The stem of the pineapple elongates at flowering time. A small head of purple or red flowers forms at the tip of the stem. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds. Individual fruits form from each flower; the flowers then join together to form a conical-shaped compound fruit that can be as large as 12 inches long and nearly as wide in circumference. The waxy outer rind of the pineapple can be dark green, yellow, orange-yellow, or reddish when the fruit is ripe.
The flesh ranges from nearly white to yellow. Fruit can weigh from 1 to 10 pounds or more. Pineapples are commonly harvested with a sharp knife; the fruit is cut away from the stalk and plant below.
To peel and section a pineapple, slice off the leafy frond at top and stand the pineapple on its stem end. Slice the fruit in quarters lengthwise and cut away the central core. The flesh of each quarter is cut away from the rind with a large sharp knife. Cube or dice the flesh and serve.
Pineapple: Kitchen Basics. For indoor pineapples, feed plants using a foliar spray fertilizer twice a month during the active growth period. During winter, when growth slows, only feed plants once a month. When propagating pineapples, you can use water to root the pineapple top. Then, cut away the outer part of the pineapple top's flesh, which leaves the leafy top and a stringy core.
Remove all the leaves except for five to 10 of the largest leaves. Based in Indiana, Molly Allman holds a B. She works as both a writer and author and enjoys writing articles on many different topics. She specializes in topics concerning health, crafts, family and lifestyles. Home Guides Garden Gardening. On my second effort, I sliced the top of the pineapple off, set it into a pot outside on moist soil central Fl and its growing like crazy….
Looking forward to the fruit! I have cut and pulled the leaves about a inch from the bottom…Plz help!! About 2 yrs now. Should I take it outside? Does it need a bigger pot? I found the best way to remove the crown was not to cut it but to put on a pair of gloves…hold it tight and twist it off. I remove sum leaves around the stalk and place it in a little water.. Couple of weeks…. Mine are growing very well.????????? She suggested and actually done it for me… to cut most of thd fruit of my pineapple off a just stick in potting soil.
C we had a late winter. Through the winter I did notice that it grew better outdoors. Its now outside I water it about twice a week. It loves rain water. I can really tell when it grows! Looking forward to my fruit I had now idea until recently that it would actually bear fruit and a rewarding flower! I guess I have a couple more years.
Its very large already. Happy growing!! I too live in Arizona.. I recently repotted my pineapple tree and placed it in my bay window. Outgrowing the window. Now each leaf that had touched the window is brown on the ends. Should I trim the leaves or leave them alone? If they need trimmed, how far back should I trim It?
Thanks in advance! I am having a great time with my pineapple plant. Not thinking anything about it until I went to the garden one day and saw that it was actually growing.
My Husband suggested I bring it in when it started to get cold. I dug the top and and planted in a pot and put it in the house. This summer I re-potted it in a bigger pot left it on the front porch. I am going to try the apple idea to see if we can get it to bloom. Love to grow things. Great article! I started 4 pineapples in pots 3.
I am in Canada so cold winter and I live on the 14th floor of a condo. So definatly no outside as no balcony here. It took several weeks for them to root and firm in the pots. I water once a week in the summer as they get all day sun from my floor to ceiling windows.
I water every 2 weeks in the winter as not a hot sun on them. My windows are double pane 4 inches deep with a gas in the center. So never cold next to the pineapple plants.
The second year they grew like crazy and the third year. This summer at 3 years old in July they were 6 feet wide the 2 largest ones of them, They sit with there leaves crossing each other or I would have no room. The other 2 pineapples are quite a bit smaller. I have found out there are a lot of different kinds of pineapples plants so I have obviously 2 kind. But I know they should bloom some time this year hopefully. A week ago beginning of January I was watering them when I noticed the 2 red centers and was thrilled that finally I was getting a pineapple.
Believe me they get huge and very heavy. And they would be a massively heavy move. Have fun growing one and be as thrilled as me when one day you see that red center of a pineapple growing.
Never get discouraged as long as your plant is green. I have had two pineapples that I started as suggested above. It took about 3 years, but both plants got flowers which several months later turned into very tasty ripe pineapples.
I have found that after about 3 years you need to ignore the plant. No water for one for over a month and the other I actually turned on its side for a month or so and left it in the garage in the fall. For reference, I live in Virginia and I grow the plants indoors once the temps get below 50 or so and on the back porch the rest of the year. It has been about over a year since I planted it at home.
