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Tldr Mint is invasive.

Maybe plant some bamboo to help it

I obviously don't know... :(

Edit: Thanks for the answers - now I know! Where I live it doesn't spread that easily, and often when it's growing well it disappears overnight or in a matter of days thanks to caterpillars or grasshoppers. I didn't know it would grow out of control in other places.

One time I did that, and was horrified to see that the next day the gardner removed it and disposed of the body.

It was my baby and it was literally choking itself in every pot I planted it because it would just grow until the entire pot was roots.

I now know that it had to be done, this is what it means to be an adult. To know that sometimes murdering a baby mint is for the greater good T_T

Whats actually wrong with this? I feel like a lawn full of mint is infinitely better than the short grass suburb lawns that are so pervasive.

Meanwhile kudzu is over here like.. what trees?

Also catnip, but with catnip there's a 50% chance neighborhood cats will show up and roll on it until it dies.

It's gonna smell really nice when you mow your mint lawn.

You know what's also invasive?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houttuynia_cordata

The last people to own our house planted this stuff in the ground. It's also called fish mint, because it smells like fish when you cut it.

When we bought our house 2 years ago, the previous owners had planted mint in the ground, despite having a raised garden bad. My wife and I spent an entire afternoon taking back mulch and digging to remove the mint. We built a 2nd garden box and put it over the top of the mint spot, but I'm already seeing bits of mint poking up from under the box...

IDK. I like the wild mint patch in our lawn. Want some mint? Just go grab some mint.

Also ivy. A curse on whoever first brought English ivy to the Americas.

I've planted mint, strawberries, and raspberries. But this is the last time I'll get to see how far they've made it. I planted them to go to war with the buffle grass, tumble weeds, and tree of heaven. I can still drive by in a few years and see how its going.