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Old 29-07-2004, 07:09 PM
Claude
 
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Default Question about vanilla!

Thank you all!

Claude


"NOOK" wrote in message
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| Pampano is slower? could have fooled me.
| I am a docent at the atlanta botanical gardens where they have several
| pleni. I have a pompano at home and it has grown at least twice as
| fast as the pleni.
| There is a lot of good info from the comercial grower in Hawai, Doctor
| Young? (cant remember his name) I have the info at home.I will try to
| remember to get it when I get a chance.
| Vanilla grow both ways terest. and not. Everything I read said plant
| it in medium. (I have seen them growing in dirt,soilless mix,bark,
| etc...mine at home is in bark and soiless mix with lots of perlite and
| it has a root ball about 8 inches in diameter.)
| I planted mine in a huge pot and tied two sections of tree fern pole
| together for it to climb witch it did in the first year. Then I
| started to loop it over and over and over... (supossed to make it
| bloom more) I got my piece at 18 inches three years ago it is now over
| 28 feet long.
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| NOOK
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| Hello everyone!
|
| I have a piece ( stem ) of Vanilla Plenifolia rooting in water and I was
| wondering what kind of media to use?
| Anyone tried the S/H?
| Any Vanilla growers out there?
|
| thanks
|
| Claude
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