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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap
Hey, how do U guys plants pineapples? Just pot the fruit or? Maybe seed? I dont have idea, only pineapples here are from grocery stores, uf and cans for shore.
How hardy are they?
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Pineapples are tropical fruit, I'm afraid, that if you want to grow it in soil all year long in zone 9, it will have small chances (needless to say that it likes humid conditions as well...) of survival.
It can be propagated by seeds, that however you can't find in the pineapples from grocery stores.
These seeds only evolve, when there are genetically different plants pollinating each other. However, plantains in tropical countries usually have large fields of the same pollinator and thus, the plants create sterile fruit. Sometimes tiny seeds can be found in the fruit though.
The seeds lose their viablity even faster than those of bananas.
Propagation in countries such as your and mine can be done via the center green part of the pineapple. After you have eaten the pineapple, peel the bottom part of the green center of the fruit (remove the leaves and let there be a solid yellow to white tissue about 3cm long) and let it dry in a glass for about a week (if you don't let it dry, it will rotten or dry out and not make roots).
Keep it in the glass in such a way, that the peeled part points downwards, is completely in the air and doesn't touch the glass. After those 7 days, put it in the pot and wait for a very long time. I usually also put some plastic bag or PET cut in the middle over it, to keep it humid inside.
Pics below, to demonstrate, how a rooted example looks like. It's about 5 months since I have began drying it out. Slow gorwer, because I keep it in low lights...
