When your pineapple is ripe and you are ready to eat, TWIST the top off, remove a few rows of leaves from the bottom to expose the roots and plant.
Things to keep in mind:
- It takes two years to get a pineapple propagated in this manner so think out where you will plant it
- We plant ours in 7-gallon pots that we buy very inexpensively from Mr. Bob. The 7-gallon pots are large enough that the pineapple plant does not tip over in the wind.
- Since we have lost pineapples to hungry critters in the past, we bring the plant onto the lanai as it starts to ripen
- We use recycled potting soil from another crop and amend it with some fertilizer
- We pretty much ignore the pineapples other than a few times a year to water, fertilize, and weed
- After you have pineapples growing you no longer need to use the pineapple tops to propagate them, but that is another post
Mr. Bob can be contacted at (239)368-3106. He delivers to your door fertilizer, pots, perlite, vermiculite, and fruit trees. Make sure to mention 4-H so the VegHeads youth get a donation.
