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Jerrica

28 posts in 293 days
hardiness zone 5

222 days ago

Topic tags/keywords: containers invasive humor

Have you ever put two invasive or aggressive plants in the same container, to watch them duke it out over the course of a summer? I’ve always wanted to try this. I would plant mint with yellow crooked-neck squash. They both produce way more than I can ever use, so maybe if they had to fight for their lives, they would produce just what I could use.

-- -Jerrica --Kansas City, MO --zone 5

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mski

8 posts in 237 days

222 days ago

Good thinking but 2 warriors in one pot would probably produce nothing or only the one that is more aggesive.
Mint is a nightmere, I grew it in a pot ,it found it’s way through the pot (drainage holes) into the soil and invaded my front flower bed! It’s (the pot) now 2 feet from any soil

-- Zone? Microclimate, rarely frost, slightly inland, never rains, never wanders too far from 70 deg except for Dec & Jan, although the last few years it's got hot mid summer!!

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dini

753 posts in 224 days
hardiness zone 5

222 days ago

But I love the smell of mint when the lawnmower runs over it!

I will admit, though, I keep it well away from any other beds.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

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Damocles

805 posts in 361 days
hardiness zone 5

222 days ago

LOL…I haven’t tried this type of botanical fun. Good idea…

It took me 3 years to get the mint out of my garden…

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

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roman

636 posts in 327 days

222 days ago

nope, never done that

but rest assured I will

-- Central northish Ontario

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labman1

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192 days ago

I put 1 sprig of mint I got from a yard sale for $.25 in a bed under a lilac bush 2 years ago. It now covers about a 6’ x 3’ area. and yes I also love the smell of fresh mowed mint!

-- SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GARDEN CENTER-Dave, Erie PA-zone 5-a

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roman

636 posts in 327 days

192 days ago

I am always looking at “2” plants duking it out but I dont dare put in mint, or bishops devil but I do play with plants, especial border plants, the kind you want for borders that are low maintenance and stuff. I cant stand the plants that just take over but there some out there, that with a little “attitudal adjustment” seem easy enough to control. Mint roots go deep so I keep them near tree lines, especially Evergreen tree lines because the veragated look of mint contrasts quite nicely against a solid green coniferous tree.

Same for Bishops wart evasive plant but works quite nicely where the forest wants to get into your backyard…........way back there. gentle hints of various colours of green are “awesome” in the right light.

I just love warm…..............as opposed to cold

-- Central northish Ontario

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