I have a peppermint plant that has been growing happily all summer on my porch in a large pot. Recently, I started to notice that some of the ends were turning brown and dying. It almost looks as though the sffected stems had been cut off and dried, the leaves on these stems are brown and fall off when touched lightly. Other leaves have holes in them as though a bug had eaten he leaf leaving only the skeleton (the veins and the outline of the leaf). I noticed these kinds of holes on some of my neighbors flowers as well so it is possible that it's a plant pest or some such. If anyone has any clue as to what is wrong with my peppermint please let me know. IN the meantime I'm going to go home this evening and cut out all the affected areas in the hopes that it won't spread any further.

applescruff

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And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

That's true--give it a good pruning and maybe a little spray of soapy water after to wash off and get rid of any unwanted bugs still hanging around. You can spay the top of the soil too because sometimes they hide there as well...