I've been doing this for years and it is that easy to grow pineapples!!! It started with just 2 bought at the store and now we have about 50+ pineapple plants growing on my property. Every June and July ( here in Florida) we get a pineapple for each plant. Let me tell you - they are SWEETER than any store bought pineapple ever!! We don't do anything to them - we get plenty of rain in spring and summer and they only really get sun from 11-4 each day. We have had so many over the last 2 years that we have given them out to neighbors and friends. I've gotten so may compliments on how sweet they are and there is really nothing to it. I even made Pineapple Jam and Salsa with them. So Easy and Delicious!
Amazing, but then again, you are lucky to live in a climate such as Florida. I would have to use pots and careful positioning here in Western Europe :).
@@TheSHOP411 They grow pups just like Banana plants so you can remove and transplant the pups or leave at least one on the main plant. They can also grow a sucker and those can produce another pineapple in as little as one year. I just saw a video about sectioning tops into 4, planting them and harvesting the sucker, leaving the original 1/4 top in the pot and it will produce another sucker. Perpetual plants every month or so from a single pineapple. Crazy.
@@forced4motorsports thanks. I think I saw that video too. I never knew you could get so many from one plant. Really, thanks for answering my comment. I have three tops that have turned into really nice plants. Can't wait to see them mature and produce the pups as you explained.
Pineapples are the most impractical fruit to grow at home. They take up a bunch of space and give only a few per plant and it takes two to three years to give you a fruit. You must have a lot of room at your house to have 50 plants. Much better to grow tomatoes or something else and buy your pineapple.
We have over 350 pineapple plants in our garden. We don't cut the tops off. We twist them off. Pull back the lower leaves to expose any roots. Then put in soil to root. Easy. Another great video. Thanks.
Your saying after you get the fruit off its original plant? Then twist the top of the pineapple off instead of cutting off about an inch from the top like he did.(he left some fruit. So you'd have almost no fruit. Then you twist it off the actual fruit, pull off some of the most bottom leaves and you'll see roots? I'm a bit confused. I so appreciate and advice. Happy eating, vicki 🍍
Yes. Twist off the top of the pineapple instead of cutting. Take the bottom leaves off that top. Then you will see little roots. I then plant that top. The roots will grow. Sorry if I was confusing.
This past year I gathered our abundant seaweed from the shoreline here in South Florida. After rinsing to remove the salt and sand I placed it around my pineapples. After several weeks the growth was remarkable, even one of my neighbors asked what I did to the pineapples. It's always good to experiment and be surprised.
@@Mrbfgray could have attracted more bacterial life and worms around it which would result in a big nitrogen boost. But yea as far as decomposition of the seaweed itself it'd probably be like 2-3 months for the results.. but his "several weeks" might mean 2 months
For those who missed it, yes it takes about 2 years to grow a pineapple fruit. Ive got 4 pineapple plants growing in my yard. When the first started growing a baby pineapple fruit it was a rewarding experience :)
2-5 years in my experience. Granted the 5 year ones spent the first 3 years of life growing in a grass in my kitchen with no nearby window. I'll forgive them
Here's a comment to help out the channel! When we shut down for the first major covid lockdown back in March 2020, the kitchen I worked in had to get rid of all of their stock. I took a pineapple and figured I'd try growing it, just like this. It's now November 2021 and my pineapple has flowered, and looks to be fully pollinated as well! I have also counted two pups! More recently I've moved onto a new kitchen, and we've got pineapple on the menu, so I take home tops every 3 or 4 days, and they're all rooting all over the yard. Gonna have my own Pineapple plantation pretty soon here!
Been growing pineapples in FL for years. No need to cut off and waste any of the fruit. Twist off the top. Then peel back the bottom couple of leaves and you will see the roots already there ready for soil in most cases.
@@AceGoodheart First pineapple can be up to 5 years after planting the top. Then from the lowest pup on the plant get a pineapple the next year and from the other pups that you remove from the main plant, those will produce 1-3 years after planting.
I've been doing it for years here in Florida. I got over 30 this year. Very easy. Nobody will ever understand the taste difference between a completely ripe home grown vs a store bought unless they have actually had it. Much sweeter and less acidic. One thing I recommend doing different is once you cut the top off, try and remove or let dry the fruit part still left. If you go right in the soil I always get an animal dig it right back out because of the ripe smell. I personally let them dry for about a week then peel the dried fruit part off. I feel I'm not damaging any root system that way.
@@bhess1212 Way more to it. Transplant the pups and they will grow and flower. You can also get suckers which come from the main plant, but there is a better way. When planing a crown, twist it from the pineapple (or cut it but it's not as efficient), trim off the point of fruit left, let it dry for a day or two to cure (it won't die), then section the crown into 4 (or two if it's too small). Plant these in a large pot and let them grow. In one month you will see new buds. Let them grow for one or two more months and then carefully twist the buds off the original crown section; you want to leave that in the ground/pot. Plant those buds wherever you want your pineapple to grow. In another month, you will have more buds growing from the original sectioned crown. Repeat: Perpetual plants every 3 months from a single crown. Do this staggered with multiple seed crowns and you could have a ripe pineapple in your garden every week or two.
