Abnshrek

Just ordered a Sugarloaf & Gold Elite from Hirts Tropical.. Hopefully see if they are something different than what I have to round me out. :^)

I see Agri-starts has a new one Called.. Ananas comosus 'Sweet Stripes' these are its characteristics:

Variegated pineapple
Incredibly ornamental
Sweet edible fruit





For all you wondering its a Variegated Sugarloaf.. :^)

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Abnshrek

Man there is some big time ripoff's on Ebay.. Some are the plants, but this one is: Shipping higher than a giraffe's tail...

Pineapple Plants | eBay

There are a couple deals too, but the one above is not one of them, nor any w/ fruit Home Depot has them for 15 bucks.. :^)

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Well I could say this is Find the Pineapple, but I'm not.. This one needs thinning just like the other that fruited.. This requires gloves, I call it shark tooth for a reason.. She will cut you like its nobody's business.. :^)

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Abnshrek

I don't know what kind this is but it looks cool.. :^)

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Hammocked Banana

Thats super neat, where did u see that? Its like a little pineapple bush!

Abnshrek

I believe its a Pineapple Tree.. :^)

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Hmmm gotta look through my pics from Thailand, I saw a crazy tree that had what I would have sworn were pineapples on it if I didn't know better. I know I took a pic...

merce3

I searched and I think it's a dwarf pineapple. Looks pretty cool

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This is what I found on Ebay.. Listed as a Ananas Nanus miniature dwarf pink pineapple.. Pretty neat but I wonder if it grows as good as other pineapples.. :^)

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Unfortunately I don't have a pic of the better tree, which was a bit more full. On this one there is a significant amount of space between leaves and fruit so they don't look as much like pineapples but still pretty neat. Anyone know what it is?

lmswayne

I will have to by sandy soil to add to my crappy clay soil. I swear no matter how much we mulch and add soil the clay comes to the top. So now out of the ground and into pots.

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And here in FL no matter how much compost you add, the sand rises. Pineapples seems to do fine in the mess; most plants stay puny and don't grow well for many folks.

I remember clay--white throwable stuff. I amended annually with truckloads of leaf mould/mulch which was never stirred or shaken for more than 10 years before I could step down to a biennial program for the most part. After over 25 years, I had 20" of black gold! I suspect the same could happen here but everyone tells me I'm wrong. These are the same people who tell me FL has 2 distinct growing seasons requiring "cool" and "warm" plants but they plant kale, cabbage and broccoli seeds in March that just get going by June when it's beginning to get hotter than Hades--HELLO?

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I think a Pineapple is ready to be picked. To bad its so small.. :^)

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Hammocked Banana

Couple super tasty bites anyways....

merce3

update on my red pineapple.. this thing has 13 suckers on the top


and a new one sprung up recently

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The bottom one a Pineapple top? Awesome pics..

The top one w/ 13 suckers is a freak. I finally have a tracking number for my variegated Pineapple I look forward to growing one.. :^)

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thanks a lot.. yeah, i planted the bottom one last year but i don't know what variety it is. the fruit sure is puny though. hopefully it will beef up a little before it's time to harvest.

oh, and the variegated is definitely a freak! i've never had this many suckers on a single plant. i really have no idea how i'm going to separate them with all of the spines, but a bunch of my neighbors have already asked me for starts.

good luck with yours--they are awesome to look at.

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Thanks.. Did you feed yours Azomite? Mine pup like crazy on that stuff, but not 13 crazy, maybe half that..
Hey, neighbor that sure is pretty you have spare? lol heard that before..

I fed mine the same as I fed my banana's and the plants got pretty big last year.. I don't think cayenne cares how big it is it pops when it feels like it, but Pineapple tops like being bigger, how big who knows.. Hopefully one of my 3 flower so I can get a general size indicator.. :^)

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