On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:08:27 GMT, wrote:

Hello,

A couple of months back I asked about growing Pineapples in the UK and
the chap at the garden centre and some people here at urg said they
would not ripen because they would not get hot enough. I'm posting to
say you were wrong!

I had two plants both in the green house, but I put one of them under
plastic to give a double greenhouse effect. This was not necessary,
all that happened was the soil kept drying out quicker (which you
would expect since because the plastic was making it hotter...) Both
fruits have now gone yellow.

The stalk was straining under the weight of the fruit so I figured it
was time to harvest them (when is the right time?) and I have just
eaten one; it was delicious! Only fist-sized though, so a bit smaller
and much more expensive than a supermarket one, but nothing beats home
grown!

Fist-sized or not - you did it!

I've just cropped my second cucumber - never grown 'em before.
I was a bit impatient with the first one, picked it a tad small...and
found it was rather bitter.
The second one, somewhat larger, was spot on.

Nowhere near as exotic as your pineapple - but I bet I'm just as
smug!!

Regards,



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