Cultivo do abacaxi
Aguarde! Ao invés de jogar fora essa top abacaxi - reciclá-lo.
Uma ótima maneira de continuar a desfrutar de abacaxi delicioso que você comeu apenas é fazer crescer o seu próprio. Não é preciso muito pouco tempo e paciência. Abacaxizeiro é uma das "plantas de cozinha sucata" que podem ser iniciados por simplesmente enraizamento da coroa (topo de abacaxi) e plantá-la no solo. Não só você vai ter uma planta decorativa, mas você também irá produzir um abacaxi doce comestível que vai dar a satisfação em saber que você cresceu você mesmo.
Existem várias maneiras de propagar uma coroa de abacaxi.
Eis como começar:
Use um top abacaxi (coroa) com saudável, deixa unbruised. Se você não tiver, corte pontiagudo no topo do abacaxi. Descasque cerca de um quarto das folhas inferiores para expor o tronco. Você verá pequenas saliências marrom que acabará por se tornar The Roots (primórdios de raiz). Deixe o topo do abacaxi em uma área sombreada no balcão da cozinha a secar por vários dias e depois plantá-la no pote de 6 polegadas com solos bem drenados. Você pode escovar hormônio de enraizamento no fundo, para acelerar o enraizamento (facultativo). Firme o solo ao redor da planta para fixá-lo no lugar e água. Se o ambiente estiver seco, coloque a planta em vaso dentro de um saco plástico para aumentar a umidade e acelerar o enraizamento. Se mantida a 70F (21C) deve raiz dentro 2-4 semana.
Outro método é deixá-lo de raiz em água. Pode levar 2-4 semanas para as raízes para crescer. Após o plantio mantê-lo húmido mas não molhado e em um ensolarado, quente (75) lugar e úmido, com temperaturas noturnas acima de 65 graus. Deve começar um novo crescimento em cerca de 2 meses. Em condições de seca, neblina e manter um pouco de água no centro da coroa. Alimentá-lo com um fertilizante força meia duas vezes por mês durante os meses de verão.
Ele pode levar vários anos para que a planta esteja pronto para florescer e frutificar. A planta deve ter pelo menos 25 folhas de tamanho normal para ser grande o suficiente para florescer. Se depois de 18 mos. você não vê nada acontecer, coloque a planta em um saco plástico com duas maçãs bem maduras cortadas pela metade, isto irá liberar gás etileno que desencadeia estímulos de suas flores. Em 1-2 meses você deve ver um botão vermelho espetado seguido de flores azuis no centro da planta. Este processo pode demorar 2-3 anos, mas vale a pena tentar apenas para ter uma novidade para desfrutar de bromélias. Quando as plantas de abacaxi são forçados a florescer cedo a planta jovem produz pequenos frutos. Para maiores de frutas é melhor ter um mínimo de 40 folhas maduras 18 centímetros de comprimento.
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Tenho negligenciado para fertilizar durante a Primavera sendo esta a minha primeira vez, fazer água uma vez por semana. Será que isto tem uma influência na produção de frutas?
não os ananases necessidade de ser fecundado? Parece que eles simplesmente produzir um fruto por si, se é assim que você sabe por quê?
Enraizamento de plantas de abacaxi
Ive vindo a crescer um abacaxi por dois anos em Ohio vem dentro para o inverno. se frutos doesnt por si só isto que eu verão vai forçá-lo. a um olhar puro vegetal e discordo de deixar o topo do abacaxi após a sua retirada para secar por dois dias. Eu comecei uma dúzia de plantas e lançá-las em todo o país para que meus amigos removida do topo e colocou-a imediatamente em água por 10 dias mudando a água diariamente, em seguida, colocou-os em uma panela de 90% enraizada com este método
Tenho uma fábrica de abacaxi que tem um abacaxi sobre ela. Nos últimos dias ele ficou vermelho. Por que isso acontece?
Qual é o horário adequado de água, no solo ou nas espinhas
Colher os frutos
Como faço para remover a fruta quando ela está pronta e não prejudicar a planta inteira?
Michael
Eu comecei o enraizamento de uma coroa sobre um ano atrás, então vaso que um mês depois. Mid-verão, brotou uma fruta. Agora, a fruta ainda é menor do que uma laranja, mas tornou-amarelo-laranja. Devo pegar a fruta? A planta é menos 24inches de diâmetro.
Carol Martin (xworkers@bellsouth.net /) (IP: 74.225.102.105)
Tenho uma fábrica de abacaxi com um abacaxi sobre ela. Moro em S. Flórida. Como sei quando é hora de pegar o abacaxi? A última, eu esperei muito tempo e os esquilos bater-me a ele.
Julie (jdanam@yahoo.com /)
My little abacaxi está maduro e pronto para comer. Onde posso removê-lo da planta? Preciso cortar o estoque cresceu em? O resto da planta é realmente saudável ... Não vejo quaisquer novos brotos. Posso deixar a planta, sem bolsa ou com o estoque? Estou pensando em usar a nova coroa para uma nova planta. Nada mau para o cultivo de uma planta de interior, na área de Seattle. Fiquei realmente surpreso eu tenho uma fruta ... apenas plantadas no topo para se divertir! Obrigado pela sua ajuda.
