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it took this plant bout a year after pulling from mother plant that fruited last year too.




i've got some nice plants in 3 & 5 gal pots. fruits are almost store size in 5 gal pots. i wanted to see the difference between 3 - 5 gal fruit and i threw one in a 3 gal with bout 3/4 of soil and it fruited before i could fix the mix !!



update on fruit coming around thanksgiving, will post later.

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Very interesting, do you have any extra pineapple pups for sale? Seems they would make a great addition to bananas.
Mike

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SG,

Gorgeous pineapple plants, very healthy-looking! Do you know what variety they are? And how do you feed them?

Mike, I thought the same thing and started acquiring some. First I planted a couple from the grocery store (Smooth Cayenne, I think) and they are doing well, then I started looking on the web.

I got 3 of the Kona Sugarloaf variety from Wellspring Gardens via eBay for less than $4 each. They look great, but have a good bit of growing before they look like SG's! I understand the sugarloaf is one of the biggest and sweetest, but less acid than the commercial type. Kona Sugarloaf on eBay There is another seller that has them also, but they may be smaller plants.

Jeez they take up very little space, relatively. And my understanding is they are low-maintenance, so I think I can dedicate a few square feet in the greenhouse.

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I bought Sugarloaf and Pernambuco from Wellsprings! So far mine are doing well but mine also have a long way to go. He has 4 different kinds of pineapple that you can buy.

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casa,

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these are delmonte gold, top from grocery store.. mike didn't want it and sent it here.. 3 years so far and 3 pineapples.

i use blackcow in soil and add 10-4-10 with micros to soil..

i also have several sugarloaf pups, shoots and slips. about 10 will be going to ebay..

here's mom sugarloaf





i also have these african baby pineapple plants.. mike also sent these here to try the fruit and we rooted the tops.. pretty good apple size..




here's the first gold fruit.. sorry about pic reduced them

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When you list on eBay, could you post the link here?

Thanks,
Anna

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When you list on eBay, could you post the link here?



sure will..

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here's my original TC plants from 04




here's what i'm going to sell, they're shoots, pups from plants above..

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Wow, those are easily twice the size of your orignal TC plants!!
How long does it take a TC pineapple to get to the size you are selling?
Mike

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hmm

these came in 4-04, little over a year..

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Put me down for a couple of those sugar loafs. :D

Mike

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np
:D

you always get the pick of the litter..:)

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here ya go
10.00 + ship which will probally be 3.85

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I have three typical pineapple, like the Dole gold or what-have-you.
Also have a clump of small ornamental pineapples that I really enjoy.
And, I also recently got a very small dwarf ornamental of some sort that is a real crowd-pleaser. I really enjoy growing pineapples, especially the out of the ordinary kinds.

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i here ya

i canned my papayas and used buckets for my pineapples..

couldn't find info on ranchi and believed i needed male & female, i'm not into this..
so i knew the pineapples were easier to fruit.. so off to the burn pile 2 3' plants went..

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LOL sounds like me. Something isn't performing up to snuff so it get's the axe.
Above pineapples look like a sweet deal compared to small TC's on ebay etc. Great start for someone looking to grow their own.
Mike

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Oh yes, I forgot to mention I have a clump of variegated pineapple as well.
Not mine, but it's this kind:

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Are the variegated pineapples edible? Looking to make any trades?
Mike

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yupper kinda curious, edible????

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I've got a different variety of variegated pineapple.



Supposed to be edible too.

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Love the pineapples. Ate one tonight that I grew. Still have a couple left out in the yard, just are not ready to pick yet. I have a 4 headed beast, that I thought maybe would have 4 fruits at once, but it only put out one so far. Still hoping the other 3 will start to fruit at the same time...

...here's one of mine...



...and here's one with a couple of funky looking Frankenstein protrusions...



...Z

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Not sure if the variegated I have are edible or not.
The nursery where I got them left me the feeling that they aren't.
Although, I think bigdog may have the same kind... that's very much what they look like. His seem to have more yellow than white though. Is that just the photo lighting? (When taking pictures straight down, sometimes the color dosen't come out as if you take it from the side.)

