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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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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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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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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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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: BigHeart]
#21839189 - 06/21/15 08:50 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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OP updated
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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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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21841625 - 06/22/15 01:04 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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That's going to be super delicious when its ready!!!!
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I will get a pic of my late grandfathers pineapple in a few days and post it up. Its awesome, fruited one out last year too.
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What's the turn around time from plant to fruit?
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Errolscool said: I will get a pic of my late grandfathers pineapple in a few days and post it up. Its awesome, fruited one out last year too.
Cool, I'd like to see it!
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PlantSeeker said: What's the turn around time from plant to fruit?
This one is 2.5 years (I think). Seems like I started it off a grocery store fruit beginning of 2013, it grew that summer, I hoped it might have fruited the next year (2014) and it didn't, and finally it fruited this year.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21842984 - 06/22/15 07:33 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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------ Added my method for rooting crowns to the OP ------
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21843646 - 06/22/15 09:46 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I love the simplicity. The girlfriend loves little plant projects like this. I'll encourage her to use your instruction and it will make her feel like a horticulture master. Thanks for posting this, mr. cows. Keep up the good work.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: prismism]
#21843942 - 06/22/15 11:00 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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'Simple' is my middle name! Oh..... wait...
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21844288 - 06/23/15 12:26 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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cowsRmeat said: ------ Added my method for rooting crowns to the OP ------
Thanks for updating that with the method, I've never grown a pineapple before. How long do you think it took, before roots got established?
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Not very long. I think I did this most recent couple like right at the very beginning of June, and they are just now starting to grow (which means they have roots).
It probably takes them about 2-3 weeks to put out enough roots to start regrowing the top. As you can imagine, all the new growth comes straight out of the center.
For the first year of growth, they get the diameter of a basketball or a little bit bigger, then the second year they grow even bigger, and then when they are full size ( about 3-4 feet tip to tip diameter ) they will start to fruit. At least, that is just my experience.
When it comes to winter care, I bring em inside onto my glassed-in porch the same time I bring in my cacti. They don't do any growing in the wintertime. I actually find myself watering them quite infrequently during the wintertime.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21930725 - 07/11/15 08:30 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Another pic in OP
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21931372 - 07/11/15 11:24 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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She's looking great there cRm
I just hope she ripens before the grow season's over.
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For real! These things take forever to get done. Luckily, our growing season is somewhat long. I still have 3-4 months before I will have to worry about bringing anything inside.
I guess I will know it is ripe when it just looks like a pineapple from the store? Maybe it will be smaller than a store bought one. I really don't know
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#21955416 - 07/17/15 10:01 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nice! I just started rooting a couple. Im trying rooting in water, but i might start another just to see if theres any difference between that and putting the crown straight into soil
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat] 1
#22128262 - 08/22/15 07:02 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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OP updated
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22128285 - 08/22/15 07:09 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Very nice,you know they grow all over peoples yards and gardens here! I'll have to try one out again soon
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22152465 - 08/27/15 04:51 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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cowsRmeat said: 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

Aug 27 Starting to show signs of ripening! It's beginning to turn a bit golden!

------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22152467 - 08/27/15 04:52 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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OP updated again. Looks like it is beginning to ripen!
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22154383 - 08/27/15 11:28 PM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Right on man,I will start my own too,eventually,pineapples are so cheap here,only a dollar!
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I've never grown a pineapple, but recently I cut the top off with a knife. If planted like this what problems would result? I think I will go ahead and twist it like you did but I'm just curious about twisting vs. cutting. Awesome write-up thanks!
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: invitro]
#22159548 - 08/29/15 07:49 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I tried leaving some fruit on like that when I cut before and have always had mine rot when I did that. Seems like I have read that some people just leave the bit on when they cut it, but it just won't work for me like that.
If you do twist it off, when you start peeling the leaves back, you can already see little roots forming (like you can see in the instructional in the OP), so it just makes more sense to me to go ahead and remove the fruit in the beginning. It's gonna have to rot away anyway for the roots to reach through.
Also, some people like to put their crowns in water to get the roots going. I've never tried this personally, but again, I find it completely unnecessary. I've never lost a crown when going the route described in the OP. Twist off fruit portion, peel back leaves, straight to dirt, keep watered. Never had one rot like that. I've even twisted off fruit, peeled back leaves, then left sitting for more than a week before I got around to planting, and the crown still made it when I planted it.
By all means, feel free to experiment, I'm just sharing my experiences.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22166303 - 08/30/15 08:08 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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OP updated again. Fruit ripening further and same plant producing a 'pup'
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22175800 - 09/01/15 08:55 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Update! It's getting close to done, I think!
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22175907 - 09/01/15 09:21 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Slow down there chief, aren't you the guy picking brown peppers
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: mandrin13]
#22176036 - 09/01/15 09:43 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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mandrin13 said: Slow down there chief, aren't you the guy picking brown peppers:)
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22178246 - 09/02/15 01:34 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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cowsRmeat said: I tried leaving some fruit on like that when I cut before and have always had mine rot when I did that. Seems like I have read that some people just leave the bit on when they cut it, but it just won't work for me like that.
If you do twist it off, when you start peeling the leaves back, you can already see little roots forming (like you can see in the instructional in the OP), so it just makes more sense to me to go ahead and remove the fruit in the beginning. It's gonna have to rot away anyway for the roots to reach through.
Also, some people like to put their crowns in water to get the roots going. I've never tried this personally, but again, I find it completely unnecessary. I've never lost a crown when going the route described in the OP. Twist off fruit portion, peel back leaves, straight to dirt, keep watered. Never had one rot like that. I've even twisted off fruit, peeled back leaves, then left sitting for more than a week before I got around to planting, and the crown still made it when I planted it.
By all means, feel free to experiment, I'm just sharing my experiences.
I pulled up the pineapple top to check for roots, lots of healthy white roots 2 inches long! The fleshy parts have disappeared/rotted away.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: invitro]
#22179305 - 09/02/15 05:55 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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spaceman101 said:
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mandrin13 said: Slow down there chief, aren't you the guy picking brown peppers:)