Gostaria de saber um pouco mais informação sobre o crescimento de um abacaxi dentro de casa, eu moro no norte de Idaho. Eu preciso saber qual o melhor tamanho de pote para colocá-lo em obter os melhores resultados. Eu nunca fiz isso antes e por isso estou um pouco perdido, eu tenho um abacaxi pequeno e já é sobre o tamanho do meu dedo mindinho, não incluindo o início e ele tem 2 pequenas plantas crescendo junto à base da planta. Qualquer sugestão seria ótimo! Obrigado.
Minha planta é de cerca de um ano de idade, e algumas das folhas são muito longos. Ouvi dizer que aparar as folhas promove o crescimento. isso é verdade e como as folhas curtas podem ser aparadas safly?
Obrigado MC
Adubação de plantas de abacaxi
O fertilizante que você está falando, quando utilizado na planta abacaxi?
subtroppo (millima2001@yahoo.com.au /) (IP: 203.213.7.131)
Eu também tenho apenas escolhi o meu primeiro fruto 2-pequenos, mas bons, mas levou 3 anos. Quer saber o que é o melhor adubo, como desejo de produzir mais e melhor, eles precisam de fósforo .. thks pelos bons conselhos que eu li novamente usando os filhotes.
Moro em S. Flórida - muito quente e úmido. Por diversão, preso um casal de tops em 5 galões potes de plástico preto não mais de 2 1 / 2 anos. Boa terra, 1 / 3 home-made compost. Ter 13 ABACAXIS AGORA de várias idades. Alguns enorme! Basicamente acabei de deixá-los sozinhos. Molhar muito raras ou fertilizantes. Começam a água do orvalho umidade pesado. Eu sou estritamente um amador, mas a partir de uma planta (maconha) apenas 2 grandes e 2 frutos em desenvolvimento. Suspeito é o composto. Experimente! My rookie "opinião": Vamos em paz! Não matá-los com bondade.
Live in central Indiana. Comprou uma usina de Meijer. A planta é de cerca de 13 centímetros de altura, e tinha uma fruta pequena. Percebida após colocá-lo fora da fruta foi pendurada sobre. Coloque um suporte para ele. Uma semana depois do fruto, que foi terminado. Pegou o fruto e estou torcendo-o em água. O centro foi todo podre. As folhas só caiu. O que aconteceu? Nunca regava-lo de cima. Será que a planta colocar outra planta? Por favor, me dar alguns conselhos sobre cuidar dessas plantas. Obrigado.
Eu sou um produtor novato em Massachusetts, que nunca teve muita sorte com as plantas. Eu tenho um maldito polegar marrom, ou talvez eu apenas estou sofrendo de "a curiosidade matou o gato" síndrome. Eu comprei um abacaxi e hoje bateu o início em um copo de água. Depois de procurar por informações, me deparei com este site e rasgou algumas das folhas para expor o tronco. Eu ainda estou interessado, porém, como a minha experiência diz-me para colocar a pobre fora da miséria eventual estou apto a colocá-la polegadas Algum conselho para um novato que apenas quer a coisa maldito para continuar vivo? Obrigado!
Aqui em Indiana, foi de 50 graus à noite. Qual é a mais baixa temperatura as plantas podem tomar?
Brown & folhas amarelas
Tenho uma fábrica de abacaxi que é quase 3 anos. idade não tem qualquer beared fruto ainda. As folhas estão girando fundo marrom e amarelo como se fosse morrer. O que posso fazer para manter as folhas de transformar outras cores. A planta está sendo manter dentro desde a temps. ter obtido mais frios. A parte superior da planta parece bem saudável agora.
Mini abacaxi
Eu vivo no Reino Unido e conseguiram comprar uma fábrica de abacaxi jovem pelo nome de Ananas nanus, Seu comeing da Malásia e as folhas olhar spikey e muito curtida! você seria a bondade de me contar um pouco sobre o que você sabe da planta
Folha dicas Brown
Oi. Eu tive meu abacaxi plantados cerca de 16 meses e é muito pequena (cerca de 1,5 metros de altura e 1,5 metros de largura). Também as folhas foram voltando cada vez mais marrom ao longo dos últimos meses e até morrer completamente das pontas e se movendo para baixo, não há área marrom morto em até 6 polegadas nas folhas maiores. Algum conselho?
Grow abacaxi em Atlanta
Oi a partir de apenas sul de Atlanta. Novo para plantas de abacaxi. Gostaria de planta permanentemente mina de fora, ao lado de minha casa de tijolos. Eles teriam uma exposição do Sul e se beneficiaria com o calor solar passivo do sol sobre o tijolo no inverno. Alguém já fez isso? Qual é a temperatura mais fria. pode tolerar que os abacaxis e sobreviver? Além disso, eu vivo em uma granja de idade que tem cama de frango em celeiros de idade que é muito idosos - cerca de 10 anos. Posso usar isso na forma de chá "para adubar minhas plantas? Estou animado para começar indo nessa!
Eu vivo no Havaí e abacaxis em crescimento não é problema. Eles são grandes e doces. Na verdade, muito doce e suave. Existe algo que eu poderia acrescentar ao solo para dar-lhes um pouco mais de mordida?