Twist the crown off. Remove the top core leaves. Cut the crown lengthwise in half, then lengthwise in half again. Plant each quadrant (meristem) in 1/3 compost, 2/3 soil. Pups will form from each piece. These pups will grow quicker than the crown core would have grown and you get 4 plants instead of the one.
@@sandiv6145 I recently just tried this for my first time. I can confirm the four quadrants haven't died yet but I'm eagerly awaiting growth. We're in a drought right now so they are getting hammered by full sun and supplemental water.
Just saw that in another video. I'll have to try that. I've successfully grown pineapples from tops before but never four from one top. Worth a shot for sure.
Try the crown split method. You can split the fruit's top in quarters, or more, and they would produce pups that fruit within a year instead of 2 years. You may even harvest the pups and keep the splits producing more pups
I was shown a different method of striking pineapples, instead of cutting the top off you twist the top off (leaves only), remove about the bottom 25mm or so of the" leaves" and plant that. Works well and the fruit roots out faster.
I got my first pineapple fruit this year from a top I grew from a store bought pineapple. It took a few years (3 years) but I just stuck it in the ground and didnt care for the plant at all. the fruit was delicious. I was so happy with it. I have stuck a bunch more. I hope in a few more years I can get a continuous harvest of sweet juicy pineapples here in 9A growing zone.
3 years???? You really surprises me with that information how long it take to grow pineapples. I always taught that pineapples grow just like an orange or any other common fruit.
@@wieszjakoszczedzac5522 if you plant orange seeds they won’t fruit for several years either? It’s just their life cycle, like onions will develop a bulb in one year, and flower the next
@@jstewart627 umm, I don’t know anything about zone 61? You mean 6a cause I can google that, I’d say yeah you have to bring it inside I have a mate who’s pineapple apparently survived the cold snap in Houston last year, but most of the leaves got burnt off 6a seems much more consistently cold though Where I live in australia it gets to like 40° overnight on the coldest days in winter lol
We live in Montreal Canada so we get them to root in water first for as few months and plant them in 8 inches pots and keep them in the house. For some reason if we bring them out for the summer they die when we take them back in comes the fall. They grow leafs about a foot long and never give fruit, but they are lovely plants to have around. Great video.
People who have never eaten fresh fruit or veg at the source, simply have no concept of what the naturally ripened (and fresh) product really tastes like. WHat I could never understand when I lived in Oz was that my mother in-law could purchase Oz grown mangoes, pineapples etc in The Netherlands for less than what I could in Brisbane.........where the stuff is grown....🤨
My best effort was having one last 16 months in the ground and growing nicely…my then-1yo decided he had enough of that and pulled all the prawns out and that was the end of that.
I'm looking up ginger, I bought a good size piece to try. I never heard of turmeric growing. Have never seen it at our stores here in S.W.MO. And the garlic. Do you just take the head with the roots looking end and plant that. I tried 1 in water. It had started but I had to leave for a week and the young lady watching my animals didn't know to change out the water. It was yucky when I got back. Have done cabbage, Romano lettuce, celery and just start 3 shallots I think their called all right now. They made it thru the week. The onions, darn can't think of name -chives at 1 end and about the size of a pinky finger, tiny onions, much stronger taste. I stick 1 toothpick in each 3, put them in water. 2 days ago and the roots are getting longer. My cabbage has 4 inch leaves, the celery is 5 inches tall and the ramono was growing shoots the next day. It's so amazing. Any advice you can give on your stuff mentioned would be so awesome! Good eating vicki
Brother you are one of my top 5 teachers on self sufficiency! I am in the process of completely replacing the grocery store. I live in SW Louisiana U.S.
I want to confirm how easily you can grow these even in a cold climate. A few years ago I started a pineapple, from a store bought top, in my garden. I grew an amazing green leaf structure, but I didn't realize it needed 2 years so it never matured in northern Minnesota. I haven't yet tried one in a portable pot/bucket. Love your channel, Mark!
Mark, I did this and was successful....in zone 7 of NEW JERSEY!! In case anybody is wondering that is 20 minutes south of New York City, Whole process took 2.5 years. How to do it: Buy a pineapple with a healthy green top in early spring, twist off the top and leave no fruit attached because twice that got wormy and failed. Pick the bottom leaves off the core about 1.5 inches, let it dry for a day, set into a jar of water so the bottom of the "core" is submerged an inch, change water regularly. Wait for roots to develop. After they do, pot it up in well-draining soil. During this time, some of the greenery on top may die. Don't worry it will regrow. After several weeks when it's warm enough, put it outside in a shady spot. Over time gradually adapt it to a spot that gets some sun. Remember to water it only after the soil surface has been dry a few days. Before frost hits in fall, bring it inside. Next spring put it back outside. At this point it will become quite wide. The following fall, bring back inside. At this point I threatened the plant that if it didn't start making a fruit right away I was going to throw it out on the cold patio (in November). It heard me because 3 weeks later the center formed a flower/fruit~! Yay! It took another 8 months of growing until it began to ripen in August. It tasted very sweet,.... sweeter than store bought ones. And sweet without acidity!
