Ok Donto I have a pineapple top. What do I have to do to get this thing to grow?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I have always just cut about 3/4 of an inch off the top of the pineapples.Fill whatever size pot you want with good potting soil/compost mix.Bury the 3/4 inch in the soil.no need getting soil on the leaves.water and sunshine,lots of it.Of course,I was living in Austin Tx at the time and it was easy to grow most anything if you had any knowledge at all.Actually did get one baby pineapple off my biggest plant.best of luck and i hope it gets gigantic
lookinhard
Level 7
May 26, 2018
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I pull off the pineapple flesh (fruit) peel back a few leaves about 1/2 inch of stem exposed and put stem in water for about a week. Then plant in a pot. But I know people that just cut the tops off and put on the ground flesh and all. And they grow just fine.
Donto101
Level 7
May 26, 2018
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Just plant it and keep it watered. But, do not expect quick results. It will take 4 to 5 years before it will prouce a pineapple. Also, the plant is vulnerable to freezing weather.
wordywalt
Level 9
May 26, 2018
2
It will be good if it just becomes a plant!
Mine have all fruited about 1 year after planting. I have at least 13 all fruiting now and I planted all of them when I bought the property in December of 16
Make sure all the meat is trimmed off, then just set it on top off damp soil. At least that's how all of mine where started. Might not be the same for mainland.
Krypto-Knight
Level 6
May 26, 2018
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I picked up a couple of pineapples at the grocery store back in March because they were on sale, decide to try and plant the tops just for shits and giggles. One of them made it and one of them wound up in the compost pile.
I put mine in a container just a bit bigger than the base of the pineapple top, tossed in a bit of potting soil and kept it very wet. I think having enough of the pineapple attached to the top is important, the one that died didn't have much of the pineapple fruit to work with and it only last a couple of weeks.
Surfpirate
Level 9
May 26, 2018
2
I cut the flesh off of mine. Leaving the flesh on you have a small chance of it causing the
Stem to rot. It works with way I have done it both ways. With equal Success. I take the flesh off just as a Precaution.
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