Stevia

Season Overview

Description

The heat-loving sweet herb has 30 times more sweetening power than beet sugar. Prefers warm, nutrient-rich and not too hot locations. A compact plant is achieved by harvesting from the shoot tips. Its soft leaves grow on the flexible and hairy shoots and in the fall, Stevia forms white flowers at the tips of its shoots.

Growing tips

Stevia is very sensitive to frost and must be brought back indoors to overwinter. Only water in winter when the leaves are limp.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Seeding distance

25 cm

Row spacing

35 cm

Seeding depth

0Not specified