Following is an excerpt from Growing and Using Stevia: The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table with 35 Recipes.
Stevia can be a challenging houseplant during the short days of winter because it wants to go to seed with short day lengths. Artificial lighting helps tremendously, however.
Plants can be held over from one season to the next and even produce leaves for use during the winter. Overwintered plants can also be a source for taking cuttings in late winter or early spring.
With a large pot like the one pictured in the photo (10 inch diameter), a stevia plant can be kept permanently potted for a few years, moved outside on the deck or patio when the weather allows.
See Chapter 3 of Growing and Using Stevia for these additional topics:
Stevia can be a challenging houseplant during the short days of winter because it wants to go to seed with short day lengths. Artificial lighting helps tremendously, however.
Plants can be held over from one season to the next and even produce leaves for use during the winter. Overwintered plants can also be a source for taking cuttings in late winter or early spring.
With a large pot like the one pictured in the photo (10 inch diameter), a stevia plant can be kept permanently potted for a few years, moved outside on the deck or patio when the weather allows.
See Chapter 3 of Growing and Using Stevia for these additional topics:
- Overwintering Outdoor Stevia Plants
- Watering Stevia Houseplants
- Potting up Stevia Plants to Bigger Pots
- Fertilizing Stevia Houseplants
- Potting Soil
- Lighting for Stevia Houseplants
- Stevia Houseplants in the Spring
Order your copy of Growing and Using Stevia: The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table with 35 Recipes through one of these links:
directly from Prairie Oak Publishing
from Amazon.com.
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