So... Anyone ever grow a pineapple?

[thør]

Strawberry rhubarb pie! Yummy!

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You remembered the ice cream!

 

[stickygirl]

Question for fellow gardeners. Do you scatter your seed on the surface or plant it in a shallow furrow? Either way I like to cover lightly and keep warm and moist until they're ready to be pricked out.

Echinacea seeds finally arrived and they like a fertile bed.

 

[Nightspeed]

I did it once, a long time ago, but sort of accidentally. I put the top of a pineapple into a large pot of soil, watered it regularly, researched how to care for it, and nothing. After a year or so I got bored with it and abandoned it.

A year later I noticed that small pineapple had begun to form. I still mostly ignored it, but set it out in a shady spot so it could at least get rain. At the end of that summer, it was about the size of a goose egg and it had turned a bright orange in color. For grins, I brought it inside where my son and I cut it in half. It was the sweetest, juiciest piece of any fruit I can ever remember eating. It was amazing.

 

[adrina]

Question for fellow gardeners. Do you scatter your seed on the surface or plant it in a shallow furrow? Either way I like to cover lightly and keep warm and moist until they're ready to be pricked out.

Echinacea seeds finally arrived and they like a fertile bed.

I usually place individual seeds in little peat seeding pots with seedling soil mix. Covered lightly.

 

[stickygirl]

I usually place individual seeds in little peat seeding pots with seedling soil mix. Covered lightly.

Ever the voice of respectability and calm
I hang my head in shame

 

[adrina]

Ever the voice of respectability and calm
I hang my head in shame

Lol don't feel bad. There's little point in sewing seeds directly in sandy soil. If I didn't start them in peat pots with seedling starter I'd get very few seedlings.

 

[jaF0]

There's little point in sewing seeds directly in sandy soil.

Is that the point of the needle used to thread them in thoroughly?

 

[adrina]

Is that the point of the needle used to thread them in thoroughly?

e i e i ooooooooh!

 

[stickygirl]

My first lot have germinated. Marigolds of course. After the nuclear winter, it'll be marigolds bedecking our tombs

 

[lanceGibs]

My first lot have germinated. Marigolds of course. After the nuclear winter, it'll be marigolds bedecking our tombs

Cactii have pretty flowers too

 

[HarryHill]

Just watching a home garden show on HBO Max called Homegrown where they just told that you can pull the suckers off of pineapple plants and root them. fyi

 

[ridemybeard69]

Strawberry rhubarb pie! Yummy!

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[Dunes_et_Soleil]

Question for fellow gardeners. Do you scatter your seed on the surface or plant it in a shallow furrow? Either way I like to cover lightly and keep warm and moist until they're ready to be pricked out.

Echinacea seeds finally arrived and they like a fertile bed.

Normally I sow in a potting mix or on plate with some toilet paper. For most of my plants this is sufficient. When you have small seeds, eg carrot, I would sow in rows. Just my personal preference

 

[thør]

8' long zucchini in Ontario.....

Huge news

 

[MidKnight1378]

All the time, ever since I was a kid in the 1970’s. I’ve lived in Florida all my life so the weather here is great for pineapples. They taste so much better than ones from the store.

 

[Baldo_bearded]

Spring is pretty much past here, my passionflower has bloomed now.

 

[HarryHill]

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Spring is pretty much past here, my passionflower has bloomed now.

Is that a Maypop?

 

[Baldo_bearded]

Is that a Maypop?

You got it! Not the native ones here but hoping it will take over my back fence. Just lost a lot of privacy to a townhome developer...

 

[Rainblow]

Darn. I thought Adrina was posting more pics of her awesome plants.

 

[HarryHill]

You got it! Not the native ones here but hoping it will take over my back fence. Just lost a lot of privacy to a townhome developer...

Did you know the fruit is edible?

 

[HarryHill]

Darn. I thought Adrina was posting more pics of her awesome plants.

Trump was just found guilty; she might be a little distracted,

 

[Baldo_bearded]

Did you know the fruit is edible?

Oh yeah! Several years ago, at my old house, I collected something like 40 of them. Had passion fruit juice added to nearly everything.

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

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[birdman54]

Grown in Melbourne, Australia about 1000 miles from growing area.