@@andrew1717xx Ha ha a little south, that's cute. Yes you can do it because it will only be outside in the warm months of the year. I forgot to mention that the pineapple plant grew in a surprisingly dark area of my living room all winter. I kept thinking to myself that fruit which formed in the end of November is not going to grow and ripen correctly without being out in the sunshine but what happened was the fruit slowly grew all winter in that dark spot and continued to grow when I put it outside in spring while the fruit was still green. Then all of a sudden in August within a week or two it went from green to totally ripened which was deep yellow but with no brown marks like in the store bought fruit. It was sweeter than store bought with no acidic taste.... fantastic!
I have six plants in my yard producing now and just sent one home with my grandson to grow his own. yes, we love pineapple and they are very easy to grow and constantly reproducing year after year. then we regrow in pots the ones we grew and give to friends. Coming up with a lot of new pineapple recipes that are wonderful
I have one top growing roots in a glass right now for this summer. Only a few mm long, weeks before its even in dirt, months before out in the greenhouse.
I always twist the top off the pineapple and remove about 1/2 to " of the lower leaves. Let dry for a day or two, then pot up. They grow really fast that way. Another thing that I do is save the seeds and sprout them. It's super easy and you get bigger pineapple fruits from the seedlings. (seeds are located really close the the skin Most people never see them because they cut that part off, but when you look at the flesh side, you'll see some dark spots. Use the tip of a knife to go into the flesh and remove the seeds. Rinse them off, then plant in a plug tray). Seedlings take about 2 - 3 years to produce from seed, ideally, where the tops take about 2 - 18 months where I am.
@@joanhelenak It is better to twist the tops off as you suggested. Then carefully peel from the bottom about 3cm or just over an inch the small leaves and if your pineapple was ripe you should see some roots growing. Place enough distilled(do not use tap water)water in a jar/glass and place the top into the glass/jar until the roots are underwater. Then place in sunlight and check it every day to see if water goes murky. If yes, empty water and use fresh distilled water till roots get more than 2-3 inches(5-8cm)long and then using good potting mix pot them or plant them depending on the climate in your area. If you get very cold weather pot them, leave them in direct sun while hot/warm and bring them inside when weather gets below 50F (approx 10C). In hot climates with well drained pots you may need to water daily just test the soil to see if has moisture but DO NOT flood them, just enough to have some moisture in the soil. If you plant in the ground watering once a week or 2 weeks will be enough as they are hardy plants. If you water too much the roots will rot. And voila, depending how you start them and how you plant them anywhere from 1-2 years and nice fresh ripe pineapple is yours for the eating. You will never buy store pineapple again as they are picked way too early for obvious reasons. Happy growing and eating.
🙂 From our family to yours we love watching your video's we have learned a great deal. You know it's gotta be great video's if the teenager's are watching ! Future framers 🍍 here. Great respect from PA in the USA.
A simple reason for the price difference between topless and unpruned pineapples may be that pineapples with the top cut off are simply easier to transport. They take up like 33% less space and do not stack well if the leaves are still attached. So the companies save transporting costs by chopping of the leaves before stacking and packing them into a container.
I would agree, except this one place selling rare pink Pineapples didn't offer many but every top was removed. Definitely seemed like an effort to keep others from reproducing their own.
I believe the ones with the tops cut off are a specific new 'breed' that has been bred in Australia, and the company owns the rights to them, and so yes the tops are cut off so you can't regrow. I'd imagine at some point in future, they'll leave the tops on once the patent expires, but unsure how long that is.
Fantastic insight... It is somewhat sinister it would seem, then! Would be nice to know what companies/patent# it is. They might not cut the tops off of exports, and me being in Canada...
Or they harvest the tops to regrow them again. Not rocket science to regrow things from harvested plants. I mean the sprouts at the top are inedible, and people complain it adds to the weight. Also tomatoes on the vine in supermarkets? Yeah extra weight in the vines when im buying tomatoes. Most people are not buying a pineapple to regrow a tree that takes 2 years or so to regrow another.
@@ZeliardFTW there is probably that too, but I just know the new breed (can't remember exact name, something like honey gold or something) were a new breed supported by industry and govt money, so they currently 'own the right' to it.
My dad’s favorite thing was to grow pineapple 🍍 🍍 . One year he had a twin pineapple grow out of one plant. He was so Happy. Thank you for good memories
There is nothing quite as delicious as a ripe, home-grown pineapple! When I lived in Florida Zone 9b, I had 10 or 11 plants in my suburban landscape. I've recently moved to the Florida panhandle, Zone 8b, which is a little colder, but want to try growing them inground here. Unless I get a greenhouse, it may be too cold to sustain them, and there's no space inside to over-winter them. Wish me luck! The positive side to this is that there are several things that grow here that don't grow well in the warmer climate, such as English peas and brussels sprouts.
