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Vanilla bean boom

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-02/vanilla-growers-cash-in-on-sh...

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Permalink Reply by Lissa on May 3, 2012 at 5:37

Interesting.

My vanilla bean plant seems to have disappeared - it never did thrive.

I'm hoping to use Pandan instead once I get my head around the idea of cropping those green leaves to add to milk dishes :S

Permalink Reply by Elaine de Saxe on May 3, 2012 at 7:05

Vanilla orchids are tropical I believe so growing them here could be tricky. They need hand pollinating too.

Permalink Reply by Vanessa Collier on May 3, 2012 at 9:16

My vanilla bean is growing terrifically, I can almost watch it.  Will have to see how it does over winter though.  I think one plant would be ok to hand pollinate and then the harvest and process thing although I was reading that you can get up to 100 beans off one plant. 

Permalink Reply by Lissa on May 3, 2012 at 18:38

Hope it continues to thrive Vanessa. Great that you are having success - what sort of area have you planted it in? Full sun...part shade...rich soil etc?

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