Harvesting A Stevia Plant

Dubious06

Dubious06

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I bought a stevia plant from home depot a couple months back, and it's getting rather tall. I know it's a natural sweetener, and I'm curious if anyone has actually harvested the plant for use. I know, I know, another weird plant question, but I appreciate any info from someone who's used this plant-- there's a +rep waiting for someone with good info! Thanks guys, cheers.
 
Dinosaur Bone

Dinosaur Bone

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It Trichomes you are after. The Trichomes are 200 times sweeter than sugar. BAsicly you want to make Hash. A Hash tumbler should work. Bubble Bags might work too. OR shake it old school with a silk screen.

OF course, I don't see why you couldn't just dry it, and powder it with a coffee/ spice grinder.
 
svchop889

svchop889

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Fallen Buckshot said:
i think its kinda like basil you just pluck a few leaves now and then
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Dinosaur Bone said:
It Trichomes you are after. The Trichomes are 200 times sweeter than sugar. BAsicly you want to make Hash. A Hash tumbler should work. Bubble Bags might work too. OR shake it old school with a silk screen.

OF course, I don't see why you couldn't just dry it, and powder it with a coffee/ spice grinder.
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both ways will be effective. you can cut a few leaves here and there or grow the whole plant huge and harvest all of it.
 
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MakinProgress

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I *almost* bought one of these bad boys yesterday... but after reading the post about trichromes, I so didn't want to have to go through all that work just to get the sweetener out of it.

I guess you COULD just chop a leaf up really small and use that in whatever cooking you're doing.
 
meetzu

meetzu

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My girlfriend got one that I take care of. She just grinds up a couple leaves and lets them steep with her tea. She seems to be pleased with it.
 
Dubious06

Dubious06

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Thanks for the help guys. It is looking rather trichome-ish, with the main stalk about 4ft. higher than the rest. I think I'll use it like I use my mint-- as needed. Thanks to all those who replied. I'm curious to see just how sweet this stuff really is.
 
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