Is my mint plant dying

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Is it dying if so how can I save it

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Nope, they get a bit straggly as the year goes on. Try cutting it right back, maybe a of fresh compost and put it somewhere sheltered and it should get going again but don’t expect too much of it over winter if it’s outside.

Mine is getting a bit straggly and not growing so fast. Was just thinking I should cut some for the freezer! However bad it looks it will come back next year as long as it gets a bit of water over winter.

I've never managed to keep it going by bringing the pots in - has any one else? It works with parsley!

I saved it from someone that wanted to throw it in the bin so I have repotted it new soil the bottom roots are drying up going crusty but the top is still green ? It's indoors just now is it better to keep outside ?

My outdoor potted one comes back every summer despite very little TLC.

Mint will survive everything up to and including a nuclear apocalypse. Check your back garden, it's probably already colonised most of your flowerbeds.

This^. Leave it alone. It naturally dies back. It will come back again next year.

I'd keep it outside (just be careful to put it somewhere you don't mind it taking over and spreading if you plant in a flower bed...). I'd use larger pot, put it outside, cut back and keep it watered... you should see new growth soon. Mint will die back over winter but will make an appearance again in spring.

It looks a bit limp. They don’t usually go limp as they die. Roots not functioning well. Either not enough water, or too much so roots have rotted - difficult with mint but possible. Try nipping off the top of the stem and see if you can root it in water

Mint dies back in the Winter and will come back in the Spring.
You could pick the leaves off and freeze them.
Supermarkets sell mint plants now that you can try to keep going on your windowsill until yours regrows next year.

Mint is just the strangest plant, I have never ever had any luck with keeping mint alive, no idea why. People say it’s indestructible, and it takes over etc, not for me it doesn’t.

I read somewhere that it likes to be repotted - maybe because it naturally spreads, so last spring I emptied the pot and repotted just a section of the plant. Seemed to work well and fill the pot very quickly with fresh growth.

Like @MereDintofPandiculation said, it's very easy to propagate. I did it with some supermarket mint to fill out the pot I'd planted them in. And with a couple of stems that had got a bit straggly.

Try potting it up. Mint roots grow so much they often get pot bound.

Mine is dying back now. It will come back next year.

Yes, mint does die down over winter - but the tops don’t flop over like that!