Apple Mint
4.2 out of 5 (13 experiences)
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
About Apple Mint
The leaves and oils of Apple Mint are commonly used in herbal medicine and as a flavoring in everything from jelly, to cocktails, and ice cream! Their essential oils may be toxic in enormous quantities so don't go overboard, and be sure to keep it away from your pets ⚠️.
Taxonomy
Mentha suaveolens
Mentha
Lamiaceae
Lamiales
Also known as
Round-leaved Mint, Pineapple Mint and Wooly Mint
How to care for Apple Mint
How often to water your Apple Mint
every 9
Apple Mint needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Apple Mint in your home
a window
Apple Mint love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Apple Mint does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Apple Mint in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Apple Mint
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Apple Mint after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Difficult First steps🥵🔥 : Our first Child has faced harsh direct sunlight and is in direct danger of death. However we will take care of her, thats why we're here. Tomorrow, she'll have to survive a 12 hours car trip. Do you have any advice to avoid our plant getting damages in the process ?💚
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How to save my tiny mint plant? #Dyingplant I planted these from store bought mint (made them sprout some roots in a glass of water) and have been watering it about every 5 days. It’s on the windowsill and gets the evening sun from about 5-10pm (sun sets late here lol). About 3 weeks ago the leaves started turning purple or some yellow and getting these dark brown crunchy spots. I’ve tried watering it more often or less often and neither seems to work 😭 But lately it grew these tiny little sprouts (seen better in the 2nd pic on the right), but they’re staying just as tiny lol #
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Update: totally flopped now It was kind of flopping this morning and now it’s totally flopped what could be going on? 😢 It was watered recently. I got it at the store and planted it into a larger pot this week. I didn’t break apart the roots I kept them in a ball and just put soil around it. So maybe the water didn’t reach to the roots?
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Why is my mint so floppy? Is this normal?
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Hi everyone! I just noticed these little dots on my mint. What are they? #AppleMint
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Why does it look so different? #AppleMint hi, my mint has a growth on the side that barely has leaves and wondering what that is and if I should do anything to it? Thank you in advance
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Does anyone know if Apple Mint and Spearmint are one and the same, or are they just really closely related? The only way I can tell the difference between Apple Mint and Spearmint is the leaves. They smell and taste the same to me. #AppleMint
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Why is my mint so sad and spindly? Hi! My mint plant is about a year old and has gone from thriving to thin. Any tips to bring my plant back are greatly appreciated! #HappyPlants
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New plants
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Leggy! How do you prune #AppleMint so it isn’t so long and leggy? I’ve trimmed some of the shoots down significantly, even rooted them and planted in the pot, but it’s still not filling out.
Care Summary for Apple Mint
Apple Mint
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Fast grower 7
Easy to propagate 4
Large, lush leaves 3
Blooms easily 1
Survivor 1
Pest magnet 1
Browns easily 1
09/12/2021
I keep killing them
08/08/2021
easily propagated from store bought mint! it grows quick too.
Easy to propagate
Fast grower
06/27/2021
👍🏿
06/06/2021
Water a ton, mine dried out but even then I can use the leaves. Lovely and easy to revive. The branches can grow like vines if you change the sunlight direction.
04/27/2021
Their lovely and make great tea. They do like a LOT of sunlight and when planting them indoors they can have a hard time growing but it’s not detrimental to their growth.
Easy to propagate
Fast grower
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