How to Grow a Pineapple
 

There isn't already a pineapple growing thread,
is there?

Pineapple

:cool1:

Re: How to Grow a Pineapple
 

Harvested two pineapples this summer. You don't get a lot of fruit out of the things, but they are real tough to kill (at least in this climate) and they are sooooo delicious when picked at their ripest. One of my own:

Re: How to Grow a Pineapple
 

bignome-

Beautiful pineapple, blue flowers and all!
How long did it take to grow it?

I love 'em but don't know dic about growing
'em. From the info in that link, Honey just
now prepared a top for drying. It's a fun
experiment for us.

namaste'

Re: How to Grow a Pineapple
 

I don't know anything about growing them either, but I've been successful. 20 months sounds about right to produce fruit.

I live in Florida, and there used to be a pineapple plantation a few miles from here, so the climate is right for outdoor growing all year.

Just cut the top off a pineapple, stick it in water until it roots, then stick it in soil... mine are in pots, with a mixture of sand and compost. Water occasionally. My pineapples have survived drought and deluge both, where other plants have suffered.

I may try some of those tricks for forced fruiting this winter.

Re: How to Grow a Pineapple
 

bjgnome-

Sorry I misspelled your handle last time.

Best of luck to you!

dtnwn

Re: How to Grow a Pineapple
 

Re: How to Grow a Pineapple
 

I've been growing some pineapples based on the info in this thread since last year. I didn't bring them inside over the Winter and we had several below freezing nights. No fruit yet but the plants are doing fine. I might try forcing them to flower this Winter.

My main reason for posting here is that I discovered something pretty cool in a storebought pineapple recently... seeds! They were small and black, located in the flesh close to the outer skin of the fruit. I have heard that pineapples don't develop seeds unless they get polinated and they are mostly polinated by hummingbirds which are apparently kept out of Hawaii because the seeds are considered undesirable. If you buy a pineapple from South America or somewhere else chances are pretty good you could find a few seeds.

I did a little searching and discovered that others have found and tried growing pineapple seed before. Apparently it isn't too hard and you might even get fruit the first year. It seems they don't like a PH that is too high.