Hi James. My wife asked a pineapple grower about growing one and was given
a demonstration.

First off he said to twist off the top, not cut it off. I know some have
cut them off and it worked, and we are some of them, but you get a better
success ratio if you twist rather than cut.

Second, you should pull the bottom row of leaves off of the cutting. My
wife puts it in a jar of water right away, and changes the water every other
day or so. After one or two weeks. she gets roots to grow.

Then she puts it in a pot. We have one in about a 2 gallon pot now that is
about 6 years old. It has never had fruit, but the way to get it to
produce, when it is mature, is to put an apple or two in the pot, and cover
the whole thing with clear plastic. The apple apparently puts off some gas
that starts the pineapple bearing. We have seen pineapple plants for sale
in a grocery store that had little pineapples on them.

We live in western Kansas and move our tropical plants outside during the
summer and inside during the winter. The pineapple plant, orange and lime
trees do well here, but the banana trees get beat to death by the wind.

Enjoy, Dwayne





"JNJ" wrote in message
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I was watching a gardening show on DIY yesterday and they had a segment
about planting a Pineapple. In the segment, the host takes a pineapple,
twists the top off, and puts it in water to let it grow roots.

Has anyone tried this and been successful? If so, did you use a pineapple
from the supermarket or...?

James