Hello!
I've recently started an indoor herb / veggie grow using CFL lighting.
All was well, and still is - except my little mint plant!
It was starting to get a little big so I decided to do some grooming, topping above the node and decided to replant the cutting.
It was recommended to me to use a solution of 1:1 Water:Sugar and water it into the soil to stimulate the cutting to root - I think this was a bad idea!
One by one the leaves are starting to go black.
I've flushed the plant, what should I do?
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Not sure, but since no one has spoken up, I'll take a run at it. My mint gets looking like that later in the season sometimes. I'm guessing it's something fungal. Probably yours being a little stressed was vulnerable. Plants have immune systems too, the healthier and stronger the plant, the better it fights off any kind of pest/problem. Anyway, I've never done anything about the condition. Mint is very hardy and because some of the leaves turn a little black like that, doesn't usually bother the plant very much.
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Howdy!
1:1 water/sugar may have been the problem, not sure but that mix is way high. I researched what to put in some flowers for my wife (anniversary thing)a few month's back. I couldn't remember what the exact proportions were but I knew it wasn't that. So I did the research again I was thinking a tbl per gallon but today I saw it was a tsp or 2 per gallon. 1:1 might have been very overpowering, I'm not a biologist but just a thought.
Google "sugar water fertilizer"
Good luck, and as said above I hear that mint is hard to kill so try again. I'm going to try some next year in a pot of course.
1:1 water/sugar may have been the problem, not sure but that mix is way high. I researched what to put in some flowers for my wife (anniversary thing)a few month's back. I couldn't remember what the exact proportions were but I knew it wasn't that. So I did the research again I was thinking a tbl per gallon but today I saw it was a tsp or 2 per gallon. 1:1 might have been very overpowering, I'm not a biologist but just a thought.
Google "sugar water fertilizer"
Good luck, and as said above I hear that mint is hard to kill so try again. I'm going to try some next year in a pot of course.
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