When potting mint, should you choose a deep or shallow pot?

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Prerequisites for planting mint

Mint generally chooses deep pots

When cultivating mint, we usually plant it in pots, but when choosing flower pots, do we choose deep pots or shallow pots for cultivation? Is there any difference?

Prerequisites for planting mint

When planting mint in pots, you must first consider the prerequisites for cultivating mint. Basically, you can refer to the following points.

The first is the variety of mint planted.   

There are many types of mint, such as Chinese mint with egg-shaped leaves and lemon balm with heart-shaped leaves. Each one grows in a different way. If you plant lemon balm, because the rhizome grows relatively strongly, it will eventually grow a very strong rhizome that can cover the entire flower pot. The Chinese mint is even more powerful, basically growing like crazy. Therefore, it is best to choose different flower pots according to different varieties.

The second is the quantity of planting. Some flower pots may plant a small amount of mint, while others may like to plant many plants at once. Basically, the more trees you plant, the larger the pot you need. But don’t go crazy growing mint either.

Mint generally chooses a deep pot

When cultivating mint, you usually choose deep pots.

First of all, in order to pursue the effect of popping pots, people sometimes choose to grow multiple plants at once. In this case, you need to choose larger and deeper flowerpots so that the plants have room to grow.

Secondly, choose a deeper flower pot. Mint has a larger growing space, so you don’t have to change pots frequently. It should be noted that deep basins may have poor air permeability.

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