I know you cut the top off at about an 1 or 2 below the green (I think), but what else do you do to prepare it for planting?
After you cut it you let it dry and scar over for about a week. Then you can either put it in water to root or, what I do is, put it in a pot with dirt. It will root all by itself. In a few months you will see roots coming out of the wholes in the bottom and see the tip developing new growth. Good luck. Let us know and see.... Barb in Pa.
Good luck. I tried this and failed. Let us know how it goes for you. I should try this again. I think it was too moist in my greenhouse...
I don't think so carolyn keiper, cause I have enclosed them in a plastic bag to make a little greenhouse to keep the moisture in. Barb in Pa.
will write my own way,I have two pineapple plants,,I cut the tops from the fruit,after I cut all the small leaves from the base of the pineapple,and placed in a rooting hormone after planting in peat dust... But to take root firmly plant needs high temperatures :-D But in the way of Barb is correct :-D
Well, I have done it all the different ways. There is no one correct way. I have done them for about, hmmm, 40 years and every decade advises you differently. I always use rooting hormone now but didn't say that because you really don't need it. These plants have a will to propagate greatly. I have done them like an Avocado with toothpicks in water. hummerbum, Try again but I think the most important thing is to make a tent around it. Hell, I just sit the pot into a plastic or zip lock bag and shut or knot or twist tie the top. It should work for you. If you have a mature plant and you want it to make a baby always remember to put it in a plastic bag and add a slice of apple. That will add a little sumpin to make it bloom and produce fruit. Barb in Pa.
Thank you everyone!!! I'm going to try it and so will my co-worker. You should know by now that i will definitely keep you posted...LOLLLLLL
Clean off some of the bottom leaves whatever you do that's where the new roots come from. Barb in Pa.
A chef at a place I worked once had always a pineapple or 2 rooting in the window. She gave them all away, we all had one, lol. She cut the leaves off with a cone of pineapple sorta like removing a cabbage core, then stuck toothpicks in the flesh and perched it over water in a jar. Only took a few days to root for here, I never DID get it to work for me.
I few years ago, I had one that did well and even gave me a sweet yummy new pineapple the same year. I just cut off the top and scooped out some of the middle of the "fruit" that was left... stuck it in the dirt and that was it. But the one I planted last year is alive, but no signs of fruiting.
cherylad, Cut a slit from the center out, like one pie cut, and a hole in the middle of a "plastic" paper plate and lay it around the pineapple plant and tent a plastic bag over the plant with a few slices of apple on the plate, then staple the bag to the plate. The apple gives off gasses that will force the pineapple to bloom. Barb in Pa.
Barb... I didn't do anything to the first one. But I'll have to try this method since this one is being stubborn. It doesn't matter that it is in full sun, does it?
They love sun. They will develop a flower in 1 year, in a spike like a yucca. When using the apple make sure it's very ripe and even bruised and mushy. It may take 2 months so you may have to replace the apple once in a while. Clean it out and start over again if you get gnats growing under the plastic bag. Barb in Pa.
A year? The first one put up the spike within a couple of months. Do you think it's just because of our hot temps or did I just get lucky with an anxious pineapple?
