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Old 02-04-2010, 01:54 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: Forced Flowering

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Originally Posted by sbl View Post
That should be a neat trick to keep my pineapples from blooming too late in the season. I had 2 that were big enough to support a fruit in the ground last summer--they never did bloom and died in the freeze. I just picked one I had bloom in a container--I have one yet to pick.
Ya, why grow em for old man winter?

I'm experimenting with stretching the fruit harvesting out over about a 6 mo. period. In the pineapple industry, they force them to set the harvest at a paticular time. The plant just has to be large enough to support a full sized fruit.
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