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Alistar says... Vanilla is a good plant to grow if you treat it like an orchid. It needs a spray of water every day on its leaves. The Vanilla plant flowers in its third year after planting from a 30cm cutting.As you can see my photos I have no problems growing vanilla beans in the Bundaberg area.
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says... Hi Alistar, Well done. Beautiful, productive vines. Do you sell the dried beans? My vine has been in the bathroom of my Melbourne home for a year now. It is about 1 meter tall, healthy and I was told I have to prune it to make it flowers. Is that correct? What sort of fertiliser do you use on these vines and how often do you feed and water them. Many thanks in advance. | About the Author JUJUBE FOR SALE Melbourne 6th January 2010 7:43am #UserID: 2706 Posts: 715 View All JUJUBE FOR SALE's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Alistar says... Hi Jujube, Vanilla is an orchid, a member of the 'Vanda' family so the vines require a support on which to climb.They won't flower until it reach the top of the support. I never pruned my vines. My vines get fertilised every 2-3 weeks with 'Seasol' a seaweed liquid fertiliser. So remember it won't flower until it reach the top. | About the Author Alistar Bundaberg 6th January 2010 9:56pm #UserID: 3196 Posts: 7 View All Alistar's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Alistar says... Hi Wayne, Yes - Vanilla is an epiphytic orchid. The aerial roots of epiphytes obtain much of their nutrients from the air and from debris and mosses collected in the trees upon which they grow more so than from the ground. So if you provide the same condition in the shadehouse you can't go wrong. I live near Bundaberg a long way south from Mackay. | About the Author Alistar Bundaberg 8th January 2010 2:44pm #UserID: 3196 Posts: 7 View All Alistar's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... Hey Alistar Thank you for that information, my wifes' family comes from Bundaberg and our son in Rockhampton employs carpenters from Bundaberg. We will be going down to see him maybe next month so could probably be going to Bundaberg. If it's OK with you we would love to see how you are growing them. We have a friend in the Orchid Society here in Mackay who is checking for them. I'm going to build a green house after the wet this year so any ideas for that would be most welcome. | About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 8th January 2010 3:16pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Alistar says... Hi Brendan, Yes and No - Not from a bean that has been through the processed of curing. Only the beans that are cross pollinated with another flower. The seeds are very tiny and often referred to as "dust seeds". So if you are not into Vitro Seed Propagation,I suggest you propagate useing cuttings from a healthy vigorous vanilla plant. | About the Author Alistar Bundaberg 8th January 2010 3:45pm #UserID: 3196 Posts: 7 View All Alistar's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... How do you do 'Vitro Seed Propagation'? In a laboratory under a laminar flow hood , planted in sterile media in sealed 'flasks' . Amazing , that I find self sown seedlings all over the place up here . Pictured seedlings are a 'soft cane' Dendrobium . I also had a native Cymbidium germinate and grow in the cut off trunk of a palm I chopped myself after Larry . Vanilla is very easy to grow , but do not let it get to high to pollinate . It usually flowers after falling of its host and it is hanging down . [personal observation]
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Rev says... Theres some good patches here in townsville it grows well here It likes frangipanis trees as a host though i guess commercially you might choose a trimmable legume like erythrina, gliricidia, etc i sell lengths more happy to trade brendan if you dont have yet ill send you some in thanks of that wonderful garlic | About the Author Rev North qld 31st August 2010 9:17pm #UserID: 1806 Posts: 359 View All Rev 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rev says... ideally it says you want 1m cuttings and you bury 2 nodes near the 'post' i can get 40cm max but its a start! you have to hand pollinate ( you can google how) before 7:30 am good crop for early risers! 2-3 months / year crop which is why our 3rd world mates have no money and no stress :D as soon as i figure out the stady money thing, im there! | About the Author Rev North qld 31st August 2010 9:21pm #UserID: 1806 Posts: 359 View All Rev 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... Hello Alistar, I'm still in discussions with the family about the location of the greenhouse, there are three of us and we have three different locations picked. I have decided to use 30% cloth but can't buy it in Mackay, but I can get it from Sydney at a very fair price. Things had better happen soon because I have a couple of plants in pots that I picked up at the Fitzroy nurseries in Rockhampton. Thanks for the kind offer but at $5.50 each I couldn't go past them. If you are interested I also got a couple of the new "Tropic Sun" Custard apples while there. This is the first year that they have been allowed to mass produce them in volume | About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 20th February 2011 5:37pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sonny says... Hi I just stumbled upon these forums as I was searching about growing vanilla bean plants. I too am in Mackay and would love to grow one. In regards to the height, how some say up to 7'ish meters, what would be the go with growing it outside vs inside (definitely not enough room in the house :P). About to get into cake decorating so if I could grow my own it would save me so much than purchasing the dull looking ones from the supermarket. | About the Author Sonny Mackay 3rd April 2011 8:34pm #UserID: 5143 Posts: 1 View All Sonny's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... Hello Sonny Yes, we are going to Rocky tomorrow and back thursday or Friday. we are going to Fitzory nurseries to get some gear so can pick up a plant for you, They cost $5.50 the last time we were there. Our vanilla vines [2] have attached quiet well to our mango tree Call me if you wish 0409194503 | About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 4th April 2011 9:32am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Ady says... Daniel , you can get them from Herbies by mail order or you can find there outlets in Melb. online www.herbies.com.au if I cant grow it I go to them | About the Author Ady Hoddles Creek , Vic 25th April 2011 8:02am #UserID: 5181 Posts: 17 View All Ady's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fos says... Hi,Epiphany, Great to see you are having a go with with the vanilla orchid in your bathroom in Melbourne. I would love to try the same . Only I'm in Tassie & because of quarantine can't find anyone allowed to send here. See people in WA after some too. Have had some nurseries allowed to send bare root plants here in the past ok. Where did you get yours ? Does anyone know someone who can send cuttings mail order here legally ? Think they would do ok in hot house here with the right care & bring them inside the bathroom for Winter. Thanks. | About the Author Fos Tasmania 10th August 2011 12:50pm #UserID: 5643 Posts: 6 View All Fos's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... Verry healthy vine near INNISFAIL > Will hold 20 pods /inflorescence . Visitred a nearbye commercial grower who reported locally grown vanilla was much stronger[ fragrance and taste ] than imported , and had a few certified tests to prove it .
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Steven says... I bought a vanilla cutting off the internet, i dont remember the address off the top of my head but ill let you know. I grew it for a little while in a heated propagation box (only because i was using it for something else and it was there. once it started growing it shot up, but then got a little sick from all the fungal problems we were having last season but its still grown about 30cm and looks really nice. I have it in my bathroom and even cut off a side cutting to grow another one. I dipped my cutting in root hormone and then just planted it into orchid mix. Once my greenhouse is complete i want to grow it up the wall near the entrance. | About the Author Steven Eastern Suburbs 25th August 2011 10:55am #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Steven says... Hi everyone Sorry it took me forever to find the website but to be honest....i forgot. The website i bought my cutting from if anyone is interested is http://www.allrareherbs.com.au/ Regards Steven | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 7th September 2011 9:00pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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SarahCornish says... Hi Rev, I am based in a sub tropical part of south africa and I'm trying to find a source for a few vanilla bean cuttings/stems. I want to plant up a commercial crop. I have a lot of space so can plant up a lot of vanilla. Which variety do you have, and how many cuttings can you supply? Thanks, Sarah Cornish | About the Author SarahCornish South Africa 17th August 2018 8:08pm #UserID: 18840 Posts: 1 View All SarahCornish's Edible Fruit Trees |
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