{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "plant",
  "slug": "mint",
  "common_name": "Mint",
  "botanical_name": "Mentha spicata",
  "family": "Lamiaceae",
  "summary": "Mint is a hardy perennial culinary herb that gives repeated leafy harvests in moist soil but usually needs a dedicated container to control spreading rhizomes.",
  "categories": [
    "culinary herb",
    "perennial crop",
    "container crop"
  ],
  "growth_habits": [
    "spreading rhizome",
    "upright"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "Herbaceous perennial",
  "difficulty": "Easy",
  "requirements": {
    "light": {
      "minimum_direct_sun_hours": 4,
      "preferred_direct_sun_hours": 6
    },
    "soil_ph": {
      "minimum": 6.0,
      "maximum": 7.5
    },
    "container": {
      "minimum_volume_litres": 10,
      "minimum_diameter_cm": 30,
      "plants_per_container": 1
    },
    "spacing": {
      "minimum_cm": 30,
      "maximum_cm": 45
    },
    "planting_out": {
      "minimum_reliable_temperature_c": 5,
      "frost_tolerant": true,
      "label": "Plant",
      "note": "Most culinary mints are hardy and die back during cold winters"
    },
    "harvest": {
      "typical_uk_months": [
        "April",
        "October"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rhs-growing-mint",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/herbs/mint/grow-your-own?type=h",
      "supports": [
        "identity",
        "types",
        "light",
        "containers",
        "containment",
        "harvest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "umn-growing-herbs",
      "publisher": "University of Minnesota Extension",
      "url": "https://extension.umn.edu/gardening-minnesota/growing-herbs",
      "supports": [
        "light",
        "soil_ph",
        "containers",
        "feeding",
        "harvest"
      ]
    }
  ]
}