Vanilla Vine Pollination Time.

Understanding Intensiveness of Vanilla Cultivation.

Love my Vanilla vine, Hand pollinating time, Flowers blooming eight to ten each day for another month or so.

Flowers open about 8am, Hand pollinated by 10am, Two banks LED lights 12 hours every day, Going out for morning coffee chat with friends costs you 8 to 10 pods potential loss $100+, Invite them round for coffee!

Last season first flowering, Have 7 pods nearly cured, Crème Broulee real soon, Pods earmarked for distribution family only, Might get vanilla custard too, Today counted 20 pods growing Hoping for 100+, wishing for 200.

Now here’s something Interesting.

Wise heads reckon roof mounted solar plus battery storage plus electric car with all electric house Way to go!

Think room for improvement, Add LED grow lights and Two vanilla vines, While doing this think about Saffron and other rare expensive herbs, Potential for little garden room to more than pay for power independence.

‘Course you’ll have to work it out, Don’t take my word for it, Confirm estimates by trying it out in little pilot projects, Just remember you can always eat your failures, Learn by doing trial and error, See what you can sell locally, Make sure to work out time commitments especially when dealing with demanding rare and expensive plants and herbs, Lots of room for home entrepreneurs and silly old guys like me!

Blessed be.