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Post by gakaren on Apr 1, 2015 12:08:30 GMT -5
Someone mentioned this in Ivo's thread.
I have grown them before. I just cut the tops off a store bought pineapple with about 1" of the fruit attached. I put it in a LARGE pot and cover that 1" with soil & water it. It will usually take root. HOWEVER, be aware that it will take more that one year to make a fruit doing it this way. My first & only fruit took 5 yrs. AND the fruits are usually only about the size of a softball. So not really a viable way to grow them as something to add to any diets. The plants also can get quite large and they have those little pointy/spiny ends on the leaves that HURT if you bump into them. Some gals that have lived further south of me have had luck growing them outside in the ground, but still only get the small fruits...so most of them give up.
How about anyone out in Ca. or Tx.??? Have any of you tried and been successful growing them?
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Post by ecsoehng on Apr 1, 2015 12:54:37 GMT -5
Well I plant them in pots but they never have fruited. I remember someone posting pictures of a fruiting plant in a pot. I don't remember who.
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Post by tbird on Apr 1, 2015 13:24:14 GMT -5
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Post by Latitude33 on Apr 1, 2015 20:38:31 GMT -5
I have three growing in containers currently, all started from tops. Will post pics once I find them.
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Post by davidjp on Apr 2, 2015 10:33:37 GMT -5
I actually bought one the other day with the plan of planting the top after eating. How do they do here, I've seen friends that have them in pots but I wonder if we have the humidity here for them. Of course if you're really into them you could build yourself a dedicated greenhouse building for pineapples, I think this one originally had greenhouses either side of the cuppola with dedicated heating system en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmore_PineappleI've been to Heligan and seen the pineapple pits, a lot of work but it was a big fad at the time
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