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Curious if you are, and how you go about doing it. Advice, and smell haha

Vanilla is a slow growing vining orchid. You'd need to get it to flower, and then pollinate it. It doesn't seem like it would be very easy to do, tbh.

Crystal
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Ha, unless god wants me early, I got time hehe

I've got some vanilla growing but then again, I'm in Miami and they can grow outdoors year round
They like high humidity, warm temperatures (no freezing), and want to climb upwards before it will bloom, the flowers last half a day and need to be pollinated in the morning or you won't get any seed pods
If you're looking to make vanilla extract, consider using Leptotes bicolor, it was used to make vanilla flavoring in the past in Brazil before Vanilla and it's much easier to grow indoors

No, just an adventure haha

I planted a small piece outside near my air conditioner’s evaporator unit about 10 years ago. I live in Florida, in USDA Zone 9b. I tried my best to get to it when it flowers, but even after hand pollination, I have yet to get a single bean. It’s vigorous here, and grows quite nicely. I’ll snap a photo of it once the sun comes up.

That would be really cool.