Gardening & More: The Gardencast

how do I grow edible stevia plant? Where do I get seeds?

This plant is a natrual sweetner grown in Bazril but am try my hand at grow it where I live.

The seeds and plants are in seed catalogs now. One of the links below has seeds – but small plans pre-grown from cuttings are considered optimal. Sources for those from the stevia.net site below are:

The Herbal Advantage is a Missouri herb supplier offering 2 1/4″ pot size stevia plants ready for planting in your garden. For information and prices, call 800-753-9929, or write to them at Rte. 3, Box 93, Rogersville, MO 65742

Richter’s Herbs, a Canadian business, offers plants in 2 1/2″ pots via courier to customers in the U.S. and Canada. For information and prices, you can call (905) 640-6677 or fax them at (905) 640-6641 or write them at 357 Highway 47, Goodwood, Ontario L0C-1A0

Well Sweep Herb Farm is another source offering plants in 3″ pots either via mail order or to customers who stop by. It is located at 205 Mt. Bethel Road, Port Murray, NJ 07865 or can be reached at (908) 852-5390

Good luck!!!!

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