RE: Stevia rebaudiana
I do. The leaves are VERY sweet. I had hoped to grow this plant large
enough and maybe get some starts from it to grow enough to dry leaves and
grind them for year round use. It's almost too sweet to just eat the
leaves, but in combination with something less sweet, it is very good.
I haven't had any negative reactions from eating the plant at all and if
someone were going to have a bad reaction.... Well, lets just say I could
have been a canary in a mine.
Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 10:43 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Stevia rebaudiana
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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