Chocolate mint update

This chocolate peppermint root came from the trading post (some time in March, I think). It is not just your ordinary mint: it has a hint of chocolate flavor in there, too! Should be great for tea. I put the root in a pot and didn't do much else beside water it every now and then. Barely two months later and it is going crazy! I love plants that grow quickly, as I am too impatient for the slower ones. Come on, already!! This plant definitely fits in the fast-growing category, along with the wheat grass plant I also just started indoors. (It is the cat's plant, really. It is the one plant he is allowed to eat, the one veggie-oasis for him in the house. He is constantly being shooed away from the other house plants that he SO BADLY wants to munch on. Having just one pot around has seemed to help minimize his house plant-snacking, and he LOVES munching on the wheat grass. Success!)




PS. This is one of the few plants in the house that seems to have tolerated our horrible aphid population. Maybe the strong mint smell keeps them away?