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Is this pineapple going to be big enough to bloom next year?
It's nearly a year old. Fellow pineapple died of heart rot. I would have attached pics, but apparently the file is too big.
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The leaves on my fruiting pineapple plant are quite a bit larger than 1" x 1'. At their bases they're probably 2" wide, and the longest ones are probably almost 2' long. So I will guess that yours will need quite a bit more time before it will bloom.I would say the leaves are about one foot long and one inch wide. It's a hefty little pineapple for sure.
I have some pineapple crowns planted in pots and some in my garden dirt, and the ones in the pots are doing 100x better than the ones in the dirt. I think this is because my garden has heavy clay soil, and the pineapples don't like it. The pots are filled with E.B. Stone cactus mix, which is hideously expensive, but the pineapples seem to like it.
I water them thoroughly once every 5-7 days, depending on when I remember to do it and how hot it is. They don't seem to need that much water.
I fertilize them once every 2-3 months, with Liquinox Grow (10-10-5, 2 capfuls in my watering can) depending on when I remember.
Since you're in Arcadia you're in a similar climate to mine, except perhaps 5-10 degrees warmer, so yours should do well as long as they have well-drained soil and appropriate water.
They seem to like full sun, as my fruiting plant is several months younger than another one that's larger and in a larger pot, but hasn't fruited yet.
So keep your fingers crossed! I would also recommend eating more pineapples and planting more crowns. I was very stressed about my one pineapple crown until I added 4-5 more. Now I can watch them all grow and not feel so much stress.
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I planted three and plan on planting more. It should bloom next year, though, right? And also, I planted this last year in November, so it hasn't gotten a lot of growth done. I know I should have waited, but I was just too excited. the original crown was tiny, so this pineapple had to start from nearly scratch. heh, heh, hehheh.
Pineapple takes about 18 months to mature. The peak bloom is in summer. The first pineapples from the crowns are usually smaller than pineapples from offsets.
The size of the leaf may not matter because there are different varieties of pineapple. Dole pineapple has huge leaves while Del Monte Gold has a more compact plant. African varieties also have long leaves.
Dole has a display garden of different pineapple varieties from around the globe in Wahiawa.
The size of the leaf may not matter because there are different varieties of pineapple. Dole pineapple has huge leaves while Del Monte Gold has a more compact plant. African varieties also have long leaves.
Dole has a display garden of different pineapple varieties from around the globe in Wahiawa.
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Have you seen a difference in fruit size between suckers and rattoons?imafan26 wrote:Pineapple takes about 18 months to mature. The peak bloom is in summer. The first pineapples from the crowns are usually smaller than pineapples from offsets.
What's the correct way to pull a sucker off the main plant? And when?
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They are bromeliads so the offsets come off pretty easily, they just need to be pulled off. My pineapple are forming now. One may be overripe. It was buried in the weeds so I haven't seen it for a few months. I don't take very good care of mine so they are always small. It is is a 6 inch pot and should probably be in the ground instead.
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it depends on the variety of pineapple. Some of them can be compact, but most of the Dole pineapples are large plants with leaves that get close to 24 inches. Pineapple takes about 18- 24 months from planting to harvest. The pups usually come out first on the sides before the pineapple. In colder climates it may take longer to get there. Peak season here is in the summer. It can still take months for the pineapple to mature once it blooms.
Pineapples can be grown in pots or in the ground. They are a bromeliad so treat them the same way. They like full sun and they like to be watered and fertilized in the cups. My uncle told me to use Sul-po-Mag, they apparently like the micros. Liquid fertilizers are o.k. just water in the cups. The bromeliads do spike out and take up a lot of room up top, but they have fine roots that basically are there just to keep the plant upright.
Pineapples can be grown in pots or in the ground. They are a bromeliad so treat them the same way. They like full sun and they like to be watered and fertilized in the cups. My uncle told me to use Sul-po-Mag, they apparently like the micros. Liquid fertilizers are o.k. just water in the cups. The bromeliads do spike out and take up a lot of room up top, but they have fine roots that basically are there just to keep the plant upright.
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That pineapple got heart rot. Miraculously, it's hanging onto life. The other famous pineapple (maybe I should give it a name, so you won't be confused) is grumpy, so I've been building it a greenhouse thingy. It's kinda like this. | | || those are the posts and there's going to be a plastic cover on top. I read in applestar's minimum temps thread pineapples go dormant at about 70 degrees, which it's been nearing these days, so I built it. Hopefully it provides enough heat and humidity for the winter Ian's to get them growing. Could this work? I spent zero money on this the posts are mine, and the plastic is mine, so it doesn't really matter if it doesn't work. I'll just use it for other things. Possible umbrella?
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Pineapples take about 18 months to mature. The leaf size depends on the variety. My Del Monte gold is a short variety while the Dole is 3 times the size. It just had a pineapple, but I don't take very good care of mine. The leaves on the Dole are almost three feet high and my pineapple was a juicer about 4 inches long. It should have been a lot bigger, but I did not feed it and it was buried under a mass of weeds and other plants.
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