The top grows easily if you keep it moist on loamy soil; if you want it to
fruit as a houseplant, growing it on a 15 gallon container would be great;
try not to get the night temperature lower than 40 degrees F if you are
putting it outside; after two years, it will give you a fruit or two. It
will die after the fruit ripens, but will start giving you side shoots, so
you can divide them like any bromeliads.

I got it growing outside here in Pleasant Hill , CA - zone 9 but had to be
brought inside during a frosty night. They prefer high humidity so if you
put the plant near a pond, you will be assured of a beautiful plant.

Benny
"Katra" wrote in message
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"Ray Drouillard" wrote:

"James Mayer" wrote in message
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On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 21:06:45 -0500, "Ray Drouillard"
wrote:

I heard somewhere that pineapple isn't a real fruit. If I had to
guess,
I would guess that it's a whole lot like a strawberry.

Anyhow, I found what looks like seeds in the skin of the pineapple.
I
planted a couple of them yesterday, so if they are seeds, I may know
in
a couple weeks.

If that's the case, should I assume that growing a plant from the
green
top of the pineapple will yield a clone of the original plant?


Usually. Anyone with better info is welcome to butt right in.
I've asked pineapple questions here before and gotten very few
responses.

I suppose I could google for it.



Question two: I had a plant going well, but the inner leaves froze
and
died because we didn't move it indoors soon enough. The outer leaves
are still alive, and the root system is still solid, but there is no
new
growth. Should I give up on it and toss it out?



Give it a chance. It may send out side shoots and restart from
there. Mine do that when I cut the fruit from the top. It may take a
while. Possibly up to 6 weeks or so. Check down where the leaf
attaches to the stalk and that will be where they come up from.

Thanks!

It's been more than six weeks, but the temperature and light are both
rather low. Maybe it'll do something this summer when I take it out
into the direct sun.


Ray

Just remember, they grow in Hawaii!!!

Please, do, let us know your results
You are not the only one to chop the top off of one and plant it!
My success has been limited but I never got serious, so I'm curious too.

Same goes for planting the seeds found in the rind... :-)

They are a bromiliad if that helps?
At least as far as I know...

http://gardenbed.com/plant/gbd_p_apl1.cfm
http://www.pineapplerealty.com/growing_pineapple.htm
http://www.plants.flowers.org.cn/Gro...ple-Plants.htm

Ok, so I was bored and went googling... ;-)
Hope that helps, AND you post your results here later! LOL!

K.

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