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.

Setting up a new vanilla farm under shade net using support sticks and planting the one meter plants

Adding mulching and media at the root zone after one week of planting. Please note the plant tip has to heal totally before adeep mulch can be added.

Setting up the irrigation system for the vanilla

Staking the vanilla of one mter size to the poles..

Sacks of wood mulch that si used for the vanilla growing media..

Irrigation system in operation where a fine mist is sprinkled on to the plant to keep the moisture on..

Use of shadenet as a support to the vanilla to keep it growing is a simple alternative

Another view fo the vanilla support and design of the vanilla setup

Another system that can be employed for vanilla using a one meter spacing of the beds.