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Greenie
03-15-2008, 11:56 PM
This is my first pineapple,I heard they taste fantastic!
Sugarloaf
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8662&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8657&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8664&size=1
Richard
03-15-2008, 11:58 PM
That's what I've read also. Where did you obtain the plant(s)?
Greenie
03-16-2008, 12:28 AM
That's what I've read also. Where did you obtain the plant(s)?
from my "gardening mentor" ,aka "NANAMAN".
dghays
03-18-2008, 08:00 AM
3 of my 'Royal Hawaiian' pines are in fruit now, they are white fleshed, and I believe pretty much the same as a Kona Sugarloaf. I harvested one around 3 years ago, can't remember much, but my wife says it was better than my smooth cayennes. I bet you'll enjoy it! This'll be my best year for them, with about 6 varieties in fruit right now.
Gary
NANAMAN
03-22-2008, 08:39 AM
Here's the latest pictures of the Sugarloaf bed
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8834&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8834)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8835&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8835)
Greenie
03-23-2008, 06:53 PM
very nice NM!...Here is a pic I took today of the pups and the actual fruit.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8864&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8863&size=1
mskitty38583
03-23-2008, 08:12 PM
wow! yall are definately the pineapple gurus! great looking fruits and beds.
NANAMAN
03-24-2008, 12:25 AM
That's one healthy pineapple plant. Whatever you are doing, keep doing it. Won't be long now.
CookieCows
03-24-2008, 11:14 AM
So that IS a pineapple plant next to the beautiful potted vine sitting on your new beautiful patio!! It's all beautiful!! I need to read up on pineapple growing. I didn't know that they had pups! I thought you only got the next plant from the top of the fruit. I love the fruit and just ordered a sugarloaf plant. I'm waiting for it to arrive.
Deb
NANAMAN
03-24-2008, 08:43 PM
I potted up 29 pineapple slips tonight(1 not in picture), 5 Natal Queens, the rest are Sugarloafs
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8879&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8879)
Greenie
03-24-2008, 08:50 PM
I potted up 29 pineapple slips tonight(1 not in picture), 5 Natal Queens, the rest are Sugarloafs
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=8879&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8879)
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:.... ....good job!!
1aday
04-10-2009, 05:27 PM
So how fast will they grow, how long to get fruit from those slips?
It doesn't look like the Sugarloaf have to be too big before fruiting.
I'd love to grow some, but they'd have to come in during the winter... be grown in pots.
Do you think that's do-able?
Richard
04-10-2009, 05:34 PM
I have several growing outdoors in pots -- no complaints with adventures to 35 F degrees for a few hours of many nights in January. Indoors, the starts I received last week are growing vigorously under grow lights.
Chironex
04-10-2009, 05:47 PM
I just wish that they could be grown here in hell.
Worm_Farmer
04-10-2009, 06:42 PM
NM!! Thats great! I know you are south of me. I had some pineapples in the ground and this years late freeze kills back all the new growth. I love my smooth cayennes, Elite Gold's, my pernambuco is the only one that looks like it is doing well, and my Tri Color is getting a little of the pink back but no new growth yet.
I just got 3 Sugar Loaf's that were TC'ed, they look very differnt from yours. I love how wide the leafs are on a few of yours. Want to drop off a few of them potted sugar loaf's? I would love a few more, I have not had a pineapple fruit for me yet.
Edit: Hey Nanaman, do you have a pic of a mature Sugarloaf fruit? To me Sugar Loaf's all seem to look real ulgy. How do they look right before or after you pick them?
Richard
04-10-2009, 08:06 PM
Hey, where did you get your Pernambuco?
Chironex
04-10-2009, 08:07 PM
Maybe I should join friggin cactus.org site, we can't grow the cool stuff here!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
Worm_Farmer
04-10-2009, 11:06 PM
Hey, where did you get your Pernambuco?
I got it from Wellspring Gardens. Last I knew it would be a few more months before he had them again, I want to pick up at least 4 more.
