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Isabell Isabell studies agricultural sciences and loves to be surprised by nature and its complexity again and again. Herbs - whether gathered wild or in the garden - are her passion.
26.01.2021

Peppermint rust

How to get rid of the fungus

From the end of April to mid-May there are tiny black dots, which become purple, then yellow swellings. In summer there are orange-brown spore deposits on the underside of the leaves.

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Radical pruning helps against peppermint rust. The plant should then sprout healthily again.



Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Isabell Isabell studies agricultural sciences and loves to be surprised by nature and its complexity again and again. Herbs - whether gathered wild or in the garden - are her passion.