Eu também vivo no Havaí, e soa como o abacaxi que você tem se você ainda não descobriu já é da variedade doce também conhecida como "Gold". Tropical Gold, Doce de Ouro, e Maui Gold são os abacaxis comum fora aqui. Se você quiser um abacaxi mais amarga, encontrar um abacaxi continental cresceu para aqueles que tendem a ter mais ácido.
O Maui Gold Pineapple como eu aprendi e experientes são doces como doces, e muito delicioso.
Dicas Leaf viragem marrom
Eu plantei 50 abacaxis um ano atrás. Um pouco louco sim. Eu estou disposto a 7 plantas. Eles são difíceis de manter viva. Alguns morrem sem motivo aparente. Minha pergunta. Elas foram cultivadas sob as luzes durante todo o inverno, e há algumas semanas, colocá-los fora. As folhas estão ficando marrom de fora para dentro eu vivo na zona 5, e as temps foram na década de 40 baixa e 50 anos para o passado mês de Maio. Finalmente, nos últimos dias, os temps voltaram ao normal. Você tem um lugar que eu posso enviar uma imagem, para que possa determinar o que está errado? Obrigado.
Estou em S. Flórida, 10A zona. Minha planta produzir um PINEAPLE enorme (só peguei ontem) que é tão grande como o maior abacaxi que eu já vi no supermercado. É flor em janeiro, depois de serem plantadas a partir da coroa de um "Dole Extra Sweet mercearia" (comprado) 14 meses antes. Frutas teve 5 1 / 2 meses a partir da flor de maduro. Planta é quase 6 pés de diâmetro e 2 otários desenvolvidos, enquanto a fruta cresceu. Foi na semi sombra (sol 40% direto) sob um mamoeiro e perto de uma árvore de manga. Foi fecundado principalmente com cinzas de madeira, mas também pode ter beneficiado o escoamento de uma casa vizinha fez compostor (durante chuvas fortes). O solo nunca foi seca, como foi mulched e até mesmo no inverno, regadas semanalmente. Eu não sou especialista, tive qualquer tipo de expectativa quando o plantio da coroa, mas isso certamente funcionou bem para mim. Planta é ainda vigoroso e saudável. Irá replantar um otário e deixar que os outros produzem fruto segundo. Ainda não comeu o abacaxi ainda, mas vou postar como é a qualidade do gosto / quando eu faço.
Tempo são os meus resultados excepcionalmente bons considerring a sombra de 40%, relativamente solo úmido e curtas entre a coroa de frutas?
A minha fruta abacaxizeiro tendo recebido muita água. Todas as folhas murchas e até agora não perked back-up. O que devo fazer?
Como eu sei se eu tenho um abacaxi ornamentais em crescimento ou uma que eu posso comer? Eu tenho duas plantas que ambos produziram um abacaxi, uma das frutas tem uma coroa muito grande em relação ao tamanho do fruto. O outro tem uma fruta pouco maior, que eu preciso escolher. Eu nem sabia que existia tal coisa como um abacaxi ornamental!
Crescem em água
Eu comecei uma fábrica de abacaxi em agosto passado na água. Eu ainda não colocá-la no solo, no entanto, ele tem muitas raízes e parece ser saudável ainda. Será que vai afetar a planta e seu fruto (se ele já produz algum) de uma forma negativa por não ter colocado ele no solo ainda?
Eu tenho uma bromélia numa panela, que eu comprei mais de um ano atrás. Ela cresceu um otário ", que é agora o mesmo tamanho da planta mãe. Devo deixar como está com a mãe? Ou deveria ser separado em outra panela? Que medidas posso tomar para que possa florescer como o orig? Qualquer instrns especial para crescer estas plantas, seria útil. Seu site é uma dádiva de Deus para alguém como eu que não sabia nada sobre as plantas, e volta para o seu site para o info-grande conselho, muito simples e concisa instrns, fizeram-me apreciar minha casa!
Obrigado!
Estou indo só para tentar o rum em uma de minhas plantas de abacaxi, espero que ele funciona.
Great site. Eu tenho 3 plantas de abacaxi em crescimento, uma é de 2 anos e está a dar frutos, os outros 2 são mais jovens, mas todos eles são amarelados o que poderia estar causando isso. todos eles são de fora e eu vivo na Flórida noroeste
I love your site. Eu estou crescendo meu abacaxizeiro 2. Trata-se de 3 1 / 2 m de altura e aproximadamente a mesma largura. Ela também tem um filhote de cerca de 1 pé de altura. As folhas começaram a ficar amarelo, após a leitura através de seu site que decidiu que as noites têm sido ao frio e talvez seja por isso que as folhas estão girando. Eu trouxe-o dentro de uma janela para o sul. Tão grande como é que você acha que irá florescer este ano?
Eu tenho um abacaxi crescente desde cerca de junho e está crescendo bem, mas ainda está verde, eu preciso dar-lhe luz exta (a crescer de luz). Eu vivo em Minnesota. O abacaxi tem de derramamento, e tenho apostado lo. Sua resposta seria apreciada.
Rega
Cultivo do abacaxi
todo mundo continua dizendo a água semanalmente. Summers no Havaí são mais fortes. quanta água semanalmente. Eu acho que minha planta foi regada muito porque é amarelo, mas se mostram um pouco de verde claro.
