Many families now like to plant small plants to beautify the indoor environment or clean up the indoor air. However, due to the restrictions of air, sunlight, soil, and moisture, many small plants cannot be cultivated indoors. In comparison, as an ornamental, medicinal and edible plant, mint is very convenient and simple to grow at home.

Well, the following steps show you how to grow mint from seeds.

1. Germination treatment

Germination treatment is an important step in the method of planting mint seeds. The seeds of mint are cleaned first, soaked in warm water at 40°C for about 5 hours, and then the soaked seeds are placed in a higher temperature. Carry out germination treatment in the environment, and moisturize every day after covering a layer of damp cloth. 


White roots can be seen in about 20 days.


2. Soil preparation

Prepare a small pot before planting. Choose sandy soil with loose air permeability and high water holding capacity. After thoroughly disinfecting the soil once, pour an appropriate amount of water on it, and then loosen the soil to keep the soil The best condition is soft and moist.Then sow the seeds into the soil.


3. Transplanting seedlings

Place the germinated seedlings in the soil separately, avoid being too dense, keep the spacing between each plant at about 20 cm, cover the roots with a layer of 2 to 3 cm of fine soil after planting, and pour a small amount of water, often Keep it moist and place it in a sunny place.


4, After transplanting management
When the mint is planted, the soil should be kept moist. The seedlings should be watered every half a month. A small amount of urea solution should be applied every month. 


After fertilization, it should be combined with watering. Weeding should be carried out irregularly in the middle of the growth period to avoid consumption of nutrients, so that mint will grow more lush.