I love to cook, love my herbs, and love tea with mint leaves in it. I took cuttings from the mother plants and I have a beautiful pots of 5 different mints. Can I bring them in and use them over the winter?
Can you grow mint indoors over the winter? Can you freeze mint leaves?
I do! They usually stay alive. I freeze all my herbs too, chop them into small pieces and then put them in ice cube trays with water. You can them put a cube into cooking, drinks etc and they obviously stay fresh until you need them!
Reply:depends whether they are perennial or annual. You can freeze them but the best way to store them for use in tea is dry them. If you do not have a dehydrator you can dry them in the oven on 200 with door cracked. Put mint leaves on cookie sheet and leave for about 8 hrs or so. You can also put them in your car with the windows rolled up if it's hot in your area. If your mint is a perennial they must go through a dormant period or they will not survive long. You might be able to do this artificially by placing your pot of mint in the freezer for a few weeks and then bring it out and force it indoors. Hope this helps.
Reply:yes to the growing no to freezing just p/u a grow lite or 2
Reply:i suppose. mint is a wintery kinda thing. i think it is a year round thing. email me. poohrox28@yahoo.com. i will research and find some thigs out!!
Reply:I should think so. My Mamaw used to keep herbs growing in the kitchen window pretty sure mint was among them. Worth a try at least. I dunno about the feezing. I meant I'm sure it would freeze but not how it would taste but there again worth a try right? Wouldn't hurt to try and then you'd know.
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