Arrive May, weather turns hot, the mosquito all in the home dispatched, really irritated deeply irritated, raise a few in the corner at that time " sweet herb " -- field mint, make air pure and fresh do not have peculiar smell, drive mosquito, letting them dare not approach light of · · · is such mint, have several kinds, beautiful today flower comes to everybody popular science.
Spearmint mint
Spearmint mint is our commonnest mint, it is sending out classical mint is sweet, put in the ventilated position such as windowsill, balcony, aroma slowly disperse the internal heat with sudorifics, can hold back a mosquito to enter room, the peculiar smell in still can eliminating the home.
The leaf of spearmint is OK edible, make tea when clutch a few, flavour is cool and refreshing, reduce internal heat wakes head, still be used to make the dish of cold and dressed with sause, soup that boil, make tea, summer is planted an advantage is great.
The vitality of spearmint is very strong, even if by Lu smooth leaf, remnant polished rod is inserted in water also can rooted, what cuttage grows in earth is faster, need basks more, water more.
Peppery mint
The leaf spinous of peppery mint, outside its aroma besides field mint, still taking a bitter peppery taste, with will make food very sweet oh.
The time that peppery mint basks in grew, vein can become rufous, this is one of its marked characteristics.
Peppery mint is OK also edible, use the boiling water that boil, do fish, seafood, can carry delicacy to go fishy smell.
Earthy mint
The field mint flavour of earthy mint is the strongest, if knead leaf, with respect to the cool and refreshing feeling that can experience blow on the face immediately and comes, also be the field mint breed that is worth to raise very much.
Because the cool and refreshing sense of earthy mint is the strongest, using make tea so is first selection, special wake head, drink spirit much.
Summer is put in fruit juice, can abstain cool and refreshing cold drink, flavour exceeds marvellous ~
Malic mint
The leaf of malic mint is smaller pure and fresh, seem to have small nap of a white, it has the faint scent of an apple, very pleasant, in the home, can raise in the office.
Malic mint is OK edible, use commonly make drink, extract juice to drink together with all sorts of fruits, milk, yoghurt, it is OK to perhaps be put on desert, cake.
Pineapple mint
Pineapple mint is a mutation of malic mint, its leaf brim has circuit white, flavour and malic mint are similar, a few morer acid is sweet feeling, it is the nice variety that Yan Zhi and function coexist.
Pineapple mint explodes very easily basin, annual the growth period that Chun Xia is it, can blossom hang down condole plant, before entering a winter can clip, put indoors can live through the winter. The leaf of pineapple mint is OK also edible, use the make tea, lotion that make commonly.
Chocolate mint
Chocolate mint is very good differentiate, its leaf is rounder, have figure of the heart that order a peach-shaped thing, contain a pure and fresh Zhuguli to taste.
Chocolate mint is OK edible, can use commonly make food of Western-style food, barbecue, cold and dressed with sause, flavour is very special also, recall long ~
Candied mint
The flavour of candied mint is the sweetest, if temperature is too low, leaf color can become deep, aglow, next graphs are the contrast that follows peppery mint, field mint people put together had better distinguish.
If you still won't distinguish, can a leaf hears rub, the flavour of candied mint is the flavour of green arrow chewing gum, cool and refreshing in contain sweet taste, candied mint is OK also edible, use commonly make desert, drink.
The growth of candied mint is very fast, branch of informal clutch root, insert in day of the 2-3 in wet earth to live, it also very happy water, irrigate 1-2 second water everyday, put in the winter indoor, can irrigate less appropriately a few.
Monetary mint
Monetary mint is the Yan Zhi in field mint is highest, its leaf is elliptic, contain white figure, fragrance is not quite distinct, get the better of in good-looking.
What monetary mint grows is very fast, if come to its trice to raise, everyday gush gush water, can blossom very quickly small hanging screen, nevertheless gush water is a troublesome thing, the person of diligent is OK so raise
Monetary mint cannot eat, itself also the aroma with special that's all right, it is more good-looking, put in the position of astigmatism at ordinary times, remember watering more, what can grow is very beautiful.
Catmint
A lot of beautiful friend are mirrorred, bought field mint seed come back to plant went out below this kind of mint, this is catmint actually, the flavour that it sends out can let feline Mi people " cannot help doing sth " , have " wave wave desire celestial being " feeling.
Of course, the odour of catmint is harmless to human body, just feline Mi is more sensitive just.
Present weather is planted field mint appropriate
Put in the air in house pure and fresh, do not enrol bug
Favorite flower is friendly
Try to raise a few ~