None to trade, sorry :p

Here's something similar on ebay that might satisfy
http://cgi.ebay.com/Bromeliad-Varieg...QQcmdZViewItem

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cool pics..

they all look neat, love the blooms..

well they say it's ediable..

here's the link and lmk how they taste !!

http://www.killerplants.com/plant-of...k/20020415.asp

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Just eat a piece and see what happens:p :p :p

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I'll get back to you in two years on that. :p

I do still plan to shoot my pineapples and post some good shots.

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LOL

pucker up and dig in ..LOL

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hey there.....

here is a pineapple I've been growing for about 6 months.... I'm wondering how long before it's ripe enough to pick.

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mine took a few months, oh bout all summer..

watch for the bottom half to start to turn golden sorta and very sweet smell..

if you were to put those plants in 5 gal buckets yu'll get larger fruit..
5 gal buckets give me bout store size..

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I am a little upset at you guys. Now I have to grow Pineapples! I did grow one, many - oh I mean a few - years ago. :) It did great. I now have one started and it seems to be doing good. I wasn't aware there were so many different types! I need a greenhouse!!!

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LOL

i offered some of those sugarloaf plants !! had mo takers, so i figured
just more for me to eat..LOL

yupper i'll get a pic of the gh today and post and i have 5 i think large plants in 5 gal buckets & pots..

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Yeah, I'm actually pretty surprised that this thing is even growing - Especially because I'm in New York.

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here's one in a 5 gal bucket



here's bout 7 in 5 gal buckets and containers



here's one in a 3 gal grow container with half full soil. this was my test,
yes size does make a difference..LOL




here's some sugarloafs in 5 gal containers

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Wow.. That IS a difference.. I'm gonna try that with mine

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LOL


big ole difference

i was pissed cuz that little one fruited before i culd get it moved into the 5 gal bucket this spring..

those were shoots,pups and ratons from the one that fruited last year...

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How do I tell if mine is ripe yet?... It's about 4-5inches long by about 3inches wide (smaller than the store kind)

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looking for the below color and it smells sooooooo sweet.

but when it reaches half way from bottom up in a golden or yellowish color it should be ready.

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Those look awfully tasty...

I just found the name of the variegated pineapple I posted months back - Ananus Lucida 'Striata'. To whom it may concern.

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Those Dole Gold fruit pretty well. I grew one and we just ate the fruit on Saturday. I'd never tried growing pineapples before, so I had it in a 1 gallon pot and still got the cutest little pineapple a little larger than a softball. Tasted great.
and it sure was fun to see it grow/develop all summer! We had it for the last month on the kitchen table so we would be able to keep an eye on it.
One question, the pups from the original plant usually fruit in about a year right, as opposed to the two or three years it takes from a top?
Thanks for your help!
Sandy

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the both above fruited in a year..

but i have 3 others that haven't fruited yet, still watching for the bloom.

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I'm still waiting for mine to turn ripe... it's still the same color... kinda just doing nothing for the past 2 months

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yupper mine too..

as winter comes on the growth will slow down a bit..

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How's your variegated pineapple doing?
Bigger?

Carlos

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Mine is almost ready to eat... I will have it for Christmas !!!!

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this was the BEST pineapple I ever had... I have to grow more of these.... I twisted off the top.. Can I just plant it the way it is?

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That photo isn't of mine, found that sucker on Google.
Mine still lacks the first pineapple. Hopefully in a year or two it'll form.


@Bobby - I like to pot mine first, but yup, just plant the head the way it is. I used to start it rooting balanced on the top of a cup of water, but nowadays, I just go straight for the dirt (with few, if any, casualties).

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here ya go pineapple fans, harvested 3-26-06

here's a good visual aide

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Awesome! How about the taste?

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sweet & very juicy..

last year was sweeter though, i waited for the real sweet smell.

this one didn't hve the real sweet smell. kinda too soon..

but i was wanting it !!!

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Does anyone know where can I get one of these variegated pineapple plant?

Thanks,
Carlos

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Check this thread. There is a couple sources listed.
http://www.bananas.org/showthread.php?t=394