Richard
04-10-2009, 11:18 PM
Maybe I should join friggin cactus.org site, we can't grow the cool stuff here!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
Scot,
Here's some irony for you. The vast majority of orders I receive at my internet site are for cactus fertilizer -- and if that weren't enough, the majority of these orders are from people in the northeastern U.S. :ha:
harveyc
04-10-2009, 11:50 PM
Is a #5 pot large enough for a suglarloaf to grow in and produce fruit? I plan to keep mine potted since it usually gets below 30F on some days in winter. I'd rather make pineapple sherbet other than by freezing my plants! ;)
caliboy1994
10-22-2011, 07:36 PM
I just saw a pineapple plant for sale today at Home Depot. Now I want to grow some too! How do you think they'd do in SoCal z10a?
sunfish
10-22-2011, 07:41 PM
I just saw a pineapple plant for sale today at Home Depot. Now I want to grow some too! How do you think they'd do in SoCal z10a?
Fine
caliboy1994
10-22-2011, 07:52 PM
Great! I hear that they require very little room, which is good because I'm sort of tight on space.
1aday
10-22-2011, 09:12 PM
I had a sugarloaf fruit in a 1 gallon pot, it was a pretty small fruit but tasted great. Pineapples don't need much soil to grow, but the plants can get pretty wide, they love to jab you as you walk by.
lkailburn
10-22-2011, 10:45 PM
Great thread! I can't believe how many little pups you repotted. Do you guys want to post up your watering/fertilizing schedule? Right now just for fun i have two tops growing from store bought pinneapples, just testing out my green thumb.
Thanks,
-Luke
Nicolas Naranja
11-23-2011, 09:34 PM
Here's my patch of Sugarloafs over time
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/HPIM1018.jpg
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/HPIM1026.jpg
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/HPIM1101.jpg
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/HPIM1107.jpg
momoese
11-23-2011, 09:49 PM
Are you exclusively growing Sugarloaf?
Nicolas Naranja
11-23-2011, 10:25 PM
I have a couple of MD2s around the yard, but mostly sugarloaf.
Richard
11-23-2011, 10:29 PM
How long have they been growing?
Nicolas Naranja
11-23-2011, 11:37 PM
8 months
momoese
11-23-2011, 11:43 PM
I grew Sugarloaf and Smooth Cayenne but opted to keep only the Smooth Cayenne. The flavor and texture won me over.
Nicolas Naranja
03-01-2012, 07:53 PM
Much to my surprise my pineapples are starting to flower and set fruit. This is especially surprising as I figured that they would take longer from tissue culture. My MD2 pineapples that were started from tops were begun in 2009 and are just now flowering.
Worm_Farmer
03-02-2012, 07:40 AM
I feel like Sugarloaf flowers every year no matter what, where all my other types take at least 2 years.
Nicolas Naranja
03-02-2012, 08:33 AM
I feel like Sugarloaf flowers every year no matter what, where all my other types take at least 2 years.
How long does it take to get ripe?
sandy0225
03-02-2012, 08:35 AM
man, my pineapples from tops take 4 years around here to flower. Those sure look great!
sunfish
03-02-2012, 11:59 AM
Digdeep you should have taken this one.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48030&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48030&ppuser=2868)
NANAMAN
03-02-2012, 02:23 PM
How long does it take to get ripe?
3-4 mos. from the time you see a flower.
Nicolas Naranja
03-02-2012, 02:32 PM
3-4 mos. from the time you see a flower.
Looks like I'll have piņa coladas all summer long
saltydad
03-02-2012, 05:25 PM
OK, I want to know if those of us in cooler climes can do pineapples. No greenhouse, but I can bring it inside over the winter with the 10,000 other tender plants I have.
amantedelenguaje
04-11-2012, 03:02 PM
Awesome pics. I just ordered two Sugarloaf Pineapple plants two days ago. I can't wait till they arrive. How old is the inflorescence in your pictures? How long did the plant take to produce a flower?
Nicolas Naranja
04-15-2012, 02:25 PM
They are growing
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/HPIM1177.jpg
alias
04-15-2012, 02:48 PM
Ahh, sweet pineapples :D :D
Nicolas Naranja
06-08-2012, 08:30 PM
Still coming along
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/2012-06-08175753.jpg
Nicolas Naranja
09-12-2012, 07:29 PM
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/2012-09-12175708.jpg
Nicolas Naranja
04-18-2013, 07:34 PM
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/2013-04-18194106_zpsf3e1714b.jpg (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/NicolasNaranja/media/2013-04-18194106_zpsf3e1714b.jpg.html)
Woah. That's all I can say. I want to really grow pineapples and sugarcane.
Totally inspired now!
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