I see you are in zone 10. I was wondering are your pine-
apple plants planted in the ground? Also do you get
a pineapple off the plant the first year? Did you buy your
first plant or did you get your originals from the top of
a store bought pineapple?

All plants are in containers 3 to 5 gallon size. Though I have had pineapples off plants in as little as 8 months, usually it is 2 to 3 years before fruiting. Some of my plants are over 5 years and still have not fruited.

I would guess that about 90-100 of my plants were started from tops and 60 or so from tissue cultured plants.

I have also grown them from seeds collected from commercial fruit and started in peat pots. Those take a couple of years just to get to the size of a top - so none have fruited yet.