Rooting pineapple - Page 2

crazy banana · 03-13-2017, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Lau

Hi Crazy, are your pineapple plants in pots or in the ground?

Susan

Hi Susan,

Good to see you back on here.
All my pineapple plants are in big pots. Absolutely love the "Sugarloaf" variety - very sweet and edible core.

sputinc7 · 03-17-2017, 11:07 AM

Mine came from a store bought one and after two years I am happy to say it's making me a baby... It started about a month ago and other than a couple light frosts turning the leaves yellowish, it's doing fine.
I twist the top off and cut off all the yellow and pull off some leaflets before putting it in water for a couple weeks to start roots, then into the ground it goes. So far, only one failed to make it but that was over two months after I planted it. The center was dead and it sprouted out the side before I planted it.

kaczercat · 04-03-2017, 05:48 PM

Watch out! you'll start collecting them and soon you'll have a little pineapple patch. The oldest two were started last May or June.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/TkuySM]

Snarkie · 04-04-2017, 04:10 PM

Okay, so for a container-grown plant, how big should the container be to handle this?

edwmax · 04-04-2017, 04:33 PM

Does anyone have the Florida pineapple? ... Over the years my wife would root the pineapple tops. But we never had one to produce.

Tytaylor77 · 04-04-2017, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by edwmax

Does anyone have the Florida pineapple? ... Over the years my wife would root the pineapple tops. But we never had one to produce.

Seal the potted pineapple in a big clear bag with a couple apples. Leave it Sealed in the shade with apples for a week. Then remove the bag and apples and put the plant back in the sun. It will make it flower a few weeks later! It works. The ethylene gas makes it flower/fruit. It's better to wait till the plant is a couple years old.

I've seen alot also fruit in the fall. Not sure if playing with temps/light cycles could work. Not sure.

kaczercat · 04-04-2017, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Snarkie

Okay, so for a container-grown plant, how big should the container be to handle this?

you can grow them in 7 or 15 gallon container. Bigger pot-bigger plant - bigger pineapples is what I have seen and believe to be true.

Snarkie · 04-04-2017, 05:52 PM

Awesome; thanks. I have a few very large containers, so I'll dedicate one to the pineapple, once it gets established.

sputinc7 · 04-05-2017, 08:00 AM

Remember you will need to bring them in where you live, Snark... They absolutely hate cold.

37.667910 · 04-05-2017, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by sputinc7

Remember you will need to bring them in where you live, Snark... They absolutely hate cold.

This is good advice. Let's just say I know from first hand experience

Snarkie · 04-05-2017, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sputinc7

Remember you will need to bring them in where you live, Snark... They absolutely hate cold.

Yeah, that's why I'm going to container grow it. I'll have to make a dolly or something to roll it in and out of the cat room.

gnappi · 05-02-2017, 01:19 AM

Egads, such different results.

I have 30+ plants, six from tissue cultures, the rest from store bought pineapple tops. I rooted them all in water, and planted them when roots were 2-3" and every one took 2+ years to fruit. I have 7 or 8 with fruit on them now.

Today I planted two new slips directly in ground to see what they do.

At my last house my neighbor had hundreds of pineapples in 3 gallon pots many producing fruit. She built stair stepped terraces all around her house to hold them.

Here's my little grove in 2015. It's nearly full today.

edwmax · 05-02-2017, 05:16 AM

Because of this thread, I now have 5 pineapple plants started in water. 2 were potted last week and 2 more are ready to be potted.

gnappi · 05-02-2017, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by edwmax

Because of this thread, I now have 5 pineapple plants started in water. 2 were potted last week and 2 more are ready to be potted.

There are differing opinions on this, but when they start to give fruit I let them get as ripe as possible before harvesting because I have a dog that the vermin don't want any part of. If you have fruit stealing vermin (2 and 4 legged) you will have to pick them in a "best guess" mode. Too soon and they are not going to ripen, too mature and you risk losing them to thieves.

Enjoy, pineapples are one of my most rewarding fruits to grow.

