[Razzman]

Originally Posted by Frank Woolf

I guess that any plants here will just keep growing as we have no winter. I double checked the two plants I have and on closer inspection they are like yours except they are lighter color and the leaves are a bit wider. The leaves don't taste sweet though.

I took a trailer load of plants, including the Stevia, to the beach lot yesterday and planted them where I know the soil is very good so hopefully they will become a lot stronger and healthier. They are very weak now, probably from being cramped in pots for much too long.

If the leaves don't taste sweet, then maybe they aren't real stevia, or are not the best variety. The best bet would be to order some real stevia seeds from one of those links I posted above. They say about 75% of the seeds germinate.

If you live in a climate where there isn't winter, you are lucky. Stevia is actually a tropical plant, from South America. It should grow good where you live once you get them out of the seedling stage.

I live in Western New York, so we have some pretty harsh and long winters.

[Frank Woolf]

I have planted them at the beach house where the soil is much better but will do as you suggest and order seed for a known good one.

[Razzman]

Originally Posted by Frank Woolf

I guess that any plants here will just keep growing as we have no winter. I double checked the two plants I have and on closer inspection they are like yours except they are lighter color and the leaves are a bit wider. The leaves don't taste sweet though.

It's strange that the leaves don't taste sweet. The plants I have had even were sweet when they were young. It has a bitter/sweet taste though. It's so sweet that it has a bitter aftertaste.

I may have to give you the link to the pics I took of my stevia a few years ago.

Where do you live if you don't have winter and are close to the beach? Florida?

[Frank Woolf]

I am in Davao, Southern Philippines.

[pinaylover]

Can Stevia be used for cooking? Has any one ever tried this? What is conversion factor for Stevia vs sugar?

Thanks

Mike

[Frank Woolf]

Definitely Stevia can be used for cooking. It is used as a sweetener in many products.

As you can see from the above posts the sweetness varies a lot so I would think if you have plants you would need to experiment a bit with whatever you have.

[Razzman]

Originally Posted by pinaylover

Can Stevia be used for cooking? Has any one ever tried this? What is conversion factor for Stevia vs sugar?

Thanks

Mike

I ordered Stevia seeds about 3 years ago. Have had plants growing from those seeds ever since. I have been cutting off small portions of the stevia and putting them in soil and water and they've taken. When I ordered the seeds, I also ordered a book from the same company that had growing tips and a recipe book. I have that one at work, but found this great page with recipes and a conversion chart for the sugar/stevia conversion. Here's the site...

http://www.steviashop.com/additionaluses.php

[Frank Woolf]

Thanks for the info and the link. My Stevia plants died, probably from being in pots for far too long so I will get new ones soon then I will try some of those recipes for sure.

I am pretty good at avoiding sugar due to diabetes but I would really love some apple pie and other favorites I haven't had for years.

[Razzman]

Originally Posted by Frank Woolf

Thanks for the info and the link. My Stevia plants died, probably from being in pots for far too long so I will get new ones soon then I will try some of those recipes for sure.

I am pretty good at avoiding sugar due to diabetes but I would really love some apple pie and other favorites I haven't had for years.

I have a lot of dried stevia leaves from a few years. Was able to bring in a stevia plant that I had growing in a glass of water outside during the summer months. I still prefer the processed stevia as it has a more sugary taste than the actual leaves I eat.

Not sure if you ever went to cancertutor.com, but they have a lot of great info over there. I found about how vitamin C can be used to treat skin cancer. Last September, I had a couple growths of basal cell removed from my cheek. I just bought some vitamin C crystals that you mix with water and swab on. I've read that in a couple weeks, the cancer will scab over and be cured. I'll let you know as I'm treating a small basal cell growth right now.

[Frank Woolf]

Thanks I would really be very interested in the results.

I know people can be cured with an all fresh veggie and fruit diet and that vitamin C can work wonders.

I had surgery for Colon Cancer 5 years ago. Now I take a lot of vitamin C and eat far more fresh fruit and veggies than before. So far there is no sign of the cancer returning.

My low sugar diet plus the veggie and fruit heavy diet means food can get boring so using stevia could liven things up a lot.

The quality of most veggies for sale here is about what you would expect in the trash bin in most other places so I have started growing as much as possible myself.