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Mint (Na'na)
نعناع
The essential Gulf herb — grows year-round with water and afternoon shade.
💧 Summer water
Daily
💧 Winter water
Every 2 days
☀️ Sunlight
Morning sun, afternoon shade
🔥 Heat
Handles heat
🌱 Difficulty
Easy
⏱️ To harvest
30–40 days
🪴 Containers
Yes, grows in pots
📅 Best sowing
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Planting calendar (UAE)
Jan
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💧 Watering
Mint wants constantly damp soil. In summer it may need water morning and evening in a small pot — a bigger pot buys you slack.
☀️ Sunlight
Morning sun, afternoon shade. Full summer sun scorches it; deep shade makes it leggy but alive.
🪨 Soil & setup
Anything that holds a little moisture. Always give mint its own pot — in a bed it invades everything.
🧺 Harvest
Cut stems just above a leaf pair; cutting hard and often is what keeps it bushy.
🧓 Grandmother's notes
- ◆Start from a cutting, not seed — a supermarket bunch rooted in a glass of water works.
- ◆It survives summer in shade looking tired, then explodes back in October.
- ◆For karak and tea, morning-picked leaves have the strongest oils.