How can I abolish mint that is infiltrating my lawn?

I don't know that you can ever really get rid of mint. Pulling it up by the roots will help, as will mowing, but once they go to seed....you're stuck forever!

As incentive to pull it up, I suggest making iced mint tea (boil the mint, add sugar, add ice)... that and enjoying they way the yard smells when you mow.

I agree if it's really bothering you, you'll have to resod.

How can I abolish mint that is infiltrating my lawn?
Mint is a very evasive plant, that spreads its roots in runners under ground, so you may have to manually pull each one out of ground.
Reply:The only way is to get at the roots. You have to claw into the soil with your hand cultivator and sift through the soil for every bit of root you can find.



Ultimately, you may have to pull out the grass as well and then start over with new grass seed or sod.



Good luck!
Reply:You can spend a lot of time and labor digging and poisoning, or, set the mower really low in that area and keep mowing it off, or, put a cute little fence around it and develop a taste for bourbon and branch water.



Seriously, mowing it low and often will eventually kill it off. If you are going to use roundup or something the best time is in the fall when the fluids in the plant are going toward the roots. As soon as there is a frost that curls the leaves is the time to do it.
Reply:Mission Impossible. Mint, if not in a controlled environment will spread like wildfire. The best way I know of is ...if you have a place where the mint is growing is to isolate the strongest area were its growing. Use a border or edging. The rest is to mow it down and use a choking grass seed or other seed, like clover to choke it out. It's not a bad thing to get rid of it, Mint is a wonderful herb and it tastes great. But like mint %26lt; Horseradish does the same thing. Once established, grows like wildfire anywhere and everywhere.
Reply:Use a grass fertilizer where it is growing in the yard. Eventually it will be choked out by the grass. I would fertilze weekly just until it's gone. If your grass starts to turn yellow wait a little longer on fertilizing the next time.