I also live in Florida 9b. I have to dig them up when they start to turn yellow and put them in a hug planter for finish ripening or the squirells get them all. I end up growing nothing but hot chili peppers, habenaros and it seems to be the only thing they do not try to eat. ;)
Look for the micro climate at your house. Like the southern exposure, close to the house. I’m zone 6a and although we would need to dig out dahlias, my aunt has managed to keep them alive without digging. Worth a shot. Good luck 🍀
I grew one a few years ago in Pennsylvania. I had to bring it inside in the Fall. It seemed to take forever. My patience was rewarded with a most beautiful purplish flower. The pineapple was less than impressive. Probably because it was container grown and the climate. Maybe it needed a bigger container later on and certain nutrients....🤔But it was still fun.
I used to have a friend who lived in Northern Idaho and had a southern view. Lots of pineapples were grown in that window. Fresh pineapple while looking out at deep snow - excellent!
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. here and I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! You have inspired me to try to start my own urban garden. God Bless and KFTGF [Keep fighting the good fight]!
Hi Mark. A few years ago I twisted the top off a pineapple and threw it in the compost. Some months later I spread the compost on the garden. There was the pineapple top unrotted! Very pale after being buried. I stuck it upright in the veggie garden and gave it very little attention thinking it wouldn’t work. Two years later I picked a beautiful pineapple. Very tough and easy to grow.
I've been regrowing store pineapples for years - in pots. It takes two years, but well worth the wait as they are so juicy and sweet. I just bring the pots in during the cold season. A great advantage as they are totally ripe when you pick them instead of the green store ones.
I am ever learning and tweaking the soil amendments. At first I just used any ol' soil and added a bit of fish fertilizer if/when I thought about it. Now I use top grade potting soil and add a little Dr Earth or worm castings. The plants sure get bigger with this extra effort. Most of my plants are in 2-3 gallon buckets. I have grown them in one gallon buckets...had a lazy streak and didn't repot them. Still got pineapples. I figure you get out of it what you put into it, and I want the best pineapples possible so now I use the good stuff! They are very forgiving plants I have found. My favorite pineapple I grew last year and let it fully ripen on the plant. I had been out of town (meant to harvest it before I left) and when I got back thought maybe I had waited too long. Nope! That was the best, juiciest, sweetest pineapple of them all! And when I peeled back those lower leaves, the roots were already growing. I put it in water for a week, then potted it in excellent soil mix. It is the healthiest looking plant I have ever raised. I think I will wait longer before picking from now on. @@sandratimofeeva3179
@@thehologramYes, each stalk produces one fruit, but you can get it to fruit annually by leaving one pup attached. Leave one pup attacyed to the base of the fruiting plant, don't pull them all off. Some plants produce multiple pups, but there is almost always one that is larger. It will use the same rootstock as the plant that just fruited. Just leave it there. Eventually the stalk that just fruited dries up, but the attached pup will grow quickly, and will fruit the next year. By separating it from the main root and moving it, the pup would have to grow an entirely new root system and that makes it take longer to produce fruit.
ive tried the water method about 3 times, no roots spawned and they decayed like the wilted one. I gave up completely until seeing this video. I am now committed to trying the in pot method. Thank you Mark for this video!
Okay then… I’ll give this another go. I tried this the first time you made a video about regrowing pineapple. It’ll give me something to do over our 6-7 months of winter in Alberta, Canada. Fingers crossed! Annette 🌺
Hello Mark, here we have pineapples from other countries, We buy them at the supermarket when leaves are loose because in that way we are sure that the pineapple will be ripe. I will try it for 2 years as you say. 🍍
Our Pineapples 🍍 actually have 8-12 pups around the base of the fruit and 1-2 pups at the base of each plant. Each pups produces a fruit in one year. I love your videos.
Mark, you can just twist the top and plant them. There’s no need to cut. In fact, you can section one into 2 or even 4, and grow multiple plants from one!! Seriously!!
@@teresiahowell8170 3ft tall!? Are you ccertain? Try apple slices/plastic bag method or calcium carbide in the center with some water. Your plant needs acetylene gas to promote the formation for flower given it has been 3 years.
The planting demo made me laugh. 🤣 They don't cut the tops off where i live. I think it's because we get cold winters and they don't think people will make the effort to grow their own. My problem is that I don't have enough space. If I ever get access to a green house, I'll definitely try it.
I put mine in a 3 gallon pot and by year 2 when it got quite wide, I just trimmed back the leaves. It didn't look as pretty that way but it didn't harm the plant and took up much less space when I had to bring it back in the house during winter.
@@kasession Yes I got a delicious pineapple. My story is above. I did this and was successful....in zone 7 of NEW JERSEY where the potted plant must be brought indoors over 2 winters, then it forms the fruit.
This is the first time I see how the pineapple grows. Never knew it takes years to grow one tough. And it will grow if you drop it on the ground... Damn! And is so tasty too. 😋 Thanks for showing.
