Mint plant stem broken and spots on leaves

Two questions:

First, I just noticed that my mint plant’s stalk has broken and the broken part is browning. What should I do? Should I cut it and propagate it? Or is there another remedy? The broken part is toward the bottom and if I need to cut and propagate it’ll be a pretty long part so I’m hoping there’s another way.

Second, there are some spots on the leaves and I’m not sure what they are and if I should be worried about them. The spots were white and now they’ve turned brown and I see one starting to brown the actual leaf from the tip.

Pictures attached of part of stem where it’s bent/broken and another picture where you can see the spots on leaves.

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#1 Comment By kh0001 On 07/28/2016 @ 11:38 pm

I’m sorry your mint plant is damaged! The good news is that you can definitely propagate it by using cuttings. This article will walk you through how:

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And this article will give you some tips on growing (and controlling!) different types of mint:
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