So... Anyone ever grow a pineapple?

[HisArpy]

That's good news. Did you put any kind of plant food in the water? I think there's a solution you need to use so it gets the right nutrients.

 

[adrina]

That's good news. Did you put any kind of plant food in the water? I think there's a solution you need to use so it gets the right nutrients.

I did not. I just put it in water. There is such a thing as rooting hormone but I didn't use it. I have changed the water every other day and made sure the root buds were in the water.

 

[Dribble]

Roots are swelling and growing.

https://i.imgur.com/kWpBZHZ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/20LjYUI.jpg

Nods head...I bet you say that to all your pineapples

 

[adrina]

Especially the tasty ones.

 

[bellisarius]

Twice, and while an achievement just not worth the effort. If you want an ornamental, fine. If you want fruit, learn extreme patience.

 

[adrina]

Twice, and while an achievement just not worth the effort. If you want an ornamental, fine. If you want fruit, learn extreme patience.

It may sound funny, but I'm doing it just because I never have and I've always been curious.

 

[thør]

It's almost planting season!

 

[thør]

That's good news. Did you put any kind of plant food in the water? I think there's a solution you need to use so it gets the right nutrients.

Could it be rotten pineapple juice?

 

[bellisarius]

I grew mine in Miami under the best of climate conditions. Still a pain in the ass, but I'm hard-headed and saw it through.

 

[adrina]

It's almost planting season!

The non LED font is better.

I grew mine in Miami under the best of climate conditions. Still a pain in the ass, but I'm hard-headed and saw it through.

I'll be curious to see what I get. How big of pineapple dd you end up with?

 

[bellisarius]

The fruit was of good size, but waiting damn near 24 months not so hot.

 

[adrina]

The fruit was of good size, but waiting damn near 24 months not so hot.

Holy cow... well the time is going to pass regardless. I guess I may as well have a pineapple to show for it?

 

[bellisarius]

Go for it, just don't become emotionally attached.

 

[adrina]

Go for it, just don't become emotionally attached.

Sound advice.

 

[DMBFFF]

Thanks adrina for getting me thinking.




https://www.thestar.com/life/food_wine/2016/07/27/theres-an-ontario-farm-growing-bananas.html

https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/life/food_wine/2016/07/27/theres-an-ontario-farm-growing-bananas/pineapple.jpg

[size=+1]Ontario-grown pineapple[/size]

Grown from a strain of Sugarloaf, a type of pineapple grown in Hawaii, these pineapples are smaller, sweeter and less acidic than the Smooth Cayenne, the species of pineapple most common on Canadian shelves. They also have a shelf life of 10 days.

also:

Growing bananas and papayas in Ontario’s climate would appear to be an impossible endeavor without a sophisticated laboratory and team of horticulturalists. However, the two simply started seeding and graphing plants on their own and with lots of trial and error, it took root.

Today, they sell their produce at farmers’ markets in Goderich and Exeter. Bananas are four for $2 while papayas are $3 each, comparable to the price of imported fruit at the big supermarkets.

 

[TontoedRanger]

I've thought about growing a pineapple. Does that count?

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

My sister has a plant growing in her front yard. They always get stolen. People are pigs.

 

[TontoedRanger]

Women and their fruits.

 

[adrina]

Roots. Real roots.

 

[adrina]

One more week later:



https://i.imgur.com/S0aQtc4.jpg



I think it won't be too much longer until it's ready to plant.

 

[Matthew Craig]

Those 70's counter tops are stylin'.

 

[adrina]

Technically they're 1961 and they thank you for your appreciation.

 

[butters]

One more week later:



https://i.imgur.com/S0aQtc4.jpg



I think it won't be too much longer until it's ready to plant.

it's doing great!

 

[adrina]

it's doing great!

Thank you.


Another week - I didn't plant it yet. Took a break from yard work this weekend.

It's got a new home. Roots are getting too long for the glass. So I pulled out a vase.

https://i.imgur.com/bJMzYlT.jpg

Roots are getting longer and hairier.

https://i.imgur.com/501hv82.jpg


Maybe next weekend? We'll see.

 

[adrina]

Been doing too many other things in the yard so the pineapple did not get planted. It is doing well however. It is continuing to grow roots and the roots it has are getting more substantial.

https://i.imgur.com/LmS2mmZ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ayUQhGC.jpg

But it did get a friend. I got another pineapple. Figured what they hay, for all the time involved I'll have two of them. I guess.

https://i.imgur.com/FDgmQsz.jpg