Mark, you’re the man! I’ve always wondered about growing my own pineapples but thought it was probably too difficult. Just what I needed to see. Thanks again!
Looks similar to growing Yucca, super easy to grow and clone, also nearly impossible to kill. We had some strong line winds take one of the porch and smashed it into the ground a couple hundred yards from the porch, it broke several tops off it so I threw them all in little pots and made like 3 new plants from them.
I planted my first pineapple top about 2 & a half years ago, followed by 6 or so more in pots. We are just about to pick our first fruit, its nearly ripe & we can't wait !!!
Your a lot of fun, and I laughed a lot at your video, but these plants are very easy to start and grow, and you can cut down the fruiting time some as well with etheline gas. When the plant is well rooted and growing good take an old apple that you left out and has started to rot or break down, chop off a couple pieces and put it down inside the pineapple plants hole. Put an elastic around some of the top leaves to keep it in and concentrated for 25 odd days or so and not long after out will come a baby pineapple. Very pretty and fun, did it years ago back in horticultural school. Many succulents and bromieliads work the some way.
I have a friend that just randomly stuffs every pineapple head into the ground around their property. I'd have to say that their successful propagation rate has to be close to 90,% 95%. The only thing that stinks is that you have to wait 1 - 2 years to get another edible fruit - so you better plant a lot!
I didnt know pineapple plant loves clay soil!!! Ive been planting pineapple tops I have them in my planter bed but now Ill be moving them in the front yard! Thank you so much for making this video!
I put a pineapple in my kids Christmas stocking each year...among other things. It's getting harder to find one with a top on. A topless Christmas pineapple is just an everyday pineapple.
I'm still wondering about the difficulty level of removing a pineapple with a top from a Christmas STOCKING!! Do you do this to keep your kids busy for an hour?🥴 Hahahaha!! 🤭😆😆😆
It sticks out the top.😁 Theres always a mango, an up and go drink and some tiny box of cereal they dont normally get and one more thing that isnt food. We are in Queensland Australia keeping it simple.
I've just discovered this chanel and I'm absolutely hooked. Mate your videos are awesome! You've made gardening and growing so much fun for me and my 3 kids. Much 💙 from 🏴
I love pineapples whenever I buy pineapple at the store I slice it from the skin inside the skin you'll find all the seeds I had found over 10 seeds in one pineapple just when you skin it peel the skin of it back and you will see the small little sesds it's amazing ☺️
You may ask, "Isn't easier to grow pineapple in a sub-tropical location?" Well, Yes it is. 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 I watched the whole video, and I'm still laughing at that one!! Perfectly delivered!! Than You Mark ❤
I've done this in the past and grown them on in pots, but these days in Vic, the pineapples don't usually have the top on them. Really annoying as I only buy pineapples to grow the tops.
Even in cold Chicago you can find pineapples everywhere and they're often really cheap. And they taste amazing. If they taste great from a supermarket I imagine they must taste really great freshly culled. A noble fruit indeed! .
I bought two already established plants last year for $30. I couldn't find any with tops on at the grocery. Not only did they give two fruit this year but they also sprouted 11 pups and suckers. It was a very nice surprise. Edit: the guy I bought it from told me to go straight home with it. Don't stop anywhere or it would get stolen from the back of the truck.
@@TheAstroflight Lol I saw a yt vid from the Sugar Loaf plantation in Hawaii. They plant them really close together in rows of three lines. I can't remember but I think it was 9inches or so between plants. So I have them all crowded together inground.
Love how mark instead of moving a bit he rather take it like a champ and give us the intense thumbs up while being poked Also I’m with you with the conspiracy
Great vid as usual--and I am pretty sure you're right about cutting the tops off the pineapples. Corporate entities aren't interested in a consumer finding self-sufficiency. 🍍🍍
This is so frustrating! I'd love to give this a go but I've never seen a pineapple with the top on in real life. Here in NZ all pineapples are imported and have their tops lopped off for biosecurity reasons (or so I assume, bugs/diseases might be lurking in the dark depths of the leaves after all). I believe we have started growing pineapples commercially up north very recently, so maybe one day :)
I remember the tops being cut off the pineapples decades ago - pre 1985 - at supermarkets in Auckland and the shops stated it was to stop people growing their own and potentially undercutting the shops. They were all imported from Hawaii in those days, then they began importing a few from Fiji and I managed to get one to root (they didn't remove the entire top but they basically removed everything except a few outside leaves so it wouldn't grow at all). I moved to the UK in 1986 but a couple of years later mum told me that they had harvested a pineapple from the tree.
hi mark thanks for the tips mate we now have thirty odd pineapples growing in tassie. one year in plants are doing fine, with multipul new pups, looking forward to harvest. the only problem is we're in need of a bigger hot house! cheers chris
I pray for you guys out in Australia man. I hate seeing what they are going to you over there. Hate to say you are probably right about them cutting the tops on the pineapples
Don't believe everything you read or hear in the Murdoch media / Fox. Everyone's back at school, people are back at work, retail and hospitality is open. Most places do not even require masks. You do know that Rupert requires every one of his employees and people who attended his birthday party to get vaccinated, don't you?
