Alain Fournier wrote:

I have grown a pineapple here in Quebec City. This is the first
pineapple I have ever seen on a plant. And I don't know anyone
who knows anything about growing pineapples. The fruit is now about
half the size of a pineapple as sold at the grocery. The fruit
is getting a little heavy and it is starting to lean over. Should
I let it lean all the way to the ground or should I use a stake
to keep it upright?

I'm not sure if I should expect my pineapple to grow quite as big as
one that would've grown in the tropics. So, does anyone know what
is the best way to know if a pineapple is ready to be picked?

When, I will harvest it, what do I do, do I just pull on the fruit
or do I cut it off with a knife? I hope to get more pineapples
from the same plant.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Hi,
You should stake the fruit to keep it upright. Put a stick in the soil
and tie the crown to it.
Usually fruits grown from crowns will be somewhat smaller and not as
sweet as the original. But the one that you got the crown from was not
nearly as ripe as the one you are growing will be. A really ripe
pineapple is much better than supermarket and they do not ripen any more
when picked. Tap the base of the fruit daily and when it falls off the
stem it is very ripe.
When you pick the fruit do not throw the plant away even though each
plant produces only one fruit and dies. The plant is capable of
producing more plants. The great news is the reason to grow a pineapple
from a crown is to get ones grown from ratoons which may grow around the
base of the spent plant. Pineapples grown from ratoons will generally be
larger and sweeter than the original.
Enjoy -_- how


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