siege2050

If it is seed from a patented hybrid, the resulting plants probably will be different than the original parents, but that never stops me from growing offspring from hybridized stuff, sometimes the results are pretty cool. Just be careful if you order seed for something from Ebay, etc. for something specific that you want, that place is full of seeds from hybridized stuff that will not look like the plant you might have originally wanted. An example would be something like my Canna Musafolia Grande, you see seeds for sale all the time, but they do not come true to type because Musafolia Grande is a hybrid. Some of my seedlings come up different colors, different heights, very rarely does one look Identical to the parent plant. Almost all the time, the offspring are never giant, which is one reason people buy that variety in the first place.

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Mark Dragt

It was the first time I found seeds in a pineapple. Only found 6. I just had to try it. That plant is so small. It will be really cool to see it grow and turn into a full size plant, and maybe fruit.

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Mark's Banana Forest Paradise

Kat2

I have 11 seeds in a small clear take out condiment container; they're nestled in a moist paper towel. I see no signs of growth yet but they do seem plumper. Yes, I'm fully aware that they're from a hybrid so haven't a clue what if anything will grow. The year my wonderful tomatoes produced so many babies that I didn't buy or start new plants and got stuck with the lousiest golf ball sized fruits nobody in their right mind would consider a tomato was my season of enlightenment. I do save open pollinated seeds.

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siege2050

Some of the hybrid offspring have cool traits, I had a Canna omega (First man made Canna hybrid) that is normally orange ish make 10 foot seedlings once with yellow flowers instead, like its shorter parent Canna Glauca. I saw pineapple in Home Depot the other day with fruit on it, I might have to go back and get one just for fun. For me paper towel germination works best on most things I have tried.

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Kat2

They're selling those here; it's the 2nd year. Price has gone up a dollar to $13.98. I can buy a lot of 99 cent to $1.39 fruits for that price.

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Mark Dragt

I saved some seeds out of some store bought Roma tomatoes. And yes the tomatoes do not look the same as originals. I just picked the first ripe ones. Haven't tasted yet. Either way, it's fun to try. Seeds that usually get thrown out, get a chance at my house.

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siege2050

They are expensive here in the middle of the US in grocery stores, close to 4 bucks. I have tried several times to get one to root, but I can never get one to, they always turn yellow, and get moldy. Tried it in water, and in soil. The one in water did the best, and actually grew a few roots. I bought a papaya (Not sure why, they will probably die over winter) the other day because I did not want to wait on ordering the seeds, and the dang thing cost me about 6 dollars lol (I learned not to eat papaya like you do watermelon, it about dissolved my face lol). Ginger is crazy here, I saw it in an organic food store for like 8 dollars a pound, Turmeric was 12 I think. I cant get regular grocery store ginger to sprout. I think they spray it when some kind of inhibitor, as my closely related Pine cone ginger sprouts like crazy, and the rhizome is nearly identical.

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evildeadguy81

Hi the Del Monte Extra Sweet Pineapples Are an MD-2 Variety pineapple. i buy them all the time and grow them from tops and they will produce new fruit when i buy them here in florida where i'm at the tag on the tops is only going through one of the pineapple tops leaves and not through the center... like you all mention above.

Most pineapple growers if they don't want you regrown there pineapples they will remove the tops in some places and sell just the pineapple itself and than some growers will drill out the center core of the pineapple top keeping it from producing a pineapple later on but the top will still grow and produce suckers or slips not all pineapple variety will produce them.... i myself grow many variety of pineapples

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Pineapples I Grow: Natal Queen And Black Antigua

Jimmy

evildeadguy81

Hi again when it come's to pineapple seed germination it can take anywhere from 2 to 6 months to germinate so it can be pretty slow most people who try to germinate pineapple seed have had better success at germination with the wet paper towel and zip lock bag method.... some had germination around 1.5 to 2 month mark and some much longer than others

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Pineapples I Grow: Natal Queen And Black Antigua

Jimmy

Kat2

I've been able to purchase pineapples from this company only once at Aldi; they were delicious and rooted wonderfully. I like their site because it explains quite a bit and seems, to me, to be very interested in supplying a good product. Chestnut Hill Farms | Home YMMV but I like their approach to growing product. Sometimes, to make money, you have to inject chemicals into the equation. Judiciously which I believe they do. (Riding by pineapple fields in Costa Rica when I was there in 2008 was the 1st time I realized they do not come from trees!)

