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Originally Posted by Mark Dragt
That explains things. I bought one of these "extra sweet" pineapples and the tag was punched through the center. I did not know it was a prevention of propagation. Well after most of the center rotted out it finally rooted and we will see what happens. Also I found some seeds while cutting the fruit and one of the seeds has sprouted.  |
If it is seed from a patented hybrid, the resulting plants probably will be different than the original parents, but that never stops me from growing offspring from hybridized stuff, sometimes the results are pretty cool. Just be careful if you order seed for something from Ebay, etc. for something specific that you want, that place is full of seeds from hybridized stuff that will not look like the plant you might have originally wanted. An example would be something like my Canna Musafolia Grande, you see seeds for sale all the time, but they do not come true to type because Musafolia Grande is a hybrid. Some of my seedlings come up different colors, different heights, very rarely does one look Identical to the parent plant. Almost all the time, the offspring are never giant, which is one reason people buy that variety in the first place.