excessive water accumulation in the soil, which will lead to black and corrupt branches and leaves.
Generally, when the soil is slightly dry, we can directly pour dry tap water into it.
And when watering, try to fix some branches and leaves with your other hand to avoid pouring them directly on the leaves.
At the same time, it is necessary to wait for the soil to absorb or penetrate water as much as possible before releasing these leaves.
In addition, because seasonal changes will affect the temperature, if the environment can't consume water quickly, we need to postpone the watering time.
Generally, the number of watering in winter is the least, and the amount of water does not need too much. Generally, it is watered once every ten days and a half.
The demand for materials of mint is very low. The soil itself contains more than 30% humus soil, and the organic matter contained in it can meet the growth demand of mint within one year, so it is naturally unnecessary to add any form of fertilizer in the process of care.
Remember: when changing pots in March and April in spring, add a little base fertilizer, and don't apply any fertilizer for a whole year.
Plants with extended topics such as mint mainly reproduce the next generation by cutting seeds and branches.
If the seeds of mint die in autumn, then we will let nature take its course and try to let mint die slowly. When the branches are completely dry, we can collect the seeds on them.
After the seeds are collected, they need to be placed in a sunny place for continuous exposure. After they are completely dry, they can be packed in plastic bags and then placed in a ventilated and cool place. When the flowers bloom in spring, the live broadcast can harvest more mint!
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Especially when cutting seedlings with good growing branches, before May Day is the best time. Once you miss it, you can only wait for the next year!