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Congrats DC! Also jealous...gosh I want to do this one day.

David

congrats!! Those are wonderful. I'm glad you got to flower!

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Originally Posted by WaterWitchin (Post 1000030)

You gonna try to pollinate and try to collect pods? I've read it tales a long time, and many daily steps.

Yeah, I tried getting some vanilla beans from my plants years ago. It was kind of a pain, putting them in the sun during the day, making sure they don't get rained on, putting them in a warm humid spot for the night, repeat for a few weeks and in the end I got sort of vanilla scented beans but with an off vegetal flavor/scent. The only way I'd try that process again is if I was going to try and do it commercially.