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Asked by:
Rich Guerrera
Posted at:
January 26, 2025
I purchased mint plants from Richters and noticed a couple have started to cross. The plants haven't flowered and I divide all the runners out. I wanted to know if there is anything I can do to prevent plants from crossing. The plants that seemed to do this are: wintergreen mint, pear mint and candy pop mint. I can't keep them too far from each other because it isn't practical. If you can let me know how you manage to keep mint from crossing at your farm please let me know.I presume by "crossing" you mean that the plants grow into each other. They cannot produce hybrids from germinating seeds unless they produce fertile flowers and seeds from those. Many of the tasty hybrids are sterile and never set seed.