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Originally Posted by Kegas76
I did a top from a store bought pineapple a few years ago. I think it took 2-2.5 years to fruit.
Here it is May of last year.
And ripe at the end of July
Now notice the three slips on the plant. I stuck them in water with rooting compound for a few day then into dirt. Cut to now, two of them have died after trying to put them in the ground, but the third which was has been potted the whole time started blooming last week. |
Pineapples can be propagated from tops, suckers, ratoon suckers or slips.
The easiest and fastest to fruit are slips (plantlets growing between the leaves of a growing plant) or suckers (plantlets growing at the base of a maturing fruit on the fruit stalk). My favorites are ratoon suckers that grow from the base of the plant and already have a few tiny roots.
Slips should be 4"-6" before transplanting. Next time put some rooting hormone or mycorrhizae on your transplant without putting them in water and they will all survive.
Last year I have propagated about 30 plants (all Sugarloaf) that way and sold another 50 through CL or our SD Garden Group.