How to Grow a Vanilla Orchid || Planting || Pt. 1
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- This video is the first of a series of videos where I show you how to grow a vanilla orchid. Welcome to my channel, Our Tropical Soil, where you can learn more about growing food in the tropics.
Watch Pt 2 here: • Vanilla Orchid Update ...
I have never grown a vanilla orchid before, but I want to document my experience through a video series. I thought it would be helpful to anyone out there that is interested in growing vanilla orchids. My first step in growing my own vanilla is to plant a vanilla orchid.
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Hey everyone! Here is the long awaited update 3 years later. :) czcams.com/video/zUzvUSlBwYA/video.html
Hi my name Jenna, I'm from Cambodia, I want to know how to get the vanilla plants seed for growing for the first beginning of growing, thanks dear
Hello. Most of the time vanilla is grown from cuttings. You would need to find someone locally selling cuttings or maybe online. Search for "vanilla orchid plant" or "vanilla orchid cutting"
Great video. Do you have an update on this? I have a huge vanilla plant that I have propagated in the pot and also planted and mounted in a tree. They were both successful propagations. I did get some blooms from my original plant and attempted to propagate but the task isn't as simple as it sounds and was not successful in my first attempts but I am relentless and when it blooms again I will continue trying until I get some seed pods. Wish me luck. Also I have several vanilla videos and tutorials on the vanilla orchid if your interested in finding out more about them. Thanks for sharing your experience and HAPPY GROWING!
I haven't made an updated video on the vanilla orchid. At first it started to get yellow because it was summer and it was getting a ton of sun. Then once the Cuban oregano grew it shaded it out and now the plant looks nice and green. I think it has grown about a foot and is attaching to the tree. It didn't have any damage during the winter, which is a plus. I will check out your videos and hopefully your orchid blooms again!!!! Where do you live?
@@OurTropicalSoil Great to hear that your vanilla orchid is alive and well. Mine were kept or grown in bright shade outdoors so they got appropriate lighting but my mama plant did sustain some cold damage unfortunately during the winter but fortunately recovered well from it.
The ones that I propagated almost all of the leaves fell off and it took a long time for me to even see any growth on the practically leafless cuttings. The one that I put under my tree is now growing aggressively and has mounted itself to the tree and the ones in pots have nice new growths of vines coming along. It was quite an experience but I did learn so much about the vanilla plant during my propagation experiment.
I live in the central Florida area with pretty much tropical weather throughout the year so I am very fortunate to be able to grow my orchids and plants outdoors.
Thanks for the response and for taking the time out to check my channel out. It is a pleasure to converse with you and wishing you the best with your growing adventures! HAPPY GROWING!
P.S. you've got a new subscriber...glad to have found you! :)
I am glad you found me too since it led to me finding your channel!!
Yes I can see that in central Florida it would get a bit too cold and damage the vanilla. Im hoping that my plant grows a good amount by the end of the summer. At first it would not attach what so ever to the tree despite having arial roots. Now that it got shade it has attached. I also helped it stay stuck to the tree by holding it in place with the stem of another plant that was growing nearby.
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I'm in North Central Florida zone 8b with microclimates of 9, 10 so I hoping to have one outside and in hoophouse, the 1st year will be outside!
After purchasing a vanilla bean the other day!! @$10.00
Sooooo....I've decided to grow them!!
Trying to grow now in sweetwater fl
I wish I lived in south Florida.... I could be growing all the tropical fruits like durian, sapotes, and Jackfruit plants/trees as many as I want. lol I live in Southern California where the weather is Hot and dry not tropical and humid where you're at. but I want a vanilla orchid! LOL They don't sell it at nay nearby nurseries here....
Don't feel too bad about it! There are lots of things that grow way better in Southern California than in South Florida. Pomegranates, figs, citrus, olives, and probably a lot more that I am unfamiliar with! If you are looking for a vanilla orchid your best bet would be to look online for a plant and order it. However you might have to grow it indoors or in some kind of greenhouse. As far as I know orchids love humid weather. I also think the winters would be too cold for orchids in Southern California, so you will have to give it cold protection or bring it indoors.
My vanilla orchard was small and stitching itself to a mini pony tail Palm. I decided to remove it from the mini palm and attach it to a bottle palm but the roots are coming out dry and not attaching. Leaves are growing. Some of the bottom leaves got brown and dry and shriveled. How can I get the roots to grow healthy and attach to the tree?
