This is the best time of year to fertilize. Fertilize with an organic slow release formula like 8-2-4 or similar ratio.Collect seeds of annuals to dry and store inside until next spring.
If temps dip, cut basil and preserve in oil in the freezer. Take cuttings of tender annuals to propagate in warmth to renew your garden next spring. Mulch tropical and semi-cold-hardy plants like gingers, Esperanza, Pride of Barbados, Firecracker fern, bananas. Decide wildflower seeds and bulbs to plant in November. Add compost to vegetable gardens along with organic fertilizer if not already done. Iris, daylily, fern, liriope, spring-blooming perennials, violets. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Vegetable Planting Guides (Central Texas). Cilantro seeds or transplants, parsley, dill, fennel, chervil, summer savory, borage. Also, non-native poppies, larkspurs, hollyhocks Late: native wildflower seeds like bluebonnets, phlox, Mexican hat, Indian paintbrush, Indian blanket (gaillardia). Cover crops for dormant vegetable beds: clover, hairy vetch, elbon (cereal) rye, Austrian winter peas, or annual rye. Perennials, shrubs, ornamental (clumping) grasses. Usually, it will remain evergreen for us. The new plant will emerge from the soil as soon as temperatures warm up. If it dies back during the winter, simply cut it back. You can also plant it from seeds, but starting from a plant is much faster, especially if want to include several types. Instead, try several and experiment with their different flavors. There’s no need to buy more than one plant of each variety, because it does grow so quickly. So, if you’re worried about it running through all your beds, plant it in a container. New stems can also emerge from the soil quite a distance away from your original plant. It can be invasive, since it sends out long stems that form roots as soon as they touch the soil. Add it to recipes, teas and other drinks. That’s a good thing, since even the scent is quite refreshing. To keep it bushy, pinch or cut back frequently. Keep it mulched, both in the ground, and in your containers, to reduce water loss. 
If it hasn’t gone too far, it will perk back up in just a few hours after you water it or at least by the next morning. Mint will visibly wilt if it needs water. You should keep it moist without drowning it. In a container, use a high quality potting mix, and add perlite, vermiculite or compost if the mix seems a little heavy. Mix in lots of compost if you’re planting it in garden beds.
Best time to plant mint seeds full#
Mint’s normally listed as needing full sun to perform well, but I found that here in scorching-hot Texas, my mint does much better with about half a day of shade. If you have the right conditions, mint’s the easiest plant to grow in the world. There are many different species of mints, and even more cultivars to choose from, but the most commonly grown are peppermint and spearmint.
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