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cowsRmeat
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Pineapple growth update 2
#21682957 - 05/15/15 12:45 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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I figured I would just go ahead and start a thread for my pineapple and the updates on it's growth.
The backstory- this pineapple plant is the rooted crown of a store bought pineapple. Nothing really special about it. I rooted this one a few years ago and have been waiting for the last year or two for it to fruit, and now finally it has. I'm pretty sure this is going to be the plant's 3rd summer (can't remember exactly at the moment) and this is the first time it has produced a fruit.
April 22 -


May 2 -

May 10 -

May 15 -




May 21 -

June 17 -

July 9

It's been a bit since an update, apparently.... August 20

August 30- Another update. The fruit is ripening further. I haven't researched it, but I'm just guessing it's ripe and ready when it's golden like you would buy at the store...

And on another note, the same one of my pineapple plants that has the fruit is throwing out a 'pup'.

Sept 1 - It's starting to ripen quickly! It'll probably be ready by this weekend, I think!

September 5 - IT'S RIPE! (ripe enough, anyway) Well, it's finally harvest time! I decided the fruit was finally ripe enough to pick - I didn't want to risk leaving it too long and bugs or something start getting at it. The crown was larger than any store-bought fruit that I've ever seen. But the fruit was probably only half the size. But hey, I grew it myself. I imagine it might have made a larger fruit if it was in it's optimal growth zone and everything, but I'm just excited I finally grew one of my own. I haven't tried it yet, it's sitting on the counter finishing up ripening, but I bet it will be amazing.
My plans are definitely to twist the crown off of this one and start another plant to have a 'second generation' pineapple plant! I think that would be a pretty cool thing to have...




------------------------------------------------------------------ Here's how I start my pineapple plants from a grocery store fruit ------------------------------------------------------------------
-Step 1 - get yourself some pineapples...

-Remove crown by grabbing at the base of the crown and TWISTING until it pops off

-Begin pulling off the lowest leaves by pulling them downward

-See the little roots already beginning to form? Almost every pineapple I have done like this already have tiny roots starting

-Keep pulling leaves off until you are about an inch or so up the stalk and you are left with something like this



-Now go plant it straight in some soil and keep it watered. I don't root in water or anything, I just plant the crown in soil up to where the lowest leaves are touching the surface of the soil and haven't lost one yet...
I'm know this is basic stuff, just sharing for those who aren't in the loop 
Edited by cowsRmeat (09/09/15 08:14 PM)
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21683088 - 05/15/15 01:15 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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How did you keep it during the winter?
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cowsRmeat
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I pulled it inside my glassed-in porch. It is not a heated porch, so it did get pretty chilly in there, but definitely not freezing. Just sat it next to my cacti collection I brought in. Every time I pull it inside for the winters, it just goes dormant and hangs out till spring. Didn't even water it that much over the winter, honestly. Once they root and become a plant, they really do take some abuse!
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21683234 - 05/15/15 01:52 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Oh my!!!
I just realized that pineapples are several fruits bound together!
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: Lemnaminor]
#21683262 - 05/15/15 02:00 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Damn
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: 2shoes]
#21683360 - 05/15/15 02:32 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Looks great cowsRmeat. I did one last year but it needed attention I couldn't give it and it died. I been meaning to grow another one though. You've inspire me friend.
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Quote:
Lemnaminor said: Oh my!!!
I just realized that pineapples are several fruits bound together!
I know! I never knew that myself, until I first saw the 'flower cluster' (most appropriate term I can think of) emerging and was like, ah-ha!
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ferrel_human said: Looks great cowsRmeat. I did one last year but it needed attention I couldn't give it and it died. I been meaning to grow another one though. You've inspire me friend.
Thanks man Appreciate kind words. Give em another try. This was the first of three crowns I rooted that year. I gave the other two away, and their new owners quickly killed them... I guess I just got lucky.
I just got an idea. Next time I go to the store I will get another pineapple or two and take some step-by-step pics of how I root my crowns and put em up here so everybody can see. I'm sure a lot of you already know how to do it, but maybe it'll help somebody. I need/want to start a bunch more now, anyway.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21683399 - 05/15/15 02:42 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah I did the whole cutting in water thing then just replanted it when it had roots. It's super easy to do it too.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21683571 - 05/15/15 03:26 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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until I first saw the 'flower cluster' (most appropriate term I can think of)
i just learned about this in a botony course. A cluster of flowers is called an inflorescence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflorescence
"An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified. The modifications can involve the length and the nature of the internodes and the phyllotaxis, as well as variations in the proportions, compressions, swellings, adnations, connations and reduction of main and secondary axes. Inflorescence can also be defined as the reproductive portion of a plant that bears a cluster of flowers in a specific pattern.
The stem holding the whole inflorescence is called a peduncle and the major axis (incorrectly referred to as the main stem) holding the flowers or more branches within the inflorescence is called the rachis. The stalk of each single flower is called a pedicel. A flower that is not part of an inflorescence is called a solitary flower and its stalk is also referred to as a peduncle. Any flower in an inflorescence may be referred to as a floret, especially when the individual flowers are particularly small and borne in a tight cluster, such as in a pseudanthium. The fruiting stage of an inflorescence is known as an infructescence."
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: ballsalsa]
#21709856 - 05/22/15 09:50 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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OP updated for may 21
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21710159 - 05/22/15 11:23 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hopefully as sweet as she looks ,
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: When]
#21710661 - 05/22/15 02:01 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Great Job cRm. She's looking beautiful and I can't wait till you test her out to see if she tastes as wonderful as she looks.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21711424 - 05/22/15 05:19 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Beautiful!!!
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cowsRmeat
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Can't wait to taste it myself! I'll document the event for you guys.
I just got two more pineapples at the store and am going to be starting up some new crowns and will show my methods for that as well.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21716648 - 05/24/15 06:34 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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I have never been able to get Pineapple crown clones to set root, CowsRmeat. That's awesome. . I do have some Puya berteroniana (related), growing from seed, but every pineapple clone, I have tried has never set roots. Awesome job on yours man
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Good job
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: BigHeart]
#21839189 - 06/21/15 08:50 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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OP updated
-------------------- One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?' was his response. 'I don't know', Alice answered. 'Then', said the cat, 'it doesn't matter.'
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21840285 - 06/22/15 01:07 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Chiquita!
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21840315 - 06/22/15 01:20 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Lovely Purple flowers, never knew they had those. I must of missed those updates.
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