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- From: daoffer@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Debora Offer)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: Help! They've got me by the roots!
- Message-ID: <DAOFFER.93Jan27152341@dewey.cc.utexas.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 20:23:41 GMT
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- In-reply-to: karpen@nrlfs1.nrl.navy.mil's message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:43:25 GMT
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- In article <karpen-270193142717@shiva4175.nrl.navy.mil> karpen@nrlfs1.nrl.navy.mil (Judy Karpen) writes:
- [...]
- DON'T plant anything from the mint family (including lemon balm) in a bed
- shared with other plants. In fact, put it somewhere in lousy soil, far from
- your garden, & HOPE that keeps it in check.
- [...]
-
- I planted spearmint in an open bed last year and it has definitely NOT
- taken over. After several months I started getting a few sprouts in the
- lawn but nothing the lawn mower couldn't take care of. I guess it must
- be my heavy clay/caliche/lime stone soil. Frankly, I would prefer mint
- to my current lawn. (Buffalo grass v Bermuda grass)
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