Assim, um copo cheio de água? o quê? Quanta água?
Eu comecei a crescer um abacaxi plantas cerca de 2 anos em um pote cesta de suspensão. Eu tenho o meu primeiro fruto deste ano, que foi o seu tamanho normal e bastante saborosa. Tenho cerca de 12 plantas, todas em vasos grandes agora, a minha pergunta é se vai assumir a 2 filhotes de 3 anos na produção de frutas também. No ano passado eu coloquei cerca de 4 tops no solo e que apenas reproduziu uma grande quantidade de filhotes é assim que eu tenho tantas plantas.
Separate pups from mother plant
My first pineapple plant i have gotten 8 pineapples, not bad for someone who kills artiffictial flowers. It is nothing for me to have 4 and 5 pups on a plant with a fruit. I have read to cut off pups and replant, but where do i cut, how far up or down close to the mother, do i cut straight or a an angle? any an all info whould be loved. Also they are in pots, never in the ground because where i live is rented and what goes in the ground stays.fruit really sweet, some large some small,{eat your heart out Dole} thanks again. oh 1 more thing, watered once a week ,sat on edge of carport and turned 1/4 every week to make sure os even sun. yes going to extreme.
Eu escrevi de volta em novembro 0f 08 '. Trata-se de janeiro e estou tão animado. My abacaxizeiro tem uma flor no copo. Não é muito grande ainda, mas você pode dizer que é o início de uma flor. Quanto tempo vai demorar antes que ele vai aparecer?
I have 4 pineapple plants. I live in Illinois and I have found it quite easy to grow them. I leave them out in the summer and bring them in and keep them under grow lights in the winter. My oldest plant is 6 years and has yet to produce a pineapple plant. I have tried the apple in a bag trick and it didn't work I was going to try the calcium carbide trick next unless anyone has a better suggestion.
To grow my plants I just cut off the top of the pineapple leaving a little bit of fruit attatched. Then I just lay the top on a paper plate and let them sit for a few to several days depending on when I get them planted in dirt.
I have 4 potted plants that froze about 1 1/2 months ago. All the leaves have turned yellow and the tips are brown and willting. I am considering planting them in the flower bed with the mother plant. It is currently looking very healthy and has 4 runners growing out of it. The 4 potted plants were also runners that I cut off this past summer. Should I trim the leaves off and try to transplant them or am I wasting my time? Obrigado! BTW I live 30 miles north of Tampa, Florida.
A friend of mine who lives in flordia gave me a very sweet pineapple about 2 yrs ago.I planted the top, and to my surprise its doing very well. As a matter of fact its still growing new leaves although its winter time here (NY). I think its because my apartment is so warm. My problem is I have no where to plant outdoors. Can it still produce a pineapple indoors? Por favor, ajuda
I started planting pineapple from fruits bought at the grocery store a few years ago. Eu vivo no sul da Flórida. I just cut off the top of a pineapple and put it in a big pot with organic soil. I leave the plant grow without doing anything to it besides watering once in a while. (I even forgot to protect my plants from the cold nights we've recently had). Two of them are showing sign of a flower.I have two planted directly in the garden. They are not growing as much as the three I have in pots.
The fruits are smaller than the original fruits. However, they taste better.
Danos de frio
pineapple plants were not covered the first night of low 30 temps but covered since here in central florida.the leaves look damaged. do i watch and wait? what will indicate they are going to survive and what care should i do now.
Seca
My pineapple were doing very well with deep green leaves but all of a sudden the leaves have turned yellowish it's been exposed to high sunshine for some few month now, and since i rely on rain fall for watering. The dry season has made it imposible for any waterin for 3 month now. could it be the too much sun light or the abscence of watering which is causing the yellowing?
White spots on leaves
My two pineapples were growing well until this winter. They now have white blotchy spots on the leaves and the leaves are starting to rot and die back, I have had to cut the leaves back severely, I am losing more leaves daily. Can you please tell me what is causing this and how can I fix the probem. Obrigado.
Are the pineapple plant indoors or outside? Have they been exposed to cold temps?
Pick pineapple early
You can pick up the pineapples before they a fully ripe and they will keep on ripening, I have done this many times, I need to get to the pineapples before the possums do. I live in south Florida and I have been growing pineapples for a few years, last year I got almost 50 pineapples, and they are all delicious.
Oi,
I have about 10 pineapple plants between 2-3 years old that were doing fine until the frost hit us in FL. Now the leaves are mainly dead but there is growth in the center. What is the best way to salvage the plants or have I lost them? One plant I cut the leaves off – but it is now a huge stalk with green in the center but if you touch it – the center part immediately pulls out and base looks a bit rotten.
Cold injury
Isso é ótimo!
I have many Pineapple Plants, but, I currently have a few that have developed red and yellow leaves. The centers are still green. I tried adding Iron last week. Has not seemed to make a difference.
We had a cold winter would that make a difference. I live in Florida. They are always outside.
