First vanilla bean flower pod!!!!

[Nyboy]

How do they pollinate in nature

 

[beeper]

by a little bee, but they are not found everywhere, so most is done by hand.

 

[Nyboy]

Do you use a artist paint brush ?

 

[beeper]

Do you use a artist paint brush ?

I use a toothpick to slowly lift up a little flap, then fold it back down over the pollen. I watched videos to see how to do it. Had to rip open the flower to get to the inner parts.

 

[Nyboy]

Might be tiring to soon if you had to rip open flower.

 

[beeper]

No, thats what all the videos say, the flower is only open for a few hours in the morning, then its done. So you only have a small window to pollinate, and you have to get inside it to do it.

 

[catjac1975]

You should look up how to pollinate it. There is a little trick if it is the same as pollinating orchids. I have had one for years without a bloom. Any trick to it?

 

[Nyboy]

A few hours wow

 

[beeper]

You should look up how to pollinate it. There is a little trick if it is the same as pollinating orchids. I have had one for years without a bloom. Any trick to it?

I have watched many videos on how to pollinate them, I have that part down, its just trying to hold the flower to do it, without breaking it, lol.

 

[beeper]

Another one opened, pollinated it just fine, so I think I have the handle on it now, (I hope). Two more coming up so far...