Mint, Peppermint (Mentha piperita), packet of 100 seeds
$3.95
Family: Mint (Lamiaceae)
Hardy to Zones 3 to 7
(Mint, Peppermint) Cultivated worldwide. This seed gives a consistent peppermint plant that has the classic thin leaves and bright taste. Sow on surface, tamp securely, and keep evenly moist until germination. Thin or transplant to 6 inches apart.
100 seeds/pkt., Open Pollinated, Untreated, NO GMO’s
In stock
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Nosiba –
Do you have an organic peppermint seeds?
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Richo Cech –
hi nosiba, here’s a link to the organically certified peppermint plants, available in the USA only. https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/product/peppermint-mentha-piperita-potted-plant-organic-on-sale/
richo
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Jennifer (verified owner) –
Hi Richo,
I have read in several books and on other seller’s websites that you cannot grow peppermint from seed since the plant’s flowers are sterile and do not produce seeds. Since peppermint is the result of cross-pollinating spearmint with water mint, aren’t the resulting seeds peppermint? I am just trying wrap my brain around this and was hoping you could provide some insight. Thank you very much!
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Richo Cech –
Some hybrids are capable of self-stabilization over many years of selective breeding. A good example is Temperate Tulsi, which originated as a hybrid (Ocimum x africanum) and now is perfectly stabilized. This is the case with the peppermint we sell. To try to help you wrap your head around it, there is a kind of reverse proof available, which is that we now have a peppermint that is not sterile and does produce seeds. The progeny are not as consistent as one would get with clones. Seed-grown progeny never is. Planting this seed, you will get some variability. If you like one of the plants particularly well, then you can clone it, and go on with it, in just the same manner as growers produced “chocolate mint,” which is also a Mentha piperita. Hope that helps. r
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Nisrien Kharouba-Villanueva –
If I plant these around my property in westchester county NY area to keep deer and mosquitoes away is it strong scented?
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Richo Cech –
Hello Nisrien, It is strong-scented when bruised. I don’t think it will keep deer and mosquitoes away, though. Rcho
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