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This stevia plant looks good but the little three ones beside it started wilting after i watered them last time . What should i do now?
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I'd pull up the wilted ones and try to discover what caused their demise. Root rot? Bugs eating the roots?

I'm curious what the larger plant is beside the healthy stevia. Looks like a tree sapling? Could that be pulling too much water/nutrients away from the stevia?

I'd consider transplanting the healthy stevia into its own pot. Use fresh soil, in case there was a soil borne disease that got to the wilted ones.
 
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Welcome Kljiuklk, what I have found stevia does not like wet feet or to be cool.  It is way to cold here until June to let them out side.  The ground was frozen here this morning.  They hibernate in our sunroom till about April and start to sprout.  I water them once every 2 weeks during the winter.  They are in leaky pots with a pan below them so they are never sopping wet.  In the summer when they are growing fast they get watered everyday, but the extra water leaks out the bottom outside.  
 
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Stacie Kim wrote:I'd pull up the wilted ones and try to discover what caused their demise. Root rot? Bugs eating the roots?

I'm curious what the larger plant is beside the healthy stevia. Looks like a tree sapling? Could that be pulling too much water/nutrients away from the stevia?

I'd consider transplanting the healthy stevia into its own pot. Use fresh soil, in case there was a soil borne disease that got to the wilted ones.




Well, the other plant is a black mulberry. I know it might be sucking nutrients but i have managed to grow several plants together with mulberry and none showed any problems. I have. Nother stevia with rose in one pot and it thrived. I forgot to mention i also foliar-sprayed stevia with onion peel juice and then watered it with
 
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Christopher Shepherd wrote:Welcome Kljiuklk, what I have found stevia does not like wet feet or to be cool.  It is way to cold here until June to let them out side.  The ground was frozen here this morning.  They hibernate in our sunroom till about April and start to sprout.  I water them once every 2 weeks during the winter.  They are in leaky pots with a pan below them so they are never sopping wet.  In the summer when they are growing fast they get watered everyday, but the extra water leaks out the bottom outside.  



I understand what your point but i am a new to stevia thats why i am still trying to figure out the appropriate water "dose". I don't know if i really overwatered it, but if so why didnt the largest stevia wilt?
 
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