09-23-2019, 10:34 AM
its the 2nd most expensive spice for a reason..... I have a thousand pounds of vines in trees.. Ive got exactly 4 vanilla beans naturally in last 10 yrs, nature pollinated...
they need to be hand pollinated (by little tiny fingers is best, ie 4 yr olds), go ask the Vanilla farm up Hamakua Way near Kolopa St Pk... they are a family owned biz, they came from Oahu, hap haole, bought a bunch of land, didnt know gardening, wanted to grow a crop, looked into orchids, wanted to grow food so looked into vanilla, the dad went to SAmer and ask around, every single farm there did it differently and didnt trade secrets at all... he learned form all of them and brought it back... take a trip and take the tour... the boy kid thats about 25-27 yrs old now is the best tour guide... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
they need to be hand pollinated (by little tiny fingers is best, ie 4 yr olds), go ask the Vanilla farm up Hamakua Way near Kolopa St Pk... they are a family owned biz, they came from Oahu, hap haole, bought a bunch of land, didnt know gardening, wanted to grow a crop, looked into orchids, wanted to grow food so looked into vanilla, the dad went to SAmer and ask around, every single farm there did it differently and didnt trade secrets at all... he learned form all of them and brought it back... take a trip and take the tour... the boy kid thats about 25-27 yrs old now is the best tour guide... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha