Stevia from seed
Jan 4th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Stevia plant
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Winter is wonderful to think about what you want in the spring planting can do. Since then should the honey herb Stevia rebaudiana, or rather not miss. Although there are now really no longer necessary, pull the plant from the seed itself, as it mitlerweile in many well-stocked garden centers, gardening, or stevia can be bought in various stages of growth. Of course, only as an ornamental plant, because as we know, stevia is in the EU is still not approved as food.
When the hobby gardener so stevia planting, then it can, however, no one stop them, now and then one or the other leaf in the tea or to simply disappear in the mouth, which of course I would advise strict, because there are those important regulatory missing as food.
Seeds, cuttings or mature plant?
Anyway, there is next to mature plants or cuttings in the trade of course, stevia seeds to buy. So if you prefer to buy as big draws to plants that may do what with who were already treated, it can do so. The seeds are available from different vendors under different names. The seeds of the plant called the supplier , Dürr seeds such as sweet herb / Sweet honey leaf, at Sperli found same into a package that says honey herb.
It is known that it is not easy to grow from seed Stevia rebaudiana. With a germination rate of about 20 percent of you are already doing well. Also need the Stevia seeds a germination temperature of about 20 ° C and the seeds need light to germinate. So please do not cover with heaps of earth, but best to put on the substrate and may press on a bit. The substrate is not too dry but keep strictly to avoid waterlogging. Then you have created the best conditions, that from your Stevia seeds are also going to be.
A great testimonial to the experiment from purchased seeds to grow one or more plants, found in the most interesting gardening blog by Stephanie then
Soon we will then talk about how the stevia cuttings with the works, and why we should prefer the vegetative propagation of planting.
Other interesting information:
Correctly, stevia is perfectly legal for consumers - referring repeatedly quoted restriction only to the distribution within Germany - so it's a dealer restrictions.
Himself determined to draw a little plant makes fun - but in order to meet its needs for stevia ....
Here in Paraguay, the sun shines all year. Our stevia is so intense in flavor and lots of sunshine. We can reap 4x a year, which means our product is always fresh.
So why do not you just look in our shop, whether it is worthwhile to order directly from Paraguay Stevia.
Greetings from Paraguay
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Particularly difficult, I felt not the cultivation of stevia from seeds, are absorbed by 10 10th The first after 3 days. I've also used as a substrate commercial cactus soil, which tends, in my experience is not quite as quickly as potting soil fungi.