Bernie
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I was raised on Maui and my family had 20 acres of pineapple fields.
RR your top is still good.
Instead of cutting the top off grab it with one hand hold the fruit against a counter top or against your body with the other hand and twist the top off. If you pull off a few layers of the little leaves you will find the beginnings of roots are already there. It’s not necessary but it is interesting and it won’t hurt anything. Let it dry out for a few days then plant in well draining soil. The tops are actually viable for quite a while. Pineapples are very drought tolerant so don’t over water. Filling the center is alright but also water at soil level from time to time. Pineapples are grown in open fields. I can’t say they wont do well in shade but I have never known them to be grown in shade I would recommend foliar feeding every other month or so. Depending on the variety of pineapple it will take from 18 to 24 months to fruit. Once the fruit is picked it will send out two new plants; on occasion more but generally two. In time those two plants will also fruit. When those fruit are picked those plants in turn will also send out two new plants each giving you four plants. Each time the fruits will become smaller and smaller but also sweeter and sweeter. I don’t know how long the plants will continue to divide it’s self we never left them to grow any longer then that. I have never known anyone to divide pineapples so I can’t say it can or can’t be done.
Interesting fact: Pineapples are only pollinated by humming birds. There are no hummers in Hawaii so seeds from there will not grow.
Sadly I must advise against buying pineapple from Maui unless you actually pick them up there when you visit. I know I’m from Maui and I should be loyal yada yada yada. Sorry but their fruits are soaked in chemical baths to preserve them and more chemicals so they can be packed tighter together and not have molds or funguses grow on them. ‘Gold’ is a very, very sweet variety of pineapple but I wouldn’t eat Maui Gold from my local market. I get the ones grown in Mexico or Porto Rico. They don’t use all those chemicals. Besides when they are packed that tightly the eye of the tops are damaged so they are less likely to grow.
RR your top is still good.
Instead of cutting the top off grab it with one hand hold the fruit against a counter top or against your body with the other hand and twist the top off. If you pull off a few layers of the little leaves you will find the beginnings of roots are already there. It’s not necessary but it is interesting and it won’t hurt anything. Let it dry out for a few days then plant in well draining soil. The tops are actually viable for quite a while. Pineapples are very drought tolerant so don’t over water. Filling the center is alright but also water at soil level from time to time. Pineapples are grown in open fields. I can’t say they wont do well in shade but I have never known them to be grown in shade I would recommend foliar feeding every other month or so. Depending on the variety of pineapple it will take from 18 to 24 months to fruit. Once the fruit is picked it will send out two new plants; on occasion more but generally two. In time those two plants will also fruit. When those fruit are picked those plants in turn will also send out two new plants each giving you four plants. Each time the fruits will become smaller and smaller but also sweeter and sweeter. I don’t know how long the plants will continue to divide it’s self we never left them to grow any longer then that. I have never known anyone to divide pineapples so I can’t say it can or can’t be done.
Interesting fact: Pineapples are only pollinated by humming birds. There are no hummers in Hawaii so seeds from there will not grow.
Sadly I must advise against buying pineapple from Maui unless you actually pick them up there when you visit. I know I’m from Maui and I should be loyal yada yada yada. Sorry but their fruits are soaked in chemical baths to preserve them and more chemicals so they can be packed tighter together and not have molds or funguses grow on them. ‘Gold’ is a very, very sweet variety of pineapple but I wouldn’t eat Maui Gold from my local market. I get the ones grown in Mexico or Porto Rico. They don’t use all those chemicals. Besides when they are packed that tightly the eye of the tops are damaged so they are less likely to grow.