You're the best. Always great fun to watch. I learn a lot from your videos too. Steer clear of ducks if you don't want a huge mess or if you were looking for some poultry companionship, chickens are a better way to go. Much more organized animal lol. Easy DIY self-sufficient guidelines to follow. You really show just how attainable it is to be self sufficient. It's all great stuff! I hope the rain takes a break for you guys.
Transport. That’s the reason: the tops take a lot of additional space and therefore increase the cost of cartage, and in turn the price consumers pay. I seriously doubt it’s to stop people growing pineapples themselves. It’s just giving the consumer a choice as the vast majority would simply bin tops. So why pay for them?
Wow! This is amazing! I have never tried to grow pineapples because I live GA which grows colder. I have grown other things with help of your videos and uploaded them to my channel! I grow everything organically. Thanks for all the information! Be blessed! 💕
We live in Northwest Florida and I guess our pineapple tops, after two years, didn't get the memo to produce. We will continue our quest and keep watching. As always, thanks for another fascinating, educating and fun filled video. Cheers!!! (We can say that, because we're Scottish.) )
I know I may never get fruit but I'm in Idaho and love pineapple. I think it'd be so cool to have a plant in my house so I'm gonna give it a try! Awesome video
that is so true about the tops being cut off, I'm living in NZ and I honestly have never seen a pineapple with the top on! I will keep looking as this is childs play to grow, and that's just what I need!
What a comical breath of fresh air your video was! Too funny! 😂 Thanks for the laughs and the easy to understand and straightforward and to the point lesson in planting a pineapple plant from a store bought pineapple! I can't wait to go buy my next pineapple to plant my first! Your humor made this video so pleasant! 😊
I planted 3 of them four months ago. All are thriving in Thailand. All are in a hugelkultur beds.... I didn't do anything to the tops but chop and plant.
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I've been doing this for years and it is that easy to grow pineapples!!! It started with just 2 bought at the store and now we have about 50+ pineapple plants growing on my property. Every June and July ( here in Florida) we get a pineapple for each plant. Let me tell you - they are SWEETER than any store bought pineapple ever!! We don't do anything to them - we get plenty of rain in spring and summer and they only really get sun from 11-4 each day. We have had so many over the last 2 years that we have given them out to neighbors and friends. I've gotten so may compliments on how sweet they are and there is really nothing to it. I even made Pineapple Jam and Salsa with them. So Easy and Delicious!
So, when you take the pineapple from the original plant you grew, another pineapple can grow from that plant?
Amazing, but then again, you are lucky to live in a climate such as Florida. I would have to use pots and careful positioning here in Western Europe :).
@@TheSHOP411 They grow pups just like Banana plants so you can remove and transplant the pups or leave at least one on the main plant. They can also grow a sucker and those can produce another pineapple in as little as one year. I just saw a video about sectioning tops into 4, planting them and harvesting the sucker, leaving the original 1/4 top in the pot and it will produce another sucker. Perpetual plants every month or so from a single pineapple. Crazy.
@@forced4motorsports thanks. I think I saw that video too. I never knew you could get so many from one plant. Really, thanks for answering my comment. I have three tops that have turned into really nice plants. Can't wait to see them mature and produce the pups as you explained.
Pineapples are the most impractical fruit to grow at home. They take up a bunch of space and give only a few per plant and it takes two to three years to give you a fruit. You must have a lot of room at your house to have 50 plants. Much better to grow tomatoes or something else and buy your pineapple.
We have over 350 pineapple plants in our garden. We don't cut the tops off. We twist them off. Pull back the lower leaves to expose any roots. Then put in soil to root. Easy. Another great video. Thanks.
Your saying after you get the fruit off its original plant? Then twist the top of the pineapple off instead of cutting off about an inch from the top like he did.(he left some fruit. So you'd have almost no fruit. Then you twist it off the actual fruit, pull off some of the most bottom leaves and you'll see roots? I'm a bit confused. I so appreciate and advice. Happy eating, vicki 🍍
Yes. Twist off the top of the pineapple instead of cutting. Take the bottom leaves off that top. Then you will see little roots. I then plant that top. The roots will grow. Sorry if I was confusing.
Can I buy your pineapple if you’re located in Florida? I have my first pineapple from a gift and some animal (possibly a squirrel) ate it! 😢
This past year I gathered our abundant seaweed from the shoreline here in South Florida. After rinsing to remove the salt and sand I placed it around my pineapples. After several weeks the growth was remarkable, even one of my neighbors asked what I did to the pineapples. It's always good to experiment and be surprised.
Maybe it was the residual salt? That's too fast for much else to happen, no? I'd love to have ready access to seaweed.
