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04-03-2013, 06:28 PM | #81 (permalink) |
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Re: The Pineapple Diaries
@wolfyhound. That's what's been happening with me. Mine have roots and some green, but are mostly brown and not dying.
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I don't know if my store bought pineapple top flowering in slightly over a year is the norm or the exception to the rule, but here is what I did. I started the top in water and potted it in black kow composted cow manure. I rarely watered it and left it out in the full sun. When the nights dipped below the 40's I put it in the shed and left it there until the night time temps went back above. I will post a picture of the flower here shortly; it still has not fully emerged yet.
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Here is the flower beginning to emerge from my store bought pineapple top that I started a little over a year ago:
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04-07-2013, 09:05 PM | #84 (permalink) |
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Beautiful! I'll have to take a closer look, but it may have been the temperatures you were keeping it in. Did you stimulate it with ethylene gas? In any case, your plant flowering is a good thing, however, you hope it will pup. If it has pups, you are in business! If not, when the plant dies after fruiting, no pups will replace it and you will be back in square one
To everyone else, an update is coming soon, no worries. It will be an official update on the actual post, hopefully with better pics, since I got the new iPod with a better camera. I just got a new pineapple today and will try the water method on it tomorrow. Kbud
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04-11-2013, 05:58 PM | #86 (permalink) |
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That's probably what happened! Jealous of you right now
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I know after planting my pineapple from a pot it was in from last summer.. I need to change my soil mix to having more sand & perlite w/ composted cow manure.. The soil just holds to much water. :^)
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I've found this whole "pineapple diaries" most informative.....I only wish I had such information 4 years ago when I stuck a pineapple top in some soil.
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I tried it, and the pineapple rotted through the top. I guess it got too much water eh?
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Mine is not doing as well... my elderly yorkie fell off the porch into the pot and knocked it flying. Dog is fine, pineapple not so fine.
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@stevelau1911: Its great to know your plant is sucessful - I live in the same conditions in the same region and it is good to know that it is possible to succeed with the experiment.
Recently, I must announce Specimin #1 is dead. RIP. However, the other one is still holding on and roots seem to be growing. Will get to official update and photos soon. I trimmed the dead stuff off, and by removing that, the plant looks better already!
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Myself, I've kept pineapple tops just in water for weeks at a time. They grew roots & I planted them. If they were kept in cold storage, sometimes after you get them home they start to die. Also don't delay. They start going downhill right away. Right now I have one that I haven't had time to plant & I just have it in a saucer of water. I have one outside in the ground that was under netting & went through 116 degree temps last summer & 17 degrees only covered with leaves & a sheet this winter, but it is 3 years old. But any leaves that peeked out from the sheet froze. Very unusual.
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04-20-2013, 02:37 PM | #97 (permalink) |
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What's in the bottom left of the picture?
@steve - sorry for confusing you. I thought you said your plant was successful, not rotting through. Moisture may be the issue, but I think mold and rot eventually did my first one in.
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04-20-2013, 08:29 PM | #98 (permalink) |
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Looks like a plumeria
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04-21-2013, 09:25 AM | #99 (permalink) |
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Hmmm. Never seen one before!
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Wow, my method has become very lazy. I twist off the top, then let it sit around for a few days to a few weeks (I am lazy). Then I will peal back all the brown leafs until I get the point where I see nice green leafs and yellow center core with little roots already showing. I then push that right into a pot of dirt or right into the ground. I find that only about 10% of them die using this method.
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