How has the plant done with the last few cold snaps we’ve had in fl?
It had done surprisingly well. The main growing post broke off. I think it was from the cold or maybe it got too dry. I am not sure. However, it is growing a side shoot. It just takes so long to grow. I do notice that it does seem more stressed in the winter though.
My grandmother has a tall one in her front lawn in the Dominican republic...idk why I have never asked her if it grows the beans...I CANT BELIEVE I HAVEN'T ASKED HER! I am fan of real vanilla. Ok imma ask her asap tomorrow.
Haha cool! So has her vanilla orchid fruited?
@@OurTropicalSoil she Andes everything except that.
Oh man
How can you find out a green vine like the vanilla tree I have a couple of plant's that looks like the leave of you vanilla vine tree!!!
How can I ID a plant that I planted from a seed and forgot to write ✍️ on lollipop stick so be able to ID the 🪴 plant's ❤
I never have grown any but I would like to, and black pepper too, I'm in a cold climate though so I would have to grow them in containers. Have you gotten any vanilla beans yet? There is a special way you have to pollinate them, there are videos here on CZcams on how to do it.
I haven't tried growing black pepper! I haven't gotten vanilla beans yet. The orchid is growing quite slow. Idk if that is normal or not, but I am just letting it do its own thing.
Please may I know what kind soil this is?
Hi there, It's been more than 3 years since you planted the vanilla plant. What is the progress thus far?
Here is the update :) czcams.com/video/zUzvUSlBwYA/video.html
Help. Yard guy weed whacked vanilla plant. Can I graft it to save it? How is it grafted?
Conkyjoe Oh no! Sorry to hear that. I don’t know about grafting it but if you have a piece of stem that has at least one node on it then you can possibly root the stem and replant. A piece of stem with two nodes would be ideal. You could plant one node and leave the other above the soil in a pot and wait for the orchid to root. If there is still a part of the damaged plant that is still in the ground with roots you can leave it in there and see if the plant sends up new growth.
How did it go? Did it live?
Produce anything?
It is alive and slowly growing. Hadn't flowered or anything.
Did you create that lush soil through amendments or was it like that already? Thanks for sharing!
I have only recently gardened on this property only so I don't have anything to compare my soil to. We have lived here for over 10 years and my dad mows the lawn and doesn't remove grass clipping or leaves. He goes over them multiple times until they are very small. This has fed the organisms in the soil and help add organic matter. I think this has helped the soil and I find it to be a nice black color when wet and a grey color when dry. When I pulled out the grass here I had a lot of leaf mulch growing so I think that also helped the soil. If the soil is left uncovered it will turn a terrible grey/white color and starts cracking. I think keeping it covered along with a ground cover planted is key. :) I have heard that in Miami a couple decades ago they used to bring swamp muck and add it to the soil to build it up. Most of the soil in Miami isn't natural because of all the digging and refilling. Some areas are extremely rocky and some have pure bed rock just a foot below the soil. I am lucky to have nice soil here with few rocks!
Also when I first started removing the grass there were some earth worms and grubs. It wasn't devoid of life. Adding extra organic matter in the form of leaves and wood chips has helped a lot and now when I dig over half the time I find a worm/grub.
@@OurTropicalSoil Thanks so much it helps. I am Trying to figure out how realistic it would be to vegetable and fruit garden half an acre on this type of soil which seems to be everywhere in Florida. I suppose it's a matter of how much organic material and wood chips I can get to get it originally started.
