Candy - Stevia (#7)
Candy - Stevia
ID: 7
Name: Candy - Stevia
Category: Herb
Description: The sweetest plant you'll ever grow! Fresh or dried leaves add natural sweetness to tea, fruit salads, and many other dishes. A terrific house plant!
Details: Now you can grow your own calorie free, carbohydrate-free, low-glycemic sweetener at home! Stevia, also called sweetleaf, is up to 300 times sweeter than sugar, so a little goes a long way. Some say the leaves have a slight, pleasant, anise aftertaste. The bushy, 18"-30" tall plants can be grown in 10"-12" diameter containers. Leaves are sweetest just before the plant flowers in late summer to fall. Grown as an annual, although perennial in USDA zones 10 and warmer. This packet sows 6-9 plants.
Maturity:
Spacing: 18
Seed Depth: 0.125
Seed Count: 1
Days To Emerge: 21
Germination Temperature:
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When To Start Inside: Not recommended.
When To Start Outside: RECOMMENDED. 8 to 10 weeks before your average last frost date. Optimal soil temperature is 70 F-75 F.
Special germination instructions: Naturally low germination rate; sow
heavily. Be patient, as germination may be staggered over several weeks.
Frost Resistant: No
Heirloom: No
Notes: