| I think it will be an uphill battle trying to grow vanilla inside an apartment. I have a Vanilla planifolia plant that I got fairly recently as an experiment, but it's growing in my greenhouse under shade cloth and with a reasonable amount of humidity. After about 6 months of semi-sulking (growing lots of aerial roots but nothing else) it's finally putting out new growth. I think most of what it uses to grow is the humidity that it takes in through its aerial roots, so if you can't get those going, I doubt that the plant will survive. However, I would say go for it anyway - it's an experiment and who knows? Maybe you can do it. It's interesting to note that your climate in Portugal is very similar to ours here in the US Pacific Northwest. We're both on the far west side of a continental land mass. You may be just a little farther south, depending on what part of Portugal you're in, but not much. Good luck with the vanilla! |