Pollination is the most important stage in vanilla production—every flower that isn’t pollinated is a lost bean.
Good record-keeping ensures that the farm can track productivity and ways to improve efficiency each season.
Pruning, training, and proper vine care directly influence flowering success
Flowers only open for one day and between 6am-12 noon is is the only chance to pollinate
Flowers that are unsuccessfully pollinated with wilt and drop off within a day or two, whereas successful pollination will typically see the flower dry and remain on the end of the stalk and within several days, turn downwards and start to grow and swell into a vanilla bean.