Does anyone know about stevia? Where I can get seeds?
Larry

larry wrote:

Does anyone know about stevia? Where I can get seeds?

Richters, among other places. Dunno about germination though, the ones
I've got growing I bought as plants.

Henriette

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Henriette Kress, AHG Helsinki, Finland
Henriette's herbal homepage: http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed

writes:
larry wrote:

Does anyone know about stevia? Where I can get seeds?

Richters, among other places. Dunno about germination though, the ones
I've got growing I bought as plants.

Henriette

Plants are probably the best way to go. Mine came back this year from
last year, such a nice surprise. The first year, I faithfully took the
pot inside and it promptly died. Last fall, figuring they were gone, I
left them out and was rewarded with new plants in the pot this spring
(mild winter).

Such a wonderful plant. This summer, I gave one of my plants to friends
who have diabetes.

A piece of Stevia leaf and a chocolate peppermint leaf make a great
summertime treat. :-)

Glenna

Henriette Kress wrote:

larry wrote:

Does anyone know about stevia? Where I can get seeds?

Richters, among other places. Dunno about germination though, the ones
I've got growing I bought as plants.

Henriette


Henrietta, how do you actually 'use' it?

Bill
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Zone 5b (Detroit, MI)
I do not post my address to news groups.

Henrietta, how do you actually 'use' it?

I dry the leaves and then grind them up into a powder. I use the powder
in tea, coffee, iced tea or anything else that I want to sweeten and
don't mind the green coloring.

Bobbett

This is so pretty amazing stuff. I had never heard of it before your post
and I started doing a little reading. If anyone not familiar with the plant
would like more imformation, I've found this website to be fairly
comprehensive in it's descriptions of Stevia rebaudiana.
http://rain-tree.com/stevia.htm

I'll see if I can find anywhere to get the seeds and/or plants from it
available online.

"larry" wrote in message
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Does anyone know about stevia? Where I can get seeds?
Larry

Mike Stevenson wrote:

This is so pretty amazing stuff. I had never heard of it before your post
and I started doing a little reading. If anyone not familiar with the
plant would like more imformation, I've found this website to be fairly
comprehensive in it's descriptions of Stevia rebaudiana.
http://rain-tree.com/stevia.htm

I'll see if I can find anywhere to get the seeds and/or plants from it
available online.
Good link. Thanks bunches. I had been thinking about growing some next year.
I think you have helped me make my decision.

Bill

FDA be darned!

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Zone 5b (Detroit, MI)
I do not post my address to news groups.

In article ,
Mike Stevenson wrote:
This is so pretty amazing stuff. I had never heard of it before your post
and I started doing a little reading. If anyone not familiar with the plant
would like more imformation, I've found this website to be fairly
comprehensive in it's descriptions of Stevia rebaudiana.
http://rain-tree.com/stevia.htm

I'll see if I can find anywhere to get the seeds and/or plants from it
available online.

"larry" wrote in message
able.rogers.com...
Does anyone know about stevia? Where I can get seeds?
Larry


I got my seeds from Park Seeds (http://www.parkseed.com). I got a few
seeds as a "freebie" with my order last year and just bought another
package to grow another batch. It's Item #0265 and is listed as "Sugar
Plant."

I just transplanted a fair sized stevia (~2+ feet tall) into a nice
pot and gave it to a friend for her diabetic husband.

Thanks for the link for the extra information. I'll forward the URL to
my friend.

Nyssa, up to her armpits in cukes and tomatoes

Updating this older message about Stevia, which can be used as a sugar
substitute.

"larry" wrote back in August:
Does anyone know about stevia? Where I can get seeds?

Mike Stevenson wrote:
This is so pretty amazing stuff. I had never heard of it before your post
and I started doing a little reading. If anyone not familiar with the
plant
would like more imformation, I've found this website to be fairly
comprehensive in it's descriptions of Stevia rebaudiana.
http://rain-tree.com/stevia.htm


"Nyssa" wrote...
I got my seeds from Park Seeds (http://www.parkseed.com). I got a few
seeds as a "freebie" with my order last year and just bought another
package to grow another batch. It's Item #0265 and is listed as "Sugar
Plant."

I just transplanted a fair sized stevia (~2+ feet tall) into a nice
pot and gave it to a friend for her diabetic husband.

Thanks for the link for the extra information. I'll forward the URL to
my friend.

From the 2004 catalogs:

Territorial Seed Company, page 158, has Stevia extract and a cookbook.
www.territorialseed.com

Pinetree Garden Seeds has 4 books (pages 121-122) and Stevia seeds (page 48,
item 535). www.superseeds.com