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Richard
02-05-2008, 09:55 PM
What tasty pineapples are known to survive outdoors in zone 9 or colder? Thanks!
NANAMAN
02-06-2008, 08:44 AM
Richard, I don't know of any pineapples that will produce well where they get frosts. They like hot sunny locations, the same as bananas. If they do produce in cooler climates, the fruit quality and sweetness is usually hindered. Sugarloaf, Pernambuco, Natal Queen, are all tasty sweet varieties.
dghays
02-14-2008, 08:29 AM
The good point is that they are easy to cover with a frost blanket if you're frosts are infrequent. I believe all pines have about the same cold sensitivity.
Gary
harveyc
02-14-2008, 01:36 PM
Richard, I'm trying sugarloaf. They may stay in pots and just go outdoors in the warm weather, I haven't figured that out yet. I have 4 small ones in gallon pots for now. Friends from Hawaii and Puerto Rico tell me they like these the best. They are poor shippers so we never see them here.
Richard
07-30-2017, 05:42 PM
Bump. :2221:
beam2050
07-30-2017, 05:53 PM
bump bump bump it bump babies gotta have bump
I grow the Pineapple tops from the grocery store in pots on my front porch. They get morning sun. It takes about 3 years for the plants to produce fruit. The pineapples are small but very tasty. :woohoonaner::nanadrink:
The queen's garden's produce some... Check it out. A lot of work is involved though...
crazy banana
07-31-2017, 12:22 AM
Bump. :2221:
How is the Sugarloaf doing I gave you last year?
I have 8 Sugarloaf Pineapple plants fruiting right now. They taste so good.
Richard
07-31-2017, 12:30 AM
How is the Sugarloaf doing I gave you last year?
I put in the care of an orchid house in Encinitas ... looking forward to retrieving it in August!
Richard
08-08-2017, 05:25 PM
I retrieved my orchids and pineapple from "plant sitting" at Cal Orchid Farm today ... and the Sugarloaf is in bloom!
http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/4/44f47a022705942adbe31b4892f85851071d66c1.jpg
crazy banana
08-09-2017, 12:25 AM
I retrieved my orchids and pineapple from "plant sitting" at Cal Orchid Farm today ... and the Sugarloaf is in bloom!
http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/4/44f47a022705942adbe31b4892f85851071d66c1.jpg
Awesome. Congratulations and thanks for sharing. I am up to 10 plants fruiting for me this year. Photos to follow.
Richard
08-09-2017, 12:41 AM
Awesome. Congratulations and thanks for sharing. I am up to 10 plants fruiting for me this year. Photos to follow.
How do I judge when the fruit is ready to harvest?
crazy banana
08-09-2017, 01:37 AM
How do I judge when the fruit is ready to harvest?
Your fruit is far away from being ready. Similar to banana fruit bunches it takes about 6 month here in San Diego for it to plump up and ripen.
However, once harvested, pineapple fruits will not ripen any further that's why you want to harvest a pineapple at its peak but early enough before critters like opossums or rats will get them.
Signs to look for: eyelets should be relatively even and big. The fruit itself changes color to yellow from bottom to top. The more yellow the better, I usually wait until 1/3 to half of the fruit has turned yellow. The yellowing on a white fleshed Sugarloaf compared to a store bought pineapple looks different though. Only the center of each eyelet will be yellowish.
HMelendez
08-09-2017, 04:56 AM
Richard,
Congratulations!.....WOW!.... Very beautiful Sugarloaf Pineapple plant!....Awesome job!....
Anke (crazy banana),
The Sugarloaf Pineapple plant that you sent me its doing great!....Growing nicely!....Is thriving with the weather of South Florida!.....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=62108 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62108)
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