First vanilla bean flower pod!!!!

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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?
 

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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.
 

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