I don't wash my seaweed I mix it with equal wt brown sugar ferment and feed
@@Mrbfgray could have attracted more bacterial life and worms around it which would result in a big nitrogen boost. But yea as far as decomposition of the seaweed itself it'd probably be like 2-3 months for the results.. but his "several weeks" might mean 2 months
For those who missed it, yes it takes about 2 years to grow a pineapple fruit. Ive got 4 pineapple plants growing in my yard. When the first started growing a baby pineapple fruit it was a rewarding experience :)
2-5 years in my experience. Granted the 5 year ones spent the first 3 years of life growing in a grass in my kitchen with no nearby window. I'll forgive them
Depends on where you live. I'm in a temperate zone and mine would be 5 years old and looking like it might fruit within the next year.
Here's a comment to help out the channel!
When we shut down for the first major covid lockdown back in March 2020, the kitchen I worked in had to get rid of all of their stock. I took a pineapple and figured I'd try growing it, just like this.
It's now November 2021 and my pineapple has flowered, and looks to be fully pollinated as well! I have also counted two pups!
More recently I've moved onto a new kitchen, and we've got pineapple on the menu, so I take home tops every 3 or 4 days, and they're all rooting all over the yard. Gonna have my own Pineapple plantation pretty soon here!
Awesome!
Love it!!!
That's fantastic fingers crossed for you x
Ahhhh...
The Pineapple Plantation...
Now THAT sounds like a You Tube Channel waiting to happen!!
nice one
I love this guy! Great “Dad joking” personality while super informative!
That potting speedrun was absolutely fantastic! As always the jokes are on point, good stuff!
He rushed through it just to wait 2 years for a pineapple
@@Guerrilla727 hes showing you how easy it is to plant. that everyone could do it. safer, healthier food consumption = longer life
@@iamf6641 Better be a longer life considering it takes 2 years for a pineapple
Great Job!
@@Guerrilla727 2 years to contain the tools to produce pineapple yourself. The tools to create and grow succulent flesh
Been growing pineapples in FL for years. No need to cut off and waste any of the fruit. Twist off the top. Then peel back the bottom couple of leaves and you will see the roots already there ready for soil in most cases.
The larger green leaves? Or the tiny ones that are more yellow near the bottom?
@@LEGnewTube The tiny ones.
How often/quickly do they produce?
@@AceGoodheart First pineapple can be up to 5 years after planting the top. Then from the lowest pup on the plant get a pineapple the next year and from the other pups that you remove from the main plant, those will produce 1-3 years after planting.
@@kkeller the one I planted all the leaves dried up but I can see little new ones in the middle. Think it’ll survive?
I've been doing it for years here in Florida. I got over 30 this year. Very easy. Nobody will ever understand the taste difference between a completely ripe home grown vs a store bought unless they have actually had it. Much sweeter and less acidic. One thing I recommend doing different is once you cut the top off, try and remove or let dry the fruit part still left. If you go right in the soil I always get an animal dig it right back out because of the ripe smell. I personally let them dry for about a week then peel the dried fruit part off. I feel I'm not damaging any root system that way.
Does each one only produce 1 pineapple?
@@trae74 Usually yes. At least here in Florida. Sometimes I will get more than one "pup" growing out from the plant but only one will flower.
@@bhess1212 Way more to it. Transplant the pups and they will grow and flower. You can also get suckers which come from the main plant, but there is a better way. When planing a crown, twist it from the pineapple (or cut it but it's not as efficient), trim off the point of fruit left, let it dry for a day or two to cure (it won't die), then section the crown into 4 (or two if it's too small). Plant these in a large pot and let them grow. In one month you will see new buds. Let them grow for one or two more months and then carefully twist the buds off the original crown section; you want to leave that in the ground/pot. Plant those buds wherever you want your pineapple to grow.
In another month, you will have more buds growing from the original sectioned crown. Repeat: Perpetual plants every 3 months from a single crown. Do this staggered with multiple seed crowns and you could have a ripe pineapple in your garden every week or two.
you are right on the money, they want us to depend on corporations not ourselves and that IS why the tops are cut off.. you rock dude!!
Twist the crown off. Remove the top core leaves. Cut the crown lengthwise in half, then lengthwise in half again. Plant each quadrant (meristem) in 1/3 compost, 2/3 soil. Pups will form from each piece. These pups will grow quicker than the crown core would have grown and you get 4 plants instead of the one.
Thanks for this tip. More pineapples than usual?? Count me in!!
@@sandiv6145 I recently just tried this for my first time. I can confirm the four quadrants haven't died yet but I'm eagerly awaiting growth. We're in a drought right now so they are getting hammered by full sun and supplemental water.
dammm
Just saw that in another video. I'll have to try that. I've successfully grown pineapples from tops before but never four from one top. Worth a shot for sure.
Do you plant these upright or lay them down in the soil??
Try the crown split method. You can split the fruit's top in quarters, or more, and they would produce pups that fruit within a year instead of 2 years. You may even harvest the pups and keep the splits producing more pups
Wow! Great info! THANKS!!
@@gforceforever You are very welcome. Happy growing
Parents just brought back a dozen Hawaiian Gold pineapples from the islands and now I plan to grow all of them back. Cheers.
Lucky!! Great for you !
I was shown a different method of striking pineapples, instead of cutting the top off you twist the top off (leaves only), remove about the bottom 25mm or so of the" leaves" and plant that. Works well and the fruit roots out faster.
