Harvest guide
When to harvest moroccan mint
How to harvest moroccan mint
Hold the stem with one hand and pick with the other, or snip with scissors. Pulling one-handed tears the brittle stems and can uproot the whole plant.
Storing your harvest
Best eaten within a couple of days — sugars turn starchy fast. For longer keeping, blanch briefly and freeze on the day of picking.
The mistake to avoid
Letting pods fatten up on the plant. A few mature pods tell moroccan mint to stop flowering, and the crop ends early.
More moroccan mint care
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- When to harvest moroccan mint — our other guide for the same plant
- Full moroccan mint care guide
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- How to propagate moroccan mint
- Growing moroccan mint in a pot
- How to overwinter moroccan mint
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Harvesting moroccan mint — FAQ
When is moroccan mint ready to harvest?
Pick young and tender, while the pod snaps cleanly rather than bending. Moroccan Mint produces more the more you pick. Once the plant sets mature seed it reads that as its job done and slows or stops, so harvesting young and often is the whole trick — a plant picked every couple of days can crop for weeks longer than one left to fill out.
How do you harvest moroccan mint?
Hold the stem with one hand and pick with the other, or snip with scissors. Pulling one-handed tears the brittle stems and can uproot the whole plant.
How do you store moroccan mint after harvesting?
Best eaten within a couple of days — sugars turn starchy fast. For longer keeping, blanch briefly and freeze on the day of picking.
What is the most common moroccan mint harvesting mistake?
Letting pods fatten up on the plant. A few mature pods tell moroccan mint to stop flowering, and the crop ends early.