Herbs
Mint
Mentha
- Cat: mildly toxic
- Dog: mildly toxic
- Light: half shade
About the plant
Mint grows wild in Europe and Asia and spreads by underground runners, so it is best kept in a pot of its own. It likes moist soil and partial shade, it is hardy, and frequent picking makes it bushier.
Mint and pets
- Cat
- mildly toxic
- Dog
- mildly toxic
- Signs
- essential oils: vomiting and diarrhoea after eating a lot
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 2 days in summer (April to September), every 7 in winter
- Light
- half shade
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 5–28 °C
- On a balcony in winter
- hardy: it stays on the balcony and stands frost down to -25 °C
- Feeding
- April to August, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 1 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
It grows fast and spreads: best in a pot of its own. It likes moist soil and half shade.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.