I've played around with pineapples for a few years and never had one larger than a softball or so. This is my all time record, and it was delicious to boot!
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Pineapples are outdoors
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Last: 6 days ago by HalifaxAg
That's a beast! I've been growing pineapples for the last 8 years or so and never had one close to that size. Well done!
People think I'm an idiot or something, because all I do is cut lawns for a living.
OP should have sold that one to Schloss .. he would pay big money for that
Awesome! I tried growing a couple from tops cut off a store bought pineapple. Had them in pots and they started to root, moved them to the garage when it got cold, but it got too cold in there, unfortunately.
How long does it take for a pineapple plant started like that to bear fruit?
How long does it take for a pineapple plant started like that to bear fruit?
Ok, now a description of culture methods is needed.
I've been growing Maui Golds for about 5 years now. That's a giant pineapple. Congrats! I have a new baby one now.
One trick to get them to fruit is to put an apple in the soil next to the plant. It works.
We have a group on Facebook called Pineapple Peeps. Lots of info on growing tips and getting the plants to take root. Feel free to join it.
One trick to get them to fruit is to put an apple in the soil next to the plant. It works.
We have a group on Facebook called Pineapple Peeps. Lots of info on growing tips and getting the plants to take root. Feel free to join it.
I was curious too. Internet says 18-24 months.
It does take a long time; 18-24 months is about right. It takes a little longer for the ones grown from the tops. After the plant starts to bloom, and the fruit starts to develop, sometimes you'll see "slips" (new plants) growing from the stalk below the fruit. Break those off after you harvest and plant them. They'll produce a little faster. If you peel the bottom layer of leaves off you'll see the roots exposed, and you can plant it into a pot about 2" deep. There are also suckers that grow further down on the main plant or from the base. You can break those of and plant them.
As for how I grow them, I just plant the slips in a fairly large pot, maybe 8gal or so. They don't need a lot of water. I let the soil dry out between watering. I sprinkle a little 12-12-12 every couple of months. I have a greenhouse I keep them in over the winter. This large pineapple is my first one to bloom in the Fall. It started blooming in early September and I just picked it this week. So about 8 months to ripe. All my other ones have bloomed in early March and are ripe in late August. So only about 6 months to ripe. I don't know what I did to make it bloom in September.
The main plant dies after it flowers, but if you leave a sucker it will grow into a new plant and produce a new pineapple. That way it keeps the main roots from the mother plants and grows faster. Cut the main plant off above the sucker as it will die anyways and is just taking energy from the new plant.
This is a sucker
Break them off, peel a few layers of bottom leaves and plant
As for how I grow them, I just plant the slips in a fairly large pot, maybe 8gal or so. They don't need a lot of water. I let the soil dry out between watering. I sprinkle a little 12-12-12 every couple of months. I have a greenhouse I keep them in over the winter. This large pineapple is my first one to bloom in the Fall. It started blooming in early September and I just picked it this week. So about 8 months to ripe. All my other ones have bloomed in early March and are ripe in late August. So only about 6 months to ripe. I don't know what I did to make it bloom in September.
The main plant dies after it flowers, but if you leave a sucker it will grow into a new plant and produce a new pineapple. That way it keeps the main roots from the mother plants and grows faster. Cut the main plant off above the sucker as it will die anyways and is just taking energy from the new plant.
This is a sucker
Break them off, peel a few layers of bottom leaves and plant
That's a tall boy! Did you have to prop him up to keep him from leaning over?
We keep half a dozen in pots at any given time. We chopped the top off a store bought pineapple and started it in a jar of water in the window sill until some roots started showing, then transferred to a pot.
Now we transfer pups to their own pots. I keep them outside, but haul them into a redneck greenhouse for freezes.
We keep half a dozen in pots at any given time. We chopped the top off a store bought pineapple and started it in a jar of water in the window sill until some roots started showing, then transferred to a pot.
Now we transfer pups to their own pots. I keep them outside, but haul them into a redneck greenhouse for freezes.
I live in a third world country in South America that most people couldn't find on a map. I visit an open air market every Saturday morning to buy fruits/vegetables. I'm convinced my pineapple lady here is the queen of "pine". I might be addicted to pineapple at this point. Ours here are smaller and more narrow than the ones we buy in the US. Gotta figure out how to get a plant or two back to TX. I also understand bringing plants into the US is a big no-no.
Schloss would say pineapples are outdoors, but upside down pineapples are indoors.fullback44 said:
OP should have sold that one to Schloss .. he would pay big money for that
I went to the Azores a few years back, and visited a pineapple "plantation". All greenhouses. The growing method was wild. They move and replant them a few times, and paint the outside of the greenhouses. To get them to fruit, they gas them. Seemed like a lot of work for some pineapples that aren't that expensive.
khkman22 said:Schloss would say pineapples are outdoors, but upside down pineapples are indoors.fullback44 said:
OP should have sold that one to Schloss .. he would pay big money for that
Schloss can plant a pineapple where the sun doesn't shine.
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