Obrigado
I potted a ” from a bromeliad I had grown into a beautiful plant the same size as it's original mother plant. Wanting it to bloom, I placed it in a plastic bag in the dark for a week- but I used cut slices of an apple, instead of a whole apple. 3wks later, the leaves are bleached brown from the inside out & it almost looks as if the plant is dying on me! Did I kill it with the cut slices?? I had also placed the plant near a brightly lit window, but have now moved it further into the room where it originally was. Is there any way to save this one? It looks decidedly unhealthy, but I'm hoping I can still salvage it! Pls help!!
I live in Phoenix valley Arizona and I was informed by numerous sources that pineapples would not grow well outdoors due to the cold nights in winter and extreme heat in the summer. However I ignored them and planted anyway. I now have four plants started two of them are two feet tall and three feet across. They seem to like the hot dry weather in the summer and I have seen frost form on the leaves in the winter with no visible effects. I water with soaker hose from my current watering system along with the rest of the plants and use miracle grow fertilizer three times during the summer. As reading this page I realized that I may be doing everything wrong but my plants are doing great. Am I a pioneer in growing these things in the valley or just lucky?
Did you buy yours as plants or grow them from a pineapple you bought? I am in Phx and thinking about growing one. Do you get fruit from yours?
I live in the Netherlands (EU) and will have my 4th pineapple this summer! 1 plant i have for over 3 years is over 3 feet high! After having one pineapple i got enthousiastic…(Pineapple was very sweet) I have about 20 plants at the moment.I heard these plants need extra iron, now i am experimenting with some old nails in the pineapple-wateringcan!
I have a very sunny livingroom were the plants are in wintertime and in the summer the all stand in a sunny garden.Nice website!! manter o bom trabalho.
About a week ago I started a pineapple top in water and I am impatiently wait for roots to form! My question is when it is time to pot the thing is it better to put it in a larger or smaller planter? Also I have “cactus mix” potting soil that I use for my aloe plant (which is on its last leg, I might add.) is this mix appropriate for a pineapple? And one last thing I'd like to throw out there for people wondering about back yard pests…I live at the base of the Appalachian Mountains, we get all sorts of creatures looking for a yummy treat. Several “home” remedies for this problem are passed down and to be honest a little strange, but there is one that is pretty consistant…human hair. If you sprinkle a little human hair in your plants or around your garden, the animals will leave it alone. I think it is the human scent, but the old folks will tell you it's a little bit of mountain voodoo.
Whatever, it seems to work. Some of you may be wondering how to obtain this treasure…I just take a baggie to the hairdresser with me and swallow my pride and ask for it. Generally he rolls his eyes but does it anyway and no furry critters eat my stuff. I know…it's odd.
A little over three years ago, I rooted and planted my pineapple top from a pineapple that I bought and ate from the grocery store. Since then, it seemed to have split and produced two small (twin) plants and two small baby pineapples. I have not divided the ball or re-potted the plants due to the fear that if I did, I might lose both plants and the pups. Recently, I placed the plant outside to take advantage of the warm weather we've been having, and the leaves started to turn yellow-green. The pups didn't seem to be affected. I immediately brought the plant back inside. The leaves, although yellow-green, are not drooping yet . The weather outside was 80 degrees or above. O que eu fiz de errado? É tarde demais? What can I do to help my plant thrive and get better?
Please help. I have three plants growing. One is about a year old. the other two are about 8 months. Two of them developed little white spots on the leaves over the last three weeks. Is this normal or an infection? If an infection any advice?
A minha pergunta é .. my pineapple tree took 3 years to start growing a pineapple… and now its been like a month and it is already the size of my hand. (sooo happy
)… But how long does it take for it to be ripe?
I just started my Pineapple, a couple weeks after finding out how to grow them from the crown. Me and my wife bought a Maui Gold, and just cut it yesterday so I kept the crown and prepared the stem by removing the flesh and gently pulling off the bottom leaves up to an inch and half of the stem. I did not let it dry out, but placed it strait in the water, and now less then twenty-four hours later, it already has tiny hairs of roots showing that were not there yesterday. I'm so happy.
By the way, I live on the island of o'Ahu so I don't have to worry about keeping my pineapple inside. Going to plant it directly outside into some soil I'm already readying for my pineapple, with a lot of mulch directly mixed into it.
I have been growing pinapple plants and getting fruit from them for years. A few years ago a friend of my husbands brought over a differnt looking plant white with little green in it very prickely and said it was from Austrelia. He stated it may or may not get fruit as there has to ba a male and female plant? It is a very beautiful plant. Oddly this year it bloomed fruit. It is red and has many different sprouts from that bloom. I am not sure if this is one that can be eaten or is more decorative. I am not sure when to pick it if it is eatable. It has layers and layers of leaves almost like a bush, unlike a regular pineaple plant. Qualquer ajuda que você pode dar seria apreciada. CG from Florida.
