Should be ready soon 🤞
Like I know this is real, but it still just looks like someone stuck a pineapple on a stem. This IS real… right…?
Asparagus is another one, just completely blew my expectations on how it grew.
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“This is a prank, right?” Is my favorite set of plant morphologies.
Congratulations! The wait must have been agonizing! Are you going to replace them with fresh suckers after the harvest?
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Wait, really?? Looked it up to be certain and they seem not to normally produce multiple pineapples. Treasure that sucker, literally and metaphorically. You might have a million dollar plant on your hands!
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How did you remove the pineapple last year? Cut the whole stalk off at the plant , right below the pineapple, something else?
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My first pineapple fruited about 18 months ago, and then grew 5 pups? Storks? I was expecting 2-3 from what I read so I was pretty excited.
I also planted 3 more between 9-12 months, so was hoping something would grow this summer (Australia) but might have to wait for next year. I haven’t seen any signs of fruiting yet.
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They’re ripe when they turn yellow.
Got my first one this summer from a top I cut off a store bought pineapple maybe years ago. Home grown, from my single example, has a more subtle flavor with hints of vanilla and much less acid.
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The acidity in the store bought ones is due to them not being ripe. A ripe pineapple is very sweet with some faint tartness.
I’ve just started on this journey. After a few false starts that died, I finally got one to root well. The plant is about 8 months old now and looks pretty happy.
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I’m happy to let it take the time to get its strength, but I am curious about getting it to flower too. Im guessing lots of light and more phosphorus?
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Oh, interesting. Never heard of calcium carbide. Thanks for the info!
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nice pineapples
