Natural sugar substitutes that you can grow yourself

1. Stevia is a perennial, cross-pollinated plant, the Aster family, mainly pollinated by insects. In nature reaches a height of 60-80 cm Is a very highly branched shrub. The leaves are simple with pair location.

Flowers white, small. Fibrous root system well-developed. The period of cultivation of stevia from planting to harvesting of leaves is 16-18 weeks. The seedling period is about 8-10 weeks. To grow sweet grass in the garden or in the apartment on a windowsill is a good chance to solve the problems of health of themselves and their families without resorting to drugs.

 





Stevia – a southern plant, so the more heat and light it gets, the sweeter it will be. Optimal conditions for the growth of Stevia – Sunny, protected from strong winds and drafts and place the ambient temperature is 22-28°C.

Soil. Stevia can grow on various soils, except saline. But she fit light sandy or sandy loam substrates, filled with humus or compost to slightly acid (pH 5.5-6) reaction of the medium on growing stevia at home. Heavy clay soils need to be improved by the addition of river sand, humus, turf.

The importance of the mechanical composition of the soil. The ground should be light and loose. Do not use peat — peat mixtures stevia feels depressed. Liming of the soil is also desirable.

For the cultivation of seedlings from autumn in advance to prepare the ingredients for the preparation of fertile soils – Chernozem, forest humus earth and sand. In the forest plantations under trees or bushes, you can remove the top naberegniye leaves, then to solid ground to choose humus layer – this is forest humus soil. Further, the black earth and forest land ProSuite, preferably through a sieve with round holes with a diameter of 5 mm.

Stevia is a unique sweetener. The leaves of stevia are sweeter than sugar dozens of times and it can rightly be called a storehouse of health.

2. Lippia sweet (Lippia dulcus) or "Aztec grass" belongs to the family verbenaceae. Birthplace of lippie — Central America, Nicaragua. This herb has long been used by native Americans as a sweetener.

Lippia 500 times sweeter than sugar, plus it is low in calories and rich in vitamins, trace elements that help remove radionuclides and heavy metals, regenerates the blood, it biologically active substances, normalize metabolism, stop inflammatory processes and caries.

More popularly known to another plant sweetener – stevia. But lippy actually has more benefits than stevia.

Unlike lippia stevia prefers partial shade, allowing you to raise her on a not very lighted window, or save a Sunny place for other plants in the country. If stevia is needed to cook the syrup, or extract, lippia you can just throw in the tea. Or chopped to add to pies and jams. Grassy taste from stevia as missing. Lippii the leaves have a pleasant sweet aroma. published

 

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

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