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- Use stevia plants from seeds themselves
- Development of the seeds
- Sow seeds
- Care of the small seedlings
- Separating the seedlings
- Tips & Tricks
Use stevia plants from seeds themselves
From the pretty white flowers of stevia develop during the summer small seed capsules. Collect this seed, you can use from them many small Stevia plantlets.
Development of the seeds
It is therefore important to cut off the chalices in good time when breeding semen. Place the capsules on a kitchen towel for a few days until the seeds fall out with a light knock.
Sow seeds
In order for the seeds to germinate, it needs a uniformly moist substrate and an ambient temperature of at least 22 degrees. Stevia is a light germ, so do not cover the seeds with soil. Only when several hours of light stimuli a day fall on the dark grains does the seed come to life and a new stevia plant develops.
Even in the best conditions, the germination rate of the honey leaf is only about fifteen percent. Even seeds that you purchase from a retailer usually have no higher germination rate. Always place several seeds in a seed box and singulate the plants should the seedlings become too dense after a few weeks.
Care of the small seedlings
It is important that you pay much attention to the freshly grown Stevia plantlets.
Separating the seedlings
If the small Stevia plantlets have reached a size of ten centimeters, they are isolated and transferred into separate pots. Pikieren the plants in large vessels with six inches in diameter, so that the strong storage roots can develop well. Carefully habituate heat-loving stevia to the field and do not expose the seedlings to direct sunlight in the first few weeks.
Tips & Tricks
Do not plan on breeding if you do not leave too many of the pretty flowers on the plant. Cut the bud tops and shoot tips regularly so that the stevia forms more branches and grows bushy.