Propagating slips
Hello to all ! I`m pretty sure I`ve read all of the questions and comments on this wonderful site , but I didn`t see the answer to my question ,unless it was an oversite . I`ve planted several tops from pineapples we`ve eaten (all over the past year) and the first ever planted has produced a fruit on the stalk ….. I am so-oo excited ! It showed a round ball down in center of plant and didn`t take long for it to sprout up on a stalk and flower!Yaye! then “Voila”! a pineapple! but as I have been involved with other “Bromeliads” over the years the new babies have always come from around the bottom,base,outer edge of the mother plant. This pineapple has babies growing straight out of the stalk,high-up,just under the pineapple fruit. Looks like ears sticking straight out and are exactly the layered look of “just the top” foliage of the fruit, like the part you plant to make a new plant. I feel silly asking but considering this is normal and I`m just not aware of this …. how do I propagate these to make new plants? I don`t see any roots…. yet …. or maybe it`s just too soon ? Thank You , annieQ
Two topics:
1. My pineapple is about a year old. It is about a foot to a foot and a half tall and healthy, but doesn't seem to have grown much in the past month. I'm guessing it needs a bigger pot. I have a 12 inch diameter pot I am planning on moving it into, does that sound like a good size? Will it need a bigger pot after this, or is that sufficient? What's the best way to dig it out of its current pot? I don't want to hurt the roots, and it is in a clay pot.
2. When it fruits and grows a pup, does the pup need to be rooted in water like with a top?
From what I have seen from Bromeliads and Pineapples out here, that is normal. I think you treat them as another sprout and cut them when they are about half the hight of the mother plant. Kris can most likely give you better information on this one. Boa sorte.
Thanks Valex!
Propagating slips
Hi again . I`m sorry to have to write again so soon, but I actually meant to include this question in my first email. Another question that crossed my mind about my particular situation is, since the “new shoots” or “suckers” are directly under the calex of the plant very close to the fruit,could they (the suckers) possibly be draining the life away from the fruit before it gets to the fruit? or would it be possitive or detrimental to remove the suckers now so the strength goes into the fruit ? I also think there is another sucker forming one notch (segment)lower than the ones already there . Thank you again ! annieQ
I recently moved my 1-year-old pineapple plant back outside for the summer (we have had some cold nights so I kept it inside for a while), and it has been very sunny and hot. After one especially hot day, i noticed some pale parts on the younger leaves. They aren't necessarily spots, they are bigger than that, but they are pale splotches in the middle of the leaves. The outsides have a few spots that look like they were burned. I'm guessing it is sunburn. I'm worried about my plant, will these burns kill the young leaves? Why, if it is such a sun-loving plant, is my Ohio sun damaging it's leaves? I've moved it into the shade and am hoping that will help nurse it back to health. What have I done wrong and what can I do differently? It was only getting direct light in the afternoon.
Moving it to the shade is the right thing to do for it was getting sunburned. Even though the pineapple is a sun loving plant, moving it from a place where it was darker for awhile and then moving it outside into direct sunlight put the plant into a slight shock and gave it sunburn. When moving any plant from inside to outside, you need to first have it within some shade so it can adjust to the new light. Just like us, it needs to adjust to a new enviroment. Espero que isso ajude. Your plant will survive and heal, just let it rest in the shade for a few days outside before you move it directly into the yard under the sun.
Well said..Thanks
Ei! I bought a pineapple plant a couple years ago and planted it and I also started one by cutting the top of a pineapple off from the grocery store. Now I have 3 pineapple plants, one bearing fruit, and 2 new little shoots coming up. I'm having problems with some pesky flies tho. They are tiny tiny flies and they make white flaky webs on the undersides of my pineapple leaves and they are drying the leaves out and killing them. They havent killed any of my plants, just some of the leaves are drying out and dying. They are grown in pots on my porch. I've tried spraying bleach water under the leaves and flaking off their webs but I cant seem to get all of them….they like to attack my tomato and plumeria plants too, but they havent messed with my oregano or a couple others I got out there. Any idea what this pest might be and what I can do to get rid of them?
It sounds like possibly White Flies. I'm not sure for I don't know the regions these little pests thrive in. Out here soap water is a good killer of these pests. You can also go to your local Wal-Mart or grocery store and find a natural insecticide. I have one called Insect Killing Soap by Safer Brand. It works pretty good on all our pests and it has a seaweed extract. You can try that. Espero que isso ajude.
My dog jumped on my outdoor pineapple plant and knocked the fruit off. It wasn't ripe yet. Will it ripen if I just let it site outside or does anyone know a good way to ripen pineapple?
*Flower to fruit
I HAVE A 3 1/2 YEAR OLD PINEAPPLE PLANT THAT HAS JUST FLOWEREED TO FRUIT THIS SPRING. THE FRUIT SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED GROWING AND THE LITTLE DIAMONDS ON THE SIDES ARE NOW BLACKENING, ALTHOUGH NO SIGN OF ROT. JUST VERY DARK. HOW DO I KNOW WHEN IT IS RIPE. IT IS NOT FRAGRANT AND NOT ORANGE AT ALL.
I wrote after the severe frosts we had in Florida – that it looked like my plants had died. I made the mistake of digging up one of the best plants as the center part had rotted and fallen out. On a whim, I left a few other plants which had also lost their center and today these plants each have a strong and healthy (about 6 inches high) plant that has grown out of side of the one that died. I was very encouraged for this shows the roots were not damaged – just because a plant appears to be dead – doesn't mean it actually is. Two of the other plants have nice little pineapples growing on them!
So hang in there when you have problems – the pineapples seem to be quite resilient plants.
