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Growing Stevia for Market: Farm, Garden, and Nursery Cultivation of the Sweet Herb, Stevia Rebaudiana Paperback – October 29, 2010

by Jeffrey Goettemoeller (Author)

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Stevia rebaudiana is a natural, low-glycemic alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners. It's also a promising crop suited to a wide variety of climates and soils

Growing Stevia For Market is your complete guide to growing, harvesting, and marketing stevia leaves and bedding plants. Valuable information is compiled from growers, research trials, and the author's own experience. Includes stevia leaf buyers, sellers, and other resources.

"Stevia rebaudiana thrives in a wide variety of climates and soils. It can be a perennial crop in some climates or an annual crop where winters are cold. However, the cultivation of stevia is fairly new. We've only begun to optimize procedures for commercial production. There is great potential for improvement in stevia yield, quality, and profits. This book provides a head start for academic and on‐farm experimentation. Best practices for stevia cultivation are suggested based on research studies from around the world as well as the author's own experience of growing and using stevia for over a decade. Growing Stevia for Market will help farmers, researchers, market gardeners, nurseries, and greenhouse operators succeed with stevia." - from the preface

About The Author
Jeffrey Goettemoeller grew up gardening alongside his dad and went on to earn a B.S. degree with a major in horticulture at Northwest Missouri State University. Under the direction of Dr. Alejandro Ching, Jeffrey completed a published research study on the production of Stevia rebaudiana seeds. Years later, he still grows and studies stevia. Jeffrey is the author of Stevia Sweet Recipes: Sugar‐free-Naturally!, with over 300,000 copies in print, and Growing and Using Stevia: The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table with 35 Recipes.

Contents
List of Figures - vi
Acknowledgements - viii
Preface - ix
Introduction - 1
1. Climate and Day Length - 7
2. Plant Propagation - 33
3. Field Preparation and Plant Care - 57
4. Field Planting - 93
5. Harvesting and Postharvest - 103
6. Marketing and Economics - 123
Appendix 1: Field Trial Summaries - 141
Appendix 2: Stevia Leaf Buyers - 167
Appendix 3: Selected Resources - 169
Glossary - 179
Bibliography - 187
Index - 193
About the Author - 205

Print length

216 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Prime Books
Publication date

October 29, 2010
Dimensions

6 x 0.49 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

0978629353
ISBN-13

978-0978629359
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prime Books; Illustrated edition (October 29, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0978629353
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0978629359
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.49 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #6,451,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #3,030 in Herb Gardening
- #5,040 in Natural Food Cooking

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Jeffrey Goettemoeller grew up gardening alongside his dad and went on to earn a B.S. degree with a major in horticulture at Northwest Missouri State University. Under the direction of Dr. Alejandro Ching, Jeffrey completed a published research study on the production of Stevia rebaudiana seeds. Years later, he still grows and studies the sweet herb, stevia. He's also interested in sustainable agriculture, sustainable energy, organic gardening and farming, and his Catholic faith.

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J Davis

If you want to grow stevia commercially, this is your book

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2013

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I am a horticultural crops researcher at NC State University and was asked to look at stevia as a potential crop for farmers in my region. I had tinkered with stevia several times over the years and was curious what others had learned about growing it in the United States. It was disappointing to find that there is little published research on growing on stevia, and then I found this book. The author did a research project on stevia when he was in college and it apparently kicked off a lifetime obsession with the plant. Lucky for us! He did an excellent job of preparing a very readable book which combines his research and experience with published research and information he has gleaned from other growers and sources. This book is not written for the home gardener. He has another one for that audience. This is for the reader who wants to make some money growing stevia and needs more detailed information on germination, production, processing, and marketing. I highly recommend this book.

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Julie Swartout

If you have a passion for Stevia and want to learn little or alot about stevia, you'll love this book! It is perfect for you!

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013

Do you have a passion for stevia? Do you want to expierence how to professionally grow stevia in your home garden or grow it on a farm for market? Or do you just like to absorb yourself in the wonderful delight of this magical sugar leaf? If you, this book is totally for you. At first this book seemed a bit overwhelming. I first tried to cancel my order but it came to me in the mail anyway. When I opened up the package I was so amazed that this great book came to me. I was so excited I took it to the gym with me to read while I was exercising, well I didn't get a chance too. This exciting the book seemed when I opened it and flipped though the pages.
I'm a person that really enjoys nature and almost anything that comes from it. If your like me, this book is just for you. Along with his other book, "Growing and Using Stevia" you will learn how to grow it, consume it, sell it or give to friends and family! You'll learn how to begin new plants from already grown branches, start from seeds, prune branches. You'll also learn which part's of the world actually have established stevia farms. Included is information on where to purchase stevia herb. If you do your own research you'll find the cheapest place to purchase dried stevia. This is a great book even if you want to save lots of money when you want to buy green stevia dried and learn to start from seed. You'll read about everything from seed germination to sale. It also informs readers on how to sell their harvest to stores and methods of sales.
I believe this book is a must have. If you love stevia and want to save ALOT of money while enjoying the sweet abundance, than go ahead and purchase it. This book really helps anyone enjoy and absorb their lives in what nature can provide for human life.
How this book will help you:
-This book enforces many ways to save alot of money.
-Teach you how to start from seeds professionally.
-How to start from branches.
-Inform you of the parts of the world that has stevia farms.
-Learn how much income ($) can be earned by selling stevia for market.
-Learn more about this sweet sugarleaf.
-Enjoy what nature has to offer us as human beings.
-Accomplish life enrichment through gardening, learning how to shop for stevia.
-How to Prune the sugarleaf plant.
-How to use a plant growth light for seed germination.
In conclusion, this book has really enriched my life. It's informative, precise and direct on each aspect of stevia. This book can definetly enrich your life and provide mental clarity on the topic of stevia. This book can also make you desire to have stevia growing in your own garden just as you would flowers. This book is a great consideration for anyone that would like to give plants as gifts to friends and family, grow sugarleaf in their garden or grow and harvest it on a farm. It also informs the reader of harvest information and what to do once your farm is ready for distribution. Also,

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Gustavo C.

Good Read

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2014

Good read for those looking to start a business in the field of Stevia with a lot of useful numbers and stats!

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William Tien

Good book for stevia growing

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2013

I like the detail information based on trials conducted over varies continent.

This book helps me to plan our stevia growing program in US and China.

We can contribute the Chinese growers information if author required

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