Pineapples are very easy to grow if you have no or only a few light frosts. We grow ours in 7-gallon pots so they don't tip over and we can move ripening ones to our lanai, away from the critters. We use recycled soil with lots of perlite in it, fertilize lightly every two months, and only water when in drought conditions.
Start a pineapple from a top of a store bought pineapple. We used to get them from Edible Arrangements for free, but they now ship "topless" pineapples to them. Twist the top off, let the base dry for a day, shove the base in the ground and ignore it for two years. Yes two years. You heard me right.
I was able to start about 50 pineapples from tops from Edible Arrangements. Those first plants have produced and now you are looking at their babies growing. Pineapples are a bromeliad and only fruit once from the mother plant. Propagate pineapple plants by ratoon suckers which arise below ground, suckers that originate in the leaf axils, slips that grow beneath the fruit or along the stalk, and crowns which are the leafy tops of the fruit. Suckers and slips are the fastest way to fruit but is not always an option when first starting out.
I LOVE THEM. Just about the most carefree plant I am growing in Lehigh Florida. My only issue is when fire ants get in the pot or start attacking the fruit.
Start a pineapple from a top of a store bought pineapple. We used to get them from Edible Arrangements for free, but they now ship "topless" pineapples to them. Twist the top off, let the base dry for a day, shove the base in the ground and ignore it for two years. Yes two years. You heard me right.
I was able to start about 50 pineapples from tops from Edible Arrangements. Those first plants have produced and now you are looking at their babies growing. Pineapples are a bromeliad and only fruit once from the mother plant. Propagate pineapple plants by ratoon suckers which arise below ground, suckers that originate in the leaf axils, slips that grow beneath the fruit or along the stalk, and crowns which are the leafy tops of the fruit. Suckers and slips are the fastest way to fruit but is not always an option when first starting out.
I LOVE THEM. Just about the most carefree plant I am growing in Lehigh Florida. My only issue is when fire ants get in the pot or start attacking the fruit.