Live in Florida so i put the plant outside and it has been growing good. How much longer will it be before the fruit is ready. So very lucky. Was actually looking on here to see if another pineapple would grow from the original plant, but guess not so will dig that out now. Thanks for your information facts. I live in southern Oregon. I started 2 tops early in on top of the fridge. Put them in pots around June that year. I have repotted them several times over the years as they grow. In winter I keep them in our sun room with many other plants.
Summer time they go outside. When I brought them in last fall one was starting to get a fruit, it is now about 10 inches tall. Last week the other one is starting to get a fruit. My JUICY pineapples are blooming quite well, I eat every little piece of the inside of the pineapples eating them out. Hi guys As suggested in above detail I planted pineapple tops here in Pakistan we have long summers and short winters and even in winters the temperature does not fall below 10 degree Celsius I planted them about 4 months ago.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Qais! Glad everything is working out. And greetings from the United States! When I went to Costa Rica the 1 pineapple exporter for a school trip, we went on a pineapple tour of an organic pineapple plantation. You also want to pick them right when their ripe and refrigerate not freeze them, because the second they are picked, they start fermenting, creating that biting aftertaste in your mouth.
And also, after they are picked, 10 more pineapple sprouts should grow in its place, which you should cut off all except 1, so it can continue producing pineapple. So it 99 years and all of that trouble to grow a single pineapple. What a waste of previous time. Yes, it took 3 years for the full, ripe and very delicious pineapple to harvest.
What fun it was to see it blossom in the past year. We now have the little shoots coming out on the side of the large plant, and will let it grow a bit before cutting off. The pineapple plant is large, about 5 feet wide, so be sure to have sufficient space. It loved the south window in the winter, and the screened porch in the summer months. Hey piney peeps!! Live in FL. I am wondering if I can send a photo of it? Please send photos to webmaster dannylipford.
I am encountering an unusual problem. After harvesting the first pineapple for my plant, it is now decided to try and shoot sprouts from the base of the plant.
My question is whether I let those Sprouts continue to grow, or do I cut them out hoping to devorah strength into the main plant and get a second pineapple from it? If anyone has any ideas or suggestions — please let me know.
Hi, Walter! So I bought a pineapple plant with a small pineapple on top from a local plant store. Question 1: should move it to a bigger pot than what it came in? Question 2: why does it get yellow leaves.
Maybe a little too conservative. Should you keep the earth a little moist or should it be mainly dry? I water into the centre of the leaves now. Question 3: it seems like there are two smaller plants in the same pot. Is it worth repotting those in their own pots? Bit of a plant newby, especially pineapple plants. Thanks for any advice!
Almost 6 months growing up in Seattle outside, will bring indoors before first frost and wait til spring to go back out. Going to experiment and leave a Himalayan banana plant outside over winter to see if it makes it. I have 7 potted pineapple plants that have been outside all summer, I need to bring them in before first frost but fireants have invaded thm, what is best way to get rid of the ants so I can bring them back into my home?
My mom bought me a small pineapple plant from Walmart. I have these huge windows in my kitchen that I call my miracle windows.
I have so many plants in there it looks like a jungle. I kept the old plant still in the pot and it is making little plants come out of it. I love googling to find out how to take care of them. I went from wanting just one house plant to craving many. It helps relax me and now I just go spend time with my plants to relax. My just wanted the foliage, she never in her wildest dreams thought it would bear fruit.
She has shared stories of her amazing plant with the mothers board at church and her friends. She is so proud of it. That I have taken pictures and sent to everyone we know. She planted it three years ago from a pineapple that was in the Christmas fruit bowl.
Each year it grew tall and green, and when it was brought in for the winter we had fruit. Hi, Eilish, Poor Percy! You know, gardening questions can be tricky since the rules can change based on the region. Master gardeners train on a range of topics so they can provide advice, at no charge, for people in their area.
Thanks for your question, and good luck! And hang in there, Percy! Hi, if your pineapple is not growing as expected, it might be due to several reasons. As you mentioned, too much water. Not enough sunlight. Poorly nutritious soil.
Cold weather. To get rid of ants from any potted plant that was placed outside. Dilute dish soap with water and place in a spray bottle.
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