Origins of vanilla

How vanilla grows

How does vanilla grow?

Vanilla cultivation The vanilla tree , which can reach fifteen meters in length, is a vine with gnarled green, fleshy, cylindrical, branching stems. They cling by adventitious roots of 2…
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Vanilla preparation

Malagasy method At the beginning... The preparation method described below, known as the " Bourbon method", has been adopted by the majority of producing countries.After picking, the preparation of the…
dessert divers vanille Tahiti

Which vanilla to choose?

If vanillin plays an important role in our perception of vanilla, it only represents the dominant note and the most easily perceptible to our uninitiated noses. Growing conditions, climatic parameters,…
The Vanilla World What is a good vanilla?

What is a good vanilla?

We will not talk here in detail about the origin , method of preparation or terroirs, parameters that necessarily influence the flavor of vanilla, but let us stop however on…
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Where to buy vanilla?

Deli Your retailer, a wise expert, will probably have selected his supplier carefully by committing himself to the quality of the product he offers. It is the number 1 choice…
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How to store vanilla?

First of all, it seems essential to specify that a vanilla bean, harvested at maturity, prepared and refined in the rules of the art does not require particular conditions of storage…
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What about French vanillas?

With our overseas departments so far from each other, the supply of vanilla in France should be abundant, unfortunately if the development potential is important (like Tahiti) the production deficit…

It will be necessary to be patient to obtain its own pods and upstream a flowering, but the maintenance of the vanilla tree in itself does not pose any major problem if one takes at least some basic precautions as one would do it for the traditional Phalenopsis or symbidium.

A few maintenance and cultivation tips for your vanilla plant

First of all, you should avoid direct sun or prefer morning sun, whatever the region. Preferable exposure to light or partial shade.
Vanilla trees like warm and humid places (such as bathrooms or verandas in summer). Possibly spray the foliage.
Avoid temperatures below 12°C.
Fertilizer (orchid) 1 x week or every 15 days in spring/summer.
It is advisable to avoid absolutely stagnant water which makes the roots rot, idem for the too fresh temperatures which make the roots rot and melt the young heads of the vanilla trees.

Transplantation

More like early spring. Avoid transplanting too old subjects and choose an orchid-type mixture or ideally one based on coconut fiber. Be careful not to damage the roots when transplanting.

Cuttings

1/ Cut part of the vine, taking care to let the cut base heal for 24/48 hours. Plant directly (2-3 nodes) into Orchid Mix Substrate, water in – place in a warm spot for best growth – do not allow substrate to dry out. Possibly covered with a bell or transparent bag to optimize the humidity level.

2 / Or develop the roots by leaving the base of the vine (on 2 to 3 nodes) in a container filled with water. After root development (1 to 2 months) depending on conditions, repot as indicated in 1.

In the majority of cases, newly acquired plants in the trade do not require repotting in the short or medium term. In any case, once your vanilla plant is perfectly acclimatized and accustomed to an environment, we strongly advise against moving. We have obtained the best results on our own vanilla plants by never changing their place and never transplanting them.
It is indeed preferable to add compost or feed them regularly with a suitable fertilizer rather than stressing them with repotting, the roots proving to be very brittle, recovery is all the more difficult.

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