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Gardening

Ruby Reason

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10. I've grown and dried stevia

Reply to shift happens (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 06:54 PM

Dec 2011

Although I have never kept it inside over the winter. It is a spring to fall harvest for me. but I can cut all through summer and into fall and then use a small dehydrator for drying it. Nice sweet touch to teas and even sauces. Haven't tried it in baking breads or anything though.

Still, this past fall I cut even the stems and those I hung to dry. Haven't actually tried them, but I'm thinking of grinding them, or using them like one might use a cinnamon stick. I'll let you know it I have any luck.

Good luck with the indoor winter growth!

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I have a stevia plant. [View all] shift happens Dec 2011 OP

Inside or outside? Suich Dec 2011 #1

Thanks! I am in the Midwest and bought it over the summer. shift happens Dec 2011 #2

I ate some of the leaves at a garden store Suich Dec 2011 #5

Yeah and repotted it at some point. shift happens Dec 2011 #6

Great do you use it to sweeten your hot drinks? sce56 Dec 2011 #3

It didn't work when I put it into some tea. shift happens Dec 2011 #4

Ok did the google and found this for you. sce56 Dec 2011 #7

Thanks! Funny, though... shift happens Dec 2011 #8

I've grown and dried stevia Ruby Reason Dec 2011 #10

Be careful with that - it is SERIOUSLY sweet! HopeHoops Dec 2011 #9

I HAD a stevia plant! 18th and blue island Dec 2011 #11