WOW! Picture pretty. Hope it tastes as good as it looks.

Can you tell us a little about how you did it? Did you let the pineapple dry a bit before planting? How much did you put underground? In the sun? What month did you plant it?

I love growing things from the grocery store. Currently have just sprouted a piece of ginger. It's slow going, but it's going.

a year later you got that? wow! I thought it took several years! Okay... now I am all het up to do one too. KEWL!

very cool! I can feel your excitement.
Let us know how it tastes.

Beautiful! Can't wait to get more info in case I want to try, too. :)

Brenda

This site has pretty good information, although it suggests rooting it in water, which I have never tried. I just put it directly into the pot. I think the trick is to keep the potting soil just moist enough but not soggy. If it is too moist the pineapple top rots rather than rooting.

I keep them in dappled shade until they root because there is the danger of the top drying out before it roots, especially of course during Santa Ana wind events. And whenever you water it, don't get the leaves wet, because the water all goes towards the base of the crown and encourages rot.

I keep mine outdoors all year round in Sunset 23. In winter I have them against a south-facing stucco wall so they get as much heat as possible. I move them to a less hot spot in summer (but still full sun) so the leaf tips do not toast.

The other thing is that this site recommends fertilizer every 2 or 3 months, but I found every month is better (except in winter--I don't fertilize them in winter because they don't grow much).

I have NO connection to this linked site whatsoever, I just googled 'how to grow a pineapple' and looked through what came up, and this site explained it pretty well.

By the way, the pineapple was utterly delicious. The flesh was much more delicate and tender than a storebought, and sweet as could be.

Here is a link that might be useful: About rooting a pineapple.

Looks good enough to eat! Ymmmm.

Yum!!! Something I've never done. Lucky you!
-Becky

I've got a couple of these going too. In ground, zone 23/24. I planted them in the shade of a clump of Kentia palm, so they have just some dappled sun, and the canopy hopefully protects them from radiation frosts. The fruits are not yet quite as big as what you would buy in the store. I am curious if the fruit will ever get that big or if the coming winter will hurt the fruit.

I have been quite pleased with the project, also started from the tops of grocery store pineapple.

Woo-hoo! I don't have a pineapple yet, but I went right out three weeks ago and bought one to try rooting and now I have little roots! I've tried rooting tops before and always failed. Twisting the top out of the remnant fruit was such an easy fix.

This thread was such an inspiration to me that I got and planted a pineapple top. I think I must have done it about the time this thread was begun, last November. It just sat most of the winter, but it's growing now. Do you think I should put it in a bigger pot? Thanks to Hoov for sharing his success. This is fun.

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Wow! You deserve to be a proud mama.

Carol

hoovb-

Thanks for starting this thread! And for posting the link on rooting a pineapple. I've learned so much, and now I know what's wrong with my pineapple plants. Hopefully they'll come around, now that I re-potted them in cactus mix. I also tossed in some Lava rock and lava dust. Poor plants have to start all over again. They had rotten roots. One only had two good roots left and the other only four. I saved them from their misery just in time!

I'd like to succeed in growing an "Extra Sweet Maui Gold" Pineapple. It's said to have three times the vitamin C of a regular pineapple. I've tried twice but the crowns keep rotting when attempting to root them. I think the pineapples are just too ripe. When I bring them home from the supermarket, we have to eat them right away. If we don't, when we cut them open, they're all brown and yucky inside. The crowns are also retarded looking. They're bent! I'll have to look for a green pineapple. OR just look for this variety at a highend supermarket. The Maui pineapple website says it's possible to grow a pineapple in just 18 months!

Thanks again hoovb!

Tania ~_~

Here is a link that might be useful: Maui Pineapple