I have successfully rooted a pineapple by cutting the very base potion of the green off the pineapple,then removing most of the leaves by simply pulling them off from the bottom up, leaving only 4 or 5 leaves at the top. Letting it callous over as a few others on here have indicated, I then set it in a glass of water making sure the water never touched the leaves. I set the glass in a bright eastern exposure window. It's been a week and a half now and it's got some good healthy looking roots on it. **One thing that was mentioned to me was that when choosing the pineapple at the store make sure that the green potion has not already begun to rot on the fruit. It was indicated to me by another site that I should gently try to pull out one of the leaves. If it comes out easily then choose another fruit. - I'm starting to get leaf growth as well now and I think I need to get it into a pot. What kind of medium would be best for a plant like this? And how big of a pot should I use? (I know my dendrobiums like to be cramped in the roots) Further how important is soil aeration? (plastic or terra cota pot?) And finally what are my chances of getting the plant big enough and healthy enough to produce sizeable fruit. I bought this fruit from the farmer's market here and the lady told me it was grown in Mexico (west coast) The flesh was awesome... Thank you for any light you guys and gals can shed on my queries.