About 6 kg of green pods produce 1 kg of cured beans. Curing should begin within a week of harvesting the beans. After fruiting, the old stems and weak branches are pruned off. The tree supports or shade should be pruned to provide 30 - 50 percent of full sunlight and to induce branches at the correct height for training the vines. In some countries it is customary for the owners to prick distinguishing marks on the green pods on the vines to ensure against theft.
Yields are very variable.
A good vanillery is said to yield about 500 - 800 kilograms of cured beans per hectare per annum during a crop life is about 7 years.