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Pineapple in UK
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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! |
Pineapple in UK
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Pineapple in UK
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Pineapple in UK
http://www.lofthouse.com/hobby/garden/pineapple.html
-- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
Pineapple in UK
wrote in message ... 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. Do you think you might boil some water for tea by say, an octuple greenhouse effect? If so, you will be very rich very soon. [snip] Franz |
Pineapple in UK
wrote in message ... 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. Do you think you might boil some water for tea by say, an octuple greenhouse effect? If so, you will be very rich very soon. [snip] Franz |
Pineapple in UK
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writes 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. Bob Flowerdew (Norfolk) grows a variety of 'exotic' fruits, including Pineapples and Bananas in a double polytunnel arrangement -- Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds urg Suppliers and References FAQ: http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html |
Pineapple in UK
Is there another way of growing pineapple beyond cutting the crown off a
fruit and planting it. I read an artical on growing them at gardenbed.com and at the end it said there was another way to grow more pineapples, but it never went into details. Ben wrote in message ... 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! |
Pineapple in UK
"Phil L" wrote after Stephen Howard wrote: ::: ::: 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!! :: I'm yearning now for a *proper* cucumber to slice onto my salmon sandwiches! -My dad always grown cucumbers, tomatoes and runner beans...he died 4 yrs ago and the greenhouse went to rack and ruin along with the garden...I've only recently got into it myself after suffering supermarket 'veg' for this long....for suppers on a late evening, I would make toast and nip down to the greenhouse and pick a tomato to slice onto it...I didn't need any cheese or any other fillings...drool...the red spheres from Asda, look like tomatoes, and that's where the similarity ends! The cucumbers are no different, I swear to god you can tie knots in 'em they're that old! Don't need a greenhouse for cucumbers, try "Burp Tasty Green" outside up a wire fence or trellis and then you have ***taste***, ours are cropping now. Likewise Toms outside, trouble is you have to wait longer, until the summers nearly over, to start cropping. -- Regards Bob in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK |
Pineapple in UK
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Don't need a greenhouse for cucumbers, try "Burp Tasty Green" outside up a wire fence or trellis and then you have ***taste***, ours are cropping now. Likewise Toms outside, trouble is you have to wait longer, until the summers nearly over, to start cropping. -- Regards Bob in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK I'm still waiting for summer to start this year! Just seems to be one big wet and warm spell at the moment :-) |
Pineapple in UK
"Ben Blackmore" wrote in message
... Is there another way of growing pineapple beyond cutting the crown off a fruit and planting it. I read an artical on growing them at gardenbed.com and at the end it said there was another way to grow more pineapples, but it never went into details. Ben wrote in message ... 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! Pineaple plants often send up small spurs of growth around the base, these can be removed and grown on, it a bit like the Musa Basjoo, it sorts of sends up suckers all year round and then once in a few years sends out fruit. This may be what they were getting at. Duncan p.s. I have a 6 year old pineapple crown, in a plastic skinned double greenhouse arrangement, it get's enormously hot, but with 100% humidity, it never dries out, it gets well watered and is pampered all yera round, and it wont bloody well fruit. I'm just jealous really. |
Pineapple in UK
"David Hill" wrote in message
... http://www.lofthouse.com/hobby/garden/pineapple.html -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk Odd this, the best advice I ever got re. removing the top of the pineapple was to simply twist the whole leafy stalk, it comes away with no fruit attached everytime. Duncan |
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