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In April this year, when I brought home a 3-inch chocolate mint plant, I knew I wanted to propagate it eventually.  Over the five months I have cared for this plant, it has become one of the most enjoyable plants in my garden. I've already harvested it twice. I freeze-dried the leaves from those harvests, and chocolate mint has turned out to make a wonderful herbal tea. And now, instead of having one chocolate mint plant, I'm making more. Propagating chocolate mint without cutting the runner first As the mother plant sends out long runners, I reused a small nursery pot filled with soil and attached it with clips to the main container. I   lay part of the runner against the soil and secured it there while leaving the runner attached to the mother plant. The runner can begin developing roots in its new pot while it is still being supported by the established plant.  Once I'm confident that it has rooted, I can cut the runner connecting the two—and suddenly I have another...