Care of Stevia cuttings

I'm learning more about starting stevia from cuttings. I've mortally wounded most of my cuttings by accidentally leaving them in the full westerly sun on a hot day. Two have succumbed to my mistake and withered into sad heaps of mushy stems. All is not lost, one cutting has displayed a sense of immortality and is recovering. The secret is: keep them moist, but not too moist or they will develop a form of mold on the leaves. As important if not more so, don't set them in the full sun while their tender roots develop. I now have a very healthy cutting, repotted and soon ready to put into the ground.

The stevia leaves that I pick I have been brewing in a dish of water, just like a cup of tea. Just grab a half dozen leaves, tear them up and put them in a little dish with a few ounces of hot water and let them steep, sometimes for several days. I pour the liquid through a tea bell into my iced tea, it takes the bitterness out of the tea and gives it a very nice sweetness. Once in a while I'll add a little more hot water to the steeping leaves, there seems to be a lot of sweet power packaged up in the little leave, no sense in letting it go wasting.