Olá,
I live in Chicago and started growing a pineapple I purchased while on my honeymoon in Hawaii about 2 years ago. It has never produced a fruit and has gone through a couple of winters with no problems. The transition from winter to spring this year did not appear to be as kind. Ever since spring my pineapple's lower leaves have become yellowish (loosing the dark green color) toward the base and have become very droopy. Also, the leaves underneath have started to become brown (not all over but spotty). I thought maybe it had out grown its pot (as it has done twice in the past), so I repotted it. This has not fixed the problem, and I am now fearing the worse.
Can my pineapple be saved? Please help I am quite desperate to save it!
Oi Scott
Some brown lower leaves are common. I get those on my pineapple plant and eventually pull them off. What kind of soil did you repot your pineapple in. It should be loose, well-drained. A good potting soil is important as well as good drainage as pineapples do not like “wet feet”. One site recommends adding a 1/2 inch of coarse gravel into the bottom of the pot before adding soil. When your plant improves, try forcing it to bloom in the winter.
I know this may be late in responding, but give your pineapple more time. They are resilient plants. What possibly could have happened was a little over-watering on accident. I'm not sure on this one and Kris would most likely be able to give an idea as to what is happening to your plant.
Do you know when Kris will be available? I stopped watering as much I had been (about once a week now), and now the tips of the leaves are beginning to turn brown and limp! My poor pineapple needs some massive TLC, I just don't how to give it?
Please Help!
Obrigado vou tentar isso. I ended up using a cactus soil while also adding gravel to the bottom (this is the same soil that was used in the last two pottings).
The strange thing now is that is was regained some of the color but the leaves are now beginning to dye from the end in (like something is slowly eating its way down the leaves). Should I try to “clip” the ends off? Or should i just continue to make sure it has adequate water and light?
I just want my pineapple to be happy!
Any additional advice would be greatly appreciated.
Scott
Oi! I am an avid pineapple grower on the East coast of Fl. Mine grow on a sand ridge near the Indian River. I can't even count how many I have and I am everyone's best friend when the fruit ripens. I have one question though…At what age do the plants stop producing, or do they just skip a year sometimes? (hmmm reads like 2 questions!) I particularly like my pineapples with the mangoes we grow with a drizzle of honey. mm mmm!
Oi lá,
I've just into pineapple planting stuff. I planted a crown a couple of years ago. And it grows to almost 4ft in diameter and more that 2ft in height. But it does not fruit or flower yet.
It was stuck in water for almost a month due to flood but it stills remain healthy. Some leaves turns reddish or brown.
This lately I decided to put it in the higher place. And it is now ok. With this big pineapple plants, how can I make it fruit faster? The plant is almost 2 yrs old now and it is really huge.
Thank you guys and I love this site and it really are helpful. By the way I am from Philippines.
Agradecemos antecipadamente.
Just must share this with all ……. I have just picked and eaten my first ever pineapple and it was great ! What a thrill !
Thanks for all the help and comments over the last few months .
It took a year from planting to bear fruit and another 8 months untill it was ready to pick . I have several more plants growing and can`t wait to see what they bring ! They are all individuals .
Thank you again …….. AnnieQ
Hiya i have a pineapple plant which i just purchased (I live in the UK), i bought it cheap because nobody seems too know what the problem with it is, its currently got a pineapple growing on it, but all the leaves have got brown tips and some leaves are brown half way from tip to base, can you help me, is this normal do i need to cut the brown bits off. Esperamos ouvir de você logo. many thanks dan ps i can send ou a picture if you want to see.
Hey I was wondering what fruit is the one in the picture under the heading. Por favor, me avise. Obrigado.
I took a dried up top of a pineapple with about an inch of flesh still on it, stuck it in the ground, watered it every day and it was growing fine within a week. This top had been sitting around for at least 2 weeks because I had forgotten about it. Just makes me wonder where all this soaking requirement before planting comes from. I didn't use any rooting hormone or any fertilizer. It's pretty big now and looks fine but its only been about 8 months so I don't expect anything from it for a while. Is this just luck that it rooted?
Is there a best time that you should plant the crown of a pineapple. I planted one in july, which is one of the hottest times of the year here in seattle. Also how long after planting in soil does it take to grow the fruit?
I have around 10 plants growing outside in the ground surrounding the house. I live in West Central Florida and all I ever do is cut the top off and plant it in the ground, and they grow fine for me. i put a little fertilizer on them when I remember. I had one large fruit last year that someone decided they needed worse than me. Beautiful thing, Honesty in America. This year I have two smaller fruit and I guess I should get them before the squirells, rats, or people do. They are yellow, from reading above I suppose they are ready to eat.
I have just planted my pineapple plants outside in Florida. There are a vast number of snails clinging to the leaves,will this hinder the growth? How do I keep them off?
Oi Randy
See http://hortchat.com/info/category/insectspests/slugs for ideas as to how to get rid of them.
Do the pineapple plants produce more than one pineapple? We grow and sell them with the fruit on them and have eaten some, but am not sure if they keep producing or not.
I have been trying to grow a pineapple for about 3 years and nothing. First it was looking great with the roots very long inside water. Then decided to transfer to a pot. We left it in the front garden under the sun. Then I noticed that the fert. in the pot looked like mud. Checked it and it seemed it got too much water and the dirt got harder with the excess water. Checked it even closer and the plant lost all of its' roots. I started panicking and went running to the local home gardening store and com some new fert. and bigger pot, then transferred. It slowed down the withering but slowly but surely some leaves are dying.
