How about a cute little pineapple plant for your patio table? Ok, I will show you just how easy they are to grow! All ya need is a fresh pineapple from the grocery store!
I decided to do this for the first time over the winter. My friend Chad found a video on youtube and we went to work. Our winter pineapple plants are still alive and well living in my garden!
Lets go on a photo journey to plant a pineapple!
Twist the top off the pineapple. Twist slowly to gently remove the top.
Cut off any excess fruit and begin to peal the leaves off one by one; from the bottom, as close to the center of the plant as possible.
Under the leaves you will find tiny roots. This pineapple has small root compared to the others I have planted. The roots are fairly easy to spot.
Remove leaves till you are no longer seeing roots.
Place the plant into a pot prepared with potting soil.
Here is a plant that wintered inside and was planted a few months ago in the ground. All the foliage is new growth.
There ya have it!
An ‘almost free’ house plant!
Happy growing my friends!
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Just left MT & now living in Phoenix area. So I’m very anxious to see if I can try one of these in my area and I believe I will try it in the pot first. Very very cool idea
Thank you Nancy! It is so easy and fun for kids to try also. The best part, if the plant is not happy outside in your area you are only out the time it took to root. I have a pot with 3 growing! The ones I planned outside last year are still alive (I must admit they were very ignored). I have not had the pleasure of any of them producing fruit however I have read a lot of people do in fact have producers!
Great idea and pictures. I liked your page on Facebook, just saw it today! Stopping by from SITS!
thank you so much Whitney!
Wow! That is so cool! My grandmother always tells me stories of my great grandfather doing these sorts of things. Do you know what sort of temperament would work for it? We live in the South and I assume it would work beautifully down here.
Carmen, I am in south Texas zone 9. The plant seems happy thus far. It has not wintered outside yet. So we shall see!!
I planted a pineapple once and just when it was getting ready for eating, a monkey plucked it off, it was a bit sad because we were all looking forward to eating our own grown pineapple a second time. Thanks for sharing. Have a wisdom full weekend.
oh no! that is no fun! all the waiting to have that guy enjoy the “fruit” of your labor!! You have a wonderful day also!
I planted three pineapples last year in the hopes of having some fresh pineapple to eat. No pineapples yet, but a healthy looking plant so far. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Yes, I hoped for fruit also. My understanding is sometimes they fruit but most times they do not
. hope your do something soon!