Log in

View Full Version : Pineapples at BJ's


Taylor
08-22-2006, 03:01 PM
At BJ's today, I saw that they were selling Pineapple plants, with Pineapples growing at the top. I am curious, how come it is so hard and takes so long to get a Pineapple plant to fruit here, but they can get them to fruit enough to sell??? What's the deal? Is it the climate they grow them in, variety, or fertilizer?!? I was thouroughly confused.:banana_ba

Southern-Grower
08-24-2006, 07:38 PM
they gas them for pre-mature blooms..

takes app. 2 years to fruit from pup, slip or shoot and 3 from top..

Taylor
08-30-2006, 10:15 AM
Odd. What do they "fuel" them with? What kind of fertilizer?

Southern-Grower
09-01-2006, 04:36 PM
ethylene, which stimulates bromeliads to flower.

some folks use apples put in the middle of plant and cover with plastic bag,
they produce same gases..

Taylor
09-01-2006, 04:39 PM
Cool. I never knew that. Obviously, LOL! What variety would you suppose these pineapples were?