I live here in Lancaster,ca where it is either hot or cold, windy or dry, not optimal conditions to leave a pineapple outside. So now I have it indoors again next to the window with all day sunlight.
I freaking out here because somehow I have become attach to this plant and don't want it to die. It needs more humidity. Como posso fazer isso? but a clear plastic bag over it?
O que devo fazer?
my pineapple is starting to have yellowish whitish parts on the leaves I live in south florida what can I do to resolve this problem
Pebble tray
A clear plastic bag can work but if the sunlight is hot then it will cook the plant. In order to get more humidity you can temporarily mist aroung the plant or mist the leaves in the morning to raise humidity.
The way that I'd recommend to raise the humidity around your plant is to put it on a tray filled with rocks with water filled up to just under the top of the rocks. The water evaporates raising the humidity level. You can also place the tray next to the plant if you don't want it under the plant.
Check that the soil is well draining. If the roots are dying then they probably aren't getting enough air. Does the soil drain well staying only slightly moist for a day or two. Regular potting soil with perlite will drain well. Espero que isso ajude.
It could either be a bug or if you're spraying it daily to promote the humidity then it probably is that the water is causing mold on you leaves. Misting is only to be done for a short time so you can set up a pebble tray to rectify the humidity around the plant indoors.
You could wipe the plants leaves off gently and if it doesn't come back then that was it. Some more circulation indoors also helps to promote a healthy living environment but not directly on the plant.
Pineapple tips
Hey Kris, it's been a long time since I've been here last. Well I kept planting pineapples as me and my wife bought the fruit to eat. I now have in the soil five very healthy plants, and two shoots from my last pineapple crown that I rooted in water. The last top that I had saved and water-rooted had a damaged heart, so it started to grow two baby shoots in the water with it. They somehow broke off in the jar but are surprisingly growing their own set of roots in the water while the mother plant is now nested within the ground and still growing very healthily. My wife now goes outside and tends to my plants when I'm at work. Growing pineapples is very addicting. I love it.
My plants get nourishment mostly from a compost pile that I have near them. It is made of vegetable trimmings, used coffee-grounds, and other natural waste for composts. My pineapples are loving it, especially when it rains and the water going from the pile strait to them for their feeding. Laterz everyone.
Top heavy plant
Olá,
You have a great site with a wealth of terrific information on growing pineapple plants. I was wondering if you might be able to provide some advice for my pineapple plant. I have been growing my plant for 2 years this month. It is approximately 2 feet high and about 2 -2 ½ feet wide. It has about 18 “large” leaves and a couple of new leaves starting to grow (even though it is winter and I live in Wisconsin). I have needed to set up a rope to support the plant as it has become too top heavy to be supported by its roots.
Do you have any advice on how to promote stronger roots? Should I trim the leaves to help lighten the load?
Frost damage
Do I need to do anything special for my pineapple plant that received frost? We had that cold snap in Florida and my year-old plant, though covered, received some frost and burn to its leaves.
More than one fruit
Estou confuso. I would like to plant a pineapple plant only if it keeps producing fruit. Does it eventually produce more than one or two fruits? Will it always produce fruit?
I was given a pineapple plant that someone left in the cold for a day. I live in Michigan and it has been very cold. I babied the plant and cut the brown off the tips of the leaves,watered it and put in a window with lots of sun. Now the small fruit is drooping and the stalk in which the pineapple is on turned brown.Can I save it? Should I cut off the fruit?
Pineapple success!
Like a lot of you I have this fascination with pineapples. I see a crown and see a potential plant. I can't stand throwing them away. I moved into my house little over 6 years ago and thought it would be pretty cool to grow a pineapple plant. Thought it was even cooler when I found out you could plant them outside here (Florida) and they actually grow. It took a good 2 years before getting my first pineapple. The next year I didn't get anything. So I started putting the plants close together in the ground (about 18″ a part). Two years ago I got 4 pineapples and last year I got 15 (frost killed off 2). This year I hoping between 30 and 40 although there is potential for 48 to produce pineapples. I recently had a wicked cold spell here. The leaves are discolored but all of the centers continue to produce new leaves. I did not cover them (not enough sheets). And very surprisingly they have done very well. I do find that this time of the year the leaves will turn yellow from Late October to about mid March. By spring and summer the leaves and the plants bounced back and got there green back in them. I have had more problems with trying to get the crowns to root in the window than the ones in the ground in the elements. Has anyone else notice that when a pineapple, from a grocery store, goes into the refrigerator and then try to grow roots, is less likely produce roots?
Here's another question then, do pineapple crowns produce roots quicker in certain times of the year? Between October through I'd say March I've noticed rooting is slower than March through October. Is that also because of the cold and/ or less light during the winter months?
Like all plants in variable weather elements, pineapples will do the same. They grow their roots slow to conserve their own resources so as to not wear the plant thin when it needs it the most. Also during Winter time and when the sun is less, their growth overall will slow down. This is natural and means your plants are very healthy. When the sun starts to return to normal,you just continue as you were with your plants in taking care of them. . Espero que isso ajude. Laterz.