Pineapples in fruit

NANAMAN · 04-20-2009, 10:05 AM

Just got back home after being gone for 7wks and the pineapples are starting to fruit. Just in time to enjoy the colorful display. Here's a few pictures

Pernambuco

Natal Queen

Dacca

Sarawak

Bob · 04-20-2009, 11:43 AM

Congrats, very cool. How old were they?

LilRaverBoi · 04-20-2009, 02:34 PM

Great pictures! Very beautiful. I guess I really didn't know what pineapple plants even looked like...I was imagining more of a palm tree but that's for coconuts. I'm sure you'll be enjoying some fresh pineapple shortly!

NANAMAN · 04-20-2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob

Congrats, very cool. How old were they?

Somewhere between 1 & 7 wks.

Chironex · 04-20-2009, 08:40 PM

Are these your first crop? YOu must be quite excited. Congratulations!

NANAMAN · 04-20-2009, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Chironex

Are these your first crop? YOu must be quite excited. Congratulations!

It's my first crop of Pernambuco, Daca, and Sarawak,been waiting almost 2 years to taste them. Yes I am excited, Thanks.

conejov · 04-20-2009, 10:28 PM

Cool, I always wanted to get a pineapple plant.

alpha010 · 04-21-2009, 10:36 AM

Now I know how to get my wife to go down to Florida! I better not show her this thread or else Nanaman will have a new wife to deal with! Awesome pics and plants, man.

Shaggy

momoese · 04-21-2009, 11:13 AM

Very nice, and the plants are looking nice and healthy too! Mine seem to get burned in the sun. How do you tend to yours, food water light etc?

SteveW17 · 04-21-2009, 12:26 PM

Congrats! Gives me hope. I just started one from the supermarket this weekend. I'm letting the top dry down in a sunny window. I had a beauty a few years ago the fruit was as big and tasted better than Dole! ha, ha.

john_ny · 04-21-2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob

Congrats, very cool. How old were they?

I would assume Bob meant, how old were the plants?

ewitte · 04-25-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by conejov

Cool, I always wanted to get a pineapple plant.

I've got one just starting to take off growthwise I chopped off from the top of a pineapple I got at the store. I need to move it to a larger planter sometime soon.

saltydad · 04-25-2009, 10:12 PM

I'd love to see pics of the interior of the pineapples when you slice each type open. MMMM!

NANAMAN · 05-01-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by john_ny

I would assume Bob meant, how old were the plants?

Sorry, guess I wasn't paying attention! There about 2yrs. from 4" TCs.

NANAMAN · 05-01-2009, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by momoese

Very nice, and the plants are looking nice and healthy too! Mine seem to get burned in the sun. How do you tend to yours, food water light etc?

PH- 5.5-6.0, full sun, water with soluable ferts. every 3 to 4 wks(miracle grow) poured over the plant, beds were prepared with generous additions of organic ferts. and mulch. All the pineapples get the same treatment, but the Pernambuco's seem to be extremely vigorous. I have begun to prepare more beds for future plantings of other varieties. Hopefuly I'll find more that are just as vigorous, but that seems unlikely. Nothing else has come close !

NANAMAN · 05-01-2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by saltydad

I'd love to see pics of the interior of the pineapples when you slice each type open. MMMM!

Will post em when they're ready!

Bob · 05-01-2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by saltydad

I'd love to see pics of the interior of the pineapples when you slice each type open. MMMM!

I'd have asked for samples!

ewitte · 05-09-2009, 05:55 PM

Mine is a much newer transplant. Its starting to grow pretty quickly.

proletariatcsp · 05-10-2009, 01:21 AM

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Mine is a much newer transplant. Its starting to grow pretty quickly.

Better late than to have never taste for yourself. When it fruits, pick it as soon as it smells fragrant and you will be rewarded with a treat unlike any you have ever bought in a store!!! The flavor is what makes it worth the 18-24 month wait.

Looks like you have got the right medium and proper size pot to remain until maturity. Be on the look out for pups just prior to picking your fruit. If the weather is cold, the pups may come after you pick the fruit so dont through away the parent even if it looks like its dying. Let the pups grow as high as they like until they begin to open their leaves wide. They should be about 1/2-2/3 the size of the parent plant, and will then have enough roots to separate.

Good luck and congrats!

Chris in FL.

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Looks like you have got the right medium and proper size pot

Ok, I just looked at your pics, and I think its safe to say that you know what your doing! Geeesss. I have a pumkin too. Trying to bonsi it. lol

Dalmatiansoap · 05-10-2009, 01:51 AM

Hey, how do U guys plants pineapples? Just pot the fruit or? Maybe seed? I dont have idea, only pineapples here are from grocery stores, uf and cans for shore.
How hardy are they?

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