Re: Stevia rebaudiana

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Stevia rebaudiana
• From: D* <g*@sbcglobal.net>
• Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 07:43:00 -0800 (PST)
• In-reply-to: <200411131448.iADEmWo13135@lorien.mallorn.com>

I had to do a google image search as I didn't know
this plant.

The one site claimed it is sweetest right before it
flowers... but that really doesn't answer your
questions.

So are you using it as a sugar subsitute? Interesting
that it is not approved here, but used quite a bit
elsewhere in the world.

Donna

--- Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
wrote:

> I brought my Stevia rebaudiana (Sweet Stevia/Sugar
> Plant) indoors since it
> prefers non-freezing temperatures and now it is
> blooming tiny little white
> blossoms.  I love the delicate flowers, but will
> letting it bloom send the
> plant into decline or cause the leaves to loose
> their sweetness?  Should I
> nip the buds off?  Or let them bloom?
> 
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> 
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