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Originally Posted by lmswayne
I have pineapples that have never fruited what are you doing with the apples?
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Ripe apples emit ethylene gas which sometimes triggers fruiting. It would be better to put a clear plastic trash bag over the entire plant for about a week so as to capture the gas and get a better ethylene treatment. However, my pineapples tend to flower naturally after two years of Carolina summer sun and then the onset of winter. I leave the plants outside until the temperatures dip into the lower 40's at night. Then I bring them indoors. The stress of winter and the trip indoors usually makes them fruit.
One of the plants surrounded with apples is 3 years old. It should have fruited last year. The stem is huge, so I don't know what it is waiting on. The second plant in the pot is a ratoon that is one year old. The mother plant fruited last winter.
Here is some more information about pineapples.
http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/__data/as...-Pineapple.pdf