SHIMOGA VANILLA FARM A EXPLORATION

Located in the interior Kranataka near to the Jog falls is our place caled shimoga where we cultivate some part of vanilla plants and where our mother plants nursery is located.. In the Areca supari belt most of the arecanut trees are used as trainers for new vanilla and vanilla and areca have great affinity to each other.

In this view one can see the linear view of the vanilla growing system with Glyricidia plants as rows.

Closeup view of the vanilla where you can make the spacing of the glyricidia.

Another system of vanilla under shade net. Here stone pillars of 5 ft size are used for the support with wire ropes acting as the longitudinal support for the vines which needs to be coiled.

Closeup view of the vanilla flowering under the shade cultivation system

Closeup view of the Vanilla flower in these vines

Typical view of the growth of the vanilla vines and see how the vines are mixing with each other

Weed management becomes a major problem under shade cultivation and that is why we advise use of wood shavings as mulching..

Some of the vines with flowering in the vines.

Closeup view of the vanilla blooms