Kegas76 · 06-30-2017, 05:38 PM

So here is last year's (which was over 2 years old when it fruited) on the left vs this year's (11 months) on the right.

No idea why it fruited so early, I never had a chance to transplant it up to a pot the size of the original one. So sad.

Snarkie · 07-01-2017, 01:06 PM

So you got a fruit to germinate?!

kaczercat · 12-18-2017, 06:47 PM

Andy those are some massive crowns! Nice job for z9a.

Here are a few of mine
[url=https://flic.kr/p/21yqBjs]

The newest planted at the end of Aug 12/18/17
[url=https://flic.kr/p/CZMxpF]

Snarkie · 12-18-2017, 07:56 PM

Looking good!!!

03-17-2017, 11:07 AM	#22 (permalink)
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04-05-2017, 08:00 AM	#29 (permalink)
sputinc7 Location: Palm Bay, Florida Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Steve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,394 BananaBucks : 101,641 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 352 Times Was Thanked 2,430 Times in 971 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 295 Times	Re: Rooting pineapple Remember you will need to bring them in where you live, Snark... They absolutely hate cold. __________________ If you lose your head and give up, you neither live nor win. https://sputinc7.wixsite.com/covwc Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel. What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.

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gnappi Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 85 BananaBucks : 21,412 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 14 Times Was Thanked 127 Times in 65 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: Rooting pineapple Egads, such different results. I have 30+ plants, six from tissue cultures, the rest from store bought pineapple tops. I rooted them all in water, and planted them when roots were 2-3" and every one took 2+ years to fruit. I have 7 or 8 with fruit on them now. Today I planted two new slips directly in ground to see what they do. At my last house my neighbor had hundreds of pineapples in 3 gallon pots many producing fruit. She built stair stepped terraces all around her house to hold them. Here's my little grove in 2015. It's nearly full today. Last edited by gnappi : 05-02-2017 at 01:23 AM.

05-02-2017, 05:16 AM	#33 (permalink)
edwmax Location: Cairo, Ga Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 2,891 BananaBucks : 88,636 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,741 Times Was Thanked 4,440 Times in 2,095 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 414 Times	Re: Rooting pineapple Because of this thread, I now have 5 pineapple plants started in water. 2 were potted last week and 2 more are ready to be potted. __________________

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Kegas76 Location: Pasco Co., FL Find me on the map! Zone: 9a sandhills Name: Andy Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 221 BananaBucks : 8,981 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 79 Times Was Thanked 337 Times in 120 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 506 Times	Re: Rooting pineapple So here is last year's (which was over 2 years old when it fruited) on the left vs this year's (11 months) on the right. No idea why it fruited so early, I never had a chance to transplant it up to a pot the size of the original one. So sad.

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Snarkie The Cat Whisperer Location: Charlotte, NC Zone: 8b, pushing 9a Name: D.A. Hänks Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,119 BananaBucks : 155,071 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,218 Times Was Thanked 1,970 Times in 1,145 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,049 Times	Re: Rooting pineapple So you got a fruit to germinate?! __________________ Doug (D.A. Hänks) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955582/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Only Eastern Redwood Forest in America "Nuke my 'nanners, will you?!"

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kaczercat kaczercat's Photo Gallery Location: Southern ON Find me on the map! Zone: 5b 9b Name: Matt Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,874 BananaBucks : 219,803 Feedback: 3 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,116 Times Was Thanked 2,111 Times in 750 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 11 Times	Re: Rooting pineapple Andy those are some massive crowns! Nice job for z9a. Here are a few of mine [url=https://flic.kr/p/21yqBjs] The newest planted at the end of Aug 12/18/17 [url=https://flic.kr/p/CZMxpF] __________________ Matt

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Snarkie The Cat Whisperer Location: Charlotte, NC Zone: 8b, pushing 9a Name: D.A. Hänks Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,119 BananaBucks : 155,071 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,218 Times Was Thanked 1,970 Times in 1,145 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,049 Times	Re: Rooting pineapple Looking good!!! __________________ Doug (D.A. Hänks) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955582/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 The Only Eastern Redwood Forest in America "Nuke my 'nanners, will you?!"

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