How to start
Ensure that the soil is moist (not wet nor dry), so avoid over watering.
Keep the mint plant in a place where it will receive morning sunlight and partial afternoon shade. Within a few days, you will find new leaves coming up. Add vermicompost once in 10 or 15 days.
As Mint spreads fast, make sure the pot/bag is broad enough.
Once fully grown, you can harvest mint leaves and enjoy using it in your dishes.
I love to flavor my buttermilk, lemonade, iced tea etc with homegrown fresh mint leaves. I also make many dishes with mint leaves. Check out my Mint Recipes. Mint tea is good for digestive problems. If you suffer from cold, blocked nose, headache, steaming with fresh mint leaves helps to alleviate the problem.
If you like gardening, check my Organic Kitchen Garden.
is that we need to pluck the leaves by hand or cut with scissors and then use the stem for planting
Thanks for sharing very useful info… inspiring
Useful and important information. Thanks for sharing it.
Wow beautiful…where do you get the grow bags?
Ramanathan – You can pluck the leaves using your hands.
Madhoo – I got the grow bags from Coimbatore.
hi padhu iam great fan of all your recipes all north Indian dishes side dish for chapathi it looks yummy and tasty i tried it and my kids and my family loved it thanks padhu
Nice to know about grow bags,great inspiring post. Thanks for sharing padhu.
you are awesome..
Thanks for the views on growing our own herb garden. Very nice a thought.Will surely try this weekend.
Very handy & usefullll
can you suggest how can we grow agathi keerai at home?
Padhu, we’ve moved into a home with lots of open space! I dont want to use pots, just the available earth, any changes to the process? Thanks
No change but add vermicompost or cow dung manure every 15-20 days.