My Vanilla Pods.

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s, Few flowers, Clumsy pollinator, Hadn’t perfected buzzing.Second season this year, Flowers everywhere, Counted over 250, Eight weeks sequential blooming, One hundred pods growing long and plump, <a href="https://www.naturalvanilla.com.au/">Grade A</a> size <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossed_fingers">fingers crossed</a>, Pollination rate around 40%.<h2 id="035b">Pollination Note</h2>Each flower must be hand-pollinated within 12 hours, [Been told to pollinate within 4 hours,] Wild vanilla pollinated by o

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rchid bees with estimated chance of 1% successful pollination, Care must be taken not to over pollinate, [Goodness gracious, News to me,] Commercially only 6 flowers pollinated per node, [Hope I haven’t stuffed up,] Commercial growers get 60–100 pods from each healthy vine [Mine’s gone berserk].I’m hopeful, My Vanilla under LED Grow lamps, Watered daily, Richly fertilised every two weeks, Vanilla rapid grower, Bit like rollercoaster stay on it don’t ask questions enjoy the ride!Blessed be.</article></body>

Pollination done, I discard Bee costume and stop buzzing.

2022 Vanilla Pods growing (nearly size of Grade A). Pollination completed. Picture by John Rose.

Vanilla vine four years old, Second flowering, Two months pollinating now completed, Nine to Ten months until harvest and curing.

First season last year total seven pods, Few flowers, Clumsy pollinator, Hadn’t perfected buzzing.

Second season this year, Flowers everywhere, Counted over 250, Eight weeks sequential blooming, One hundred pods growing long and plump, Grade A size fingers crossed, Pollination rate around 40%.

Pollination Note

Each flower must be hand-pollinated within 12 hours, [Been told to pollinate within 4 hours,] Wild vanilla pollinated by orchid bees with estimated chance of 1% successful pollination, Care must be taken not to over pollinate, [Goodness gracious, News to me,] Commercially only 6 flowers pollinated per node, [Hope I haven’t stuffed up,] Commercial growers get 60–100 pods from each healthy vine [Mine’s gone berserk].

I’m hopeful, My Vanilla under LED Grow lamps, Watered daily, Richly fertilised every two weeks, Vanilla rapid grower, Bit like rollercoaster stay on it don’t ask questions enjoy the ride!

Blessed be.