BTW, I didn't know that M2 were the result of research funded by growers thus not solely owned by any party it seems. Chestnut Hill Farms | MD2 History With that understood, I'll keep rooting and playing with tops. I planted a 4 way split of a rooted crown. Will they grow or rot? We'll see...

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evildeadguy81

Hi i have seen that website before in the past. most of my pineapple plants i got from this website PINEAPPLES - EDIBLES and i buy alot of pineapple pups from ebay. and than my tops i get from a save-a-lot store that is close by to me.... i never had any trouble growing from tops i get from stores.... and about the 4-way split i have heard someone talking about it but not sure how it will turn out

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Pineapples I Grow: Natal Queen And Black Antigua

Jimmy

evildeadguy81

this here was part of the site below Del Monte Gold™ Extra Sweet' (also called MD-2)

HS7/MG055: Pineapple Growing in the Florida Home Landscape

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Pineapples I Grow: Natal Queen And Black Antigua

Jimmy

Kat2

evil, do you also grow bananas? If not, that's okay IMO. Pictures of your plants, even if only piñas, would be appreciated; we're kinda plant pic junkies here. And, if you want to thrill the masses, you can edit your profile to show the city in which you reside.

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evildeadguy81

Hi at the time I only have one dwarf Cavendish banana plant and soon I will post some photos

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Pineapples I Grow: Natal Queen And Black Antigua

Jimmy

Kat2

A couple of years ago I also had only 1 DC; I now have 8 other varieties I believe. I'm not terribly concerned if I have duplicates but am enjoying learning to garden here in Fl after years of growing stuff very much further north. Do consider adding your city to your profile so your neighbors can help you locate more bananas to grow.

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evildeadguy81

Hi again i updated my profile added what part of florida i'm from and here is a photo of my DC its a few months old
i'm not sure i will be getting to many more other types of banana plants i wanna stick with the dwarf kind that don't
get very big

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Pineapples I Grow: Natal Queen And Black Antigua

Jimmy

Kat2

I have 3 pineapple seedlings! They're from MD-2s. Does anyone know what varieties the parents were? Or could be? I'd completely forgotten about my little takeout salad dressing cup until today; I assumed I'd be tossing my failed experiment. And then I looked inside! I tried to get a decent picture but couldn't. There appear to be several other plumped up seeds.

What do I do now? They can't survive on a paper towel scrap. Advice/links would be appreciated. (I have never ever been able to sprout seeds on a towel and successfully transplant but these appear a bit hardier than tomatoes.)

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Gala

Kat2, you can plant them in small seedling containers just divide them and place on top of the soil with the paper towel and cover with a little bit of soil, sprinkle some water over and let them grow. ;-)
I've been growing my pineapples from top for 4 years or so. They were all from store bought pineapples tops. Now I am getting new different verieties and my callection is growing fast. Next year I am expecting my variegated ones to fruit. Can't wait. I will post some pictures later.

evildeadguy81

Hi again kat2 because you got the seeds from the mother plant doesn't mean they will turn out to be the same as the parent plant. That's why it's best to grow them from tops or the offsets.... Right now it's going on 2 month's and none of my pineapple seeds have sprouted I'm hoping it will be soon next time I start some pineapple seeds I will try the nicking them method and see if that helps

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Pineapples I Grow: Natal Queen And Black Antigua

Jimmy

Kat2

When I propagated figs in an another life I realized that practicing fignorance was best. Tugging at figsticks was counterproductive as was even glancing their way; averting your eyes when watering was something I tried to do. Telling yourself you're merely watering twigs in pots is best.

Apparently fignorance works for pineapple seeds also. (Or would that be pignorance? As long as there's bacon, I'm fine with that.)

Oh, I know full well I won't grow anything like what I ate. Well, actually I could because hybrids are very sneaky and sometimes remain the same or quite nearly. (Lemon Boy tomatoes are an example of that: some will not breed true and some will.) But I had the seeds and that little cup took up very little space and I was curious; the resulting plants will not need much room for a very long time so why not?

But I really would love to know what parent contributed to MD-2. Once upon a time I let hybrid tomato volunteers supply me with my crop for a season. Those golfball sized tasteless orbs I harvested convinced me to grow only open pollinated tomatoes. If you keep potato leaf plants out of the mix (particularly currants), odds are you can save seeds for years to come.

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