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 I'm leaving them on now, I've got lots turning red now. 
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cowsRmeat said: I tried leaving some fruit on like that when I cut before and have always had mine rot when I did that. Seems like I have read that some people just leave the bit on when they cut it, but it just won't work for me like that.
If you do twist it off, when you start peeling the leaves back, you can already see little roots forming (like you can see in the instructional in the OP), so it just makes more sense to me to go ahead and remove the fruit in the beginning. It's gonna have to rot away anyway for the roots to reach through.
Also, some people like to put their crowns in water to get the roots going. I've never tried this personally, but again, I find it completely unnecessary. I've never lost a crown when going the route described in the OP. Twist off fruit portion, peel back leaves, straight to dirt, keep watered. Never had one rot like that. I've even twisted off fruit, peeled back leaves, then left sitting for more than a week before I got around to planting, and the crown still made it when I planted it.
By all means, feel free to experiment, I'm just sharing my experiences.
I pulled up the pineapple top to check for roots, lots of healthy white roots 2 inches long! The fleshy parts have disappeared/rotted away. 
So you ended up planting it with the fruit part intact? Nice, I never could get any cooperation out of them if I didn't strip the fruit off them...
I think when my pineapple finally ripens up, I am going to start it's crown as another plant so I can have a '2nd generation' pineapple plant going!
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22214136 - 09/09/15 08:16 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!
  
It's finally ripe! Check out the OP to see the final product. It's like half the size of a store bought fruit, but I bet it will taste so much better knowing I grew it myself!
Thanks to everyone for following the thread through the journey with me and all the great comments.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22214274 - 09/09/15 08:42 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Haha, that's great!
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: invitro]
#22214388 - 09/09/15 09:07 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22214580 - 09/09/15 09:59 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ayyyyyy!  Whatchya gonna make out of it? A pineapple pizza?
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: grownright]
#22214586 - 09/09/15 10:02 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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hand pollinate the next one and you'll probably get a bigger fruit.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: ballsalsa]
#22217990 - 09/10/15 06:08 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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ballsalsa said: hand pollinate the next one and you'll probably get a bigger fruit.
Wish I would have thought of that earlier... 
I haven't decided what to do with it yet... I was actually just thinking of peeling it and eating it straight, but now that you mention it, you've got me thinking about making something with it...
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22218112 - 09/10/15 06:35 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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cowsRmeat said: 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 -


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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...




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-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 
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What region do you live in? More so what kind of winters do you go through?
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: Boomertown]
#22218272 - 09/10/15 07:06 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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USDA zone 8. I don't leave it outside for the winters though. I bring it in when I bring in my cacti. It spends the winter in a glassed-in porch right next to my trichs. It pretty much gets the same winter treatment as my trichs. Although, I water it maybe 5 times over the winter... Not sure if that's the proper approach for them, but it worked... 
Don't be discouraged if you live in a lower zone though. I have personally seen a fruiting potted pineapple way up in the mountains in Tennessee at a small storefront in a tourist town. Ya just gotta bring it in in the winter.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22219268 - 09/10/15 10:54 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I live in zone 5, thats why i was wondering, even though my house would be around 70F all winter, i wonder if i should attempt such a feat as a pineapple grow.
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: Boomertown]
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: Boomertown]
#22224026 - 09/11/15 08:17 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Boomertown said: I live in zone 5, thats why i was wondering, even though my house would be around 70F all winter, i wonder if i should attempt such a feat as a pineapple grow.
Do it! Worst case scenario is that it doesn't work out and you are out maybe a buck or two? They are super easy to get going! Just follow the little mini guide I have in the OP, or find another little guide and give it a shot!
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Re: Pineapple growth update [Re: cowsRmeat]
#22226468 - 09/12/15 10:21 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Awesome stuff man! It's nice to see others growing this plant. I have two potted ones and two that need to be potted. Had them since the beginning of summer.
I've read that the pup is quicker to mature than crown grown plants. They will pup these runners out every time a fruit matures. Pretty quickly you'll have a lot.
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