@@samrossispeakssingsfilms2781 From what I know now and I had to redo this all here is what I would do. First I would use black shade cloths. I have seen them in landscaping. I would get that and cover the soil up for a 2-3 months. It kills all the grass. Then role it up and save it to do another section later. After this come in with a weed whacker and cut as low to the ground as possible where basically you are leaving nothing on the shade loving plants that start growing. Then if you can access some compost and its cheap you can spread it an inch or 2 thick over the area. Then add like 6-8 inches of free mulch that you can get from tree trimming companies. Wait maybe a month so that the weeds can die completely and then start pulling back the mulch and planting in the soil. The first years I would stick to hardier plants and then as time goes on your soil will get better and you can grow more finicky stuff. Add in a lot of nitrogen fixing plants for chop and drop so they can grow and then you just cut them back into small pieces and use as mulch. Never pull out the roots just cut them at the base. Maybe once a year or so you can order a new truck of free mulch and top of the area with 3 inches of mulch. Give it 5 years time and you will have some amazing soil. There are also people that use cardboard or newspaper to kill the grass. I find it to be a major pain to remove all the tape and form the cardboard and the newspaper flies away. I have seen some people use contracting paper too but you have to pay with it. With the black shade cloth its reusable and you aren't killing things with heat or anything like a plastic clear tarp would do. You are just killing the grass and letting some of the weeds grow which will die easily once you cover them up with a good amount of mulch. If its not deep enough the weeds will grow through. You will get some weeds growing in the mulch itself either way from newly dropped seeds just pull those out. They are super easy to pull out I basically did this in my hard garden with the mulch. There was a lot of small weed and I was trying to pull them out it was terrible. We just came in with the weed whacker cut them super low and threw that much on there. Barely any weeds have come up at all and when I did down the ones under the mulch are totally dead. Hope this helps. I am not a fan of raised beds cause they require a lot of materials that many times aren't cheap. If you don't have flooding issue I think you should be fine growing in the soil. Drainage in florida is also high from all the sand. Another thing I am starting to do is to get a bucket with a lid or a garbage can and fill it up with all sorts of stuff like kitchen waste too. Fill it up with water. Then wait a few weeks and get a cup of the water and dilute it in a water can then water the soil with that and young plants. I would water things that you are going to eat directly like salad greens. But young corn plants and fruit trees will love it. This is anaerobic compost and I learned it from David the Good. Because putting all the mulch you can also go ahead and plant in some fruit trees so it'll be easier. Some people add compost to the holes I have never done that but it can help so maybe do that. What part of florida are you in?
@@samrossispeakssingsfilms2781 Also watch my video about the free mulch so you can get some too. Another great book is compost everything by david the good. His methods are unorthodox but he does a great job of showing how easy and accessible soil building can be. There are free accessible nutrients for our soil all around us. We just have to make use of them.
Hey,is your orchid growing.Am planning to plant vanilla in my village.we have a banana plantation n i want to plant atleast 100 pcs.
I live in Uganda btw
Yes my orchid is growing. At first it was a little sad and the leaves were light green. Once the cuban oregano I planted around it grew more the orchid was happier. The cuban oregano is providing shade for the orchid. The orchid really likes the shade. It has been growing slowly for me and is only 2 feet long. I hope they grow well in your plantation.
@@OurTropicalSoil thank u.but thn How come its growing slower.Do u have cold weather#winters where u live ?here at home we have a tropical climate n according to the data i have so far read,the orchid loves tropical climate not 4 getting the shade ofcourse.
Our climate is tropical but in the winter we do get some nights where the temperature is 40-60 degrees Fahrenheit (4-16 degrees Celsius). I think maybe this is why it is growing slowly. I also think orchids, overall, grow slowly. We have other orchids growing in pots and they are slow growers.
How is the vanilla orchid doing?
It is doing well. Has grown a few feet but wow does it grow slow!
@@OurTropicalSoil I got one about 2 or 3 months ago and it was only about 6” and it has a little more then doubled it’s size since..
Wow that is great!
Here is the update :) czcams.com/video/zUzvUSlBwYA/video.html
Can the vanilla orchid grow by a seed?
I am not sure how viable orchid seeds are. I grew mine from a cutting and it seems to be that that is the common way to do it. However, I do know that germinating orchid seeds is a complicated process and requires special techniques. I have learned that each orchid has a specific symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi that is needed in order for the seed to germinate.
did you grow from seed vanilla orchid.
No I actually grew it from a cutting.
Where can I get the plant so I can grow one?
I think online you can find a cutting or a plant on Etsy or Ebay.
@@OurTropicalSoil Thank you.
DO YOU SELL VANILLA?
hello sir, i'm from Indonesia. This year is the first vanilla harvest for me, type planifolia. Now i am holding about 400kg of dry vanilla with about 30% moisture content, but i am still confused about selling it. If u interested, we can cooperate. More detail pls Whatsapp me sir (+62 857 0065 0176) thanks!
No I don't. I only have one little plant that isn't even close to flowering.