@SmashTheState New plants from old are clones of the original plant. Therefore I would anticipate the new plants will have the full sweetness as your original plant.

I don’t know if you know this technique for propagating soft-stemmed plants, but this is the usual technique: Place the slip(s) into a glass of plain tap water and see if roots develop. If they do, then place the cutting(s) into the same type of soil as you have ONCE the root system(s) is/are well-established.

Let us know how you go.

Andreas.

As @Andreas said, the propagated slips are clones of the original plant. If you are willing to tolerate the low insect resistance of the plant you have, go ahead with propagation. I have no direct experience with stevia, but am considering it as a companion crop (they are known to repel aphids) after I’ve got my castor bean project fully sorted out.

Excellent, thanks for the advice, @stranger_in_a_strange_land and @Andreas, I’m going to take a half-dozen slips and see if I can get them to sprout. I’ll let you know how it goes. If it works well, I’ll do some more slips and give them to friends; stevia is hard to get to germinate, so they’ll probably appreciate a nice, strong sprout.

Sounds good @SmashTheState. You should have at least one or two succeed, maybe even all six. All the best, and please keep us updated.