I got my first pineapple fruit this year from a top I grew from a store bought pineapple. It took a few years (3 years) but I just stuck it in the ground and didnt care for the plant at all. the fruit was delicious. I was so happy with it. I have stuck a bunch more. I hope in a few more years I can get a continuous harvest of sweet juicy pineapples here in 9A growing zone.
3 years???? You really surprises me with that information how long it take to grow pineapples. I always taught that pineapples grow just like an orange or any other common fruit.
@@wieszjakoszczedzac5522 if you plant orange seeds they won’t fruit for several years either?
It’s just their life cycle, like onions will develop a bulb in one year, and flower the next
@@jstewart627 umm, I don’t know anything about zone 61? You mean 6a cause I can google that, I’d say yeah you have to bring it inside
I have a mate who’s pineapple apparently survived the cold snap in Houston last year, but most of the leaves got burnt off
6a seems much more consistently cold though
Where I live in australia it gets to like 40° overnight on the coldest days in winter lol
We live in Montreal Canada so we get them to root in water first for as few months and plant them in 8 inches pots and keep them in the house. For some reason if we bring them out for the summer they die when we take them back in comes the fall. They grow leafs about a foot long and never give fruit, but they are lovely plants to have around. Great video.
It’s so easy to do. Good tips. I plant all my tops and let them ripen on the plant, no comparison to early harvest Woolies fruit.
People who have never eaten fresh fruit or veg at the source, simply have no concept of what the naturally ripened (and fresh) product really tastes like. WHat I could never understand when I lived in Oz was that my mother in-law could purchase Oz grown mangoes, pineapples etc in The Netherlands for less than what I could in Brisbane.........where the stuff is grown....🤨
My best effort was having one last 16 months in the ground and growing nicely…my then-1yo decided he had enough of that and pulled all the prawns out and that was the end of that.
I have 5 growing in Lake Macquarie and harvested my first pineapple a few months ago. Delicious!
Brilliant! I had no idea...also learned this year about growing store-bought ginger, turmeric, and garlic at home in pots. Can't wait to try it. 💚🍍💚
I'm looking up ginger, I bought a good size piece to try. I never heard of turmeric growing. Have never seen it at our stores here in S.W.MO.
And the garlic. Do you just take the head with the roots looking end and plant that. I tried 1 in water. It had started but I had to leave for a week and the young lady watching my animals didn't know to change out the water. It was yucky when I got back. Have done cabbage, Romano lettuce, celery and just start 3 shallots I think their called all right now. They made it thru the week. The onions, darn can't think of name -chives at 1 end and about the size of a pinky finger, tiny onions, much stronger taste. I stick 1 toothpick in each 3, put them in water. 2 days ago and the roots are getting longer. My cabbage has 4 inch leaves, the celery is 5 inches tall and the ramono was growing shoots the next day. It's so amazing. Any advice you can give on your stuff mentioned would be so awesome! Good eating vicki
Brother you are one of my top 5 teachers on self sufficiency! I am in the process of completely replacing the grocery store. I live in SW Louisiana U.S.
I want to confirm how easily you can grow these even in a cold climate. A few years ago I started a pineapple, from a store bought top, in my garden. I grew an amazing green leaf structure, but I didn't realize it needed 2 years so it never matured in northern Minnesota. I haven't yet tried one in a portable pot/bucket.
Love your channel, Mark!
Northern Minnesota… hahaha
And here I was thinking Houston was “cold”. Lol
Just started mine today! I’m glad it takes time to regrow! Anything worth doing takes time and patience.
Mark, I did this and was successful....in zone 7 of NEW JERSEY!! In case anybody is wondering that is 20 minutes south of New York City, Whole process took 2.5 years. How to do it: Buy a pineapple with a healthy green top in early spring, twist off the top and leave no fruit attached because twice that got wormy and failed. Pick the bottom leaves off the core about 1.5 inches, let it dry for a day, set into a jar of water so the bottom of the "core" is submerged an inch, change water regularly. Wait for roots to develop. After they do, pot it up in well-draining soil. During this time, some of the greenery on top may die. Don't worry it will regrow. After several weeks when it's warm enough, put it outside in a shady spot. Over time gradually adapt it to a spot that gets some sun. Remember to water it only after the soil surface has been dry a few days. Before frost hits in fall, bring it inside. Next spring put it back outside. At this point it will become quite wide. The following fall, bring back inside. At this point I threatened the plant that if it didn't start making a fruit right away I was going to throw it out on the cold patio (in November). It heard me because 3 weeks later the center formed a flower/fruit~! Yay! It took another 8 months of growing until it began to ripen in August. It tasted very sweet,.... sweeter than store bought ones. And sweet without acidity!
I'm in RI...gonna try it!
NJ is a little south of Maine. You reckin' its possible to do in Maine?
@@andrew1717xx Ha ha a little south, that's cute. Yes you can do it because it will only be outside in the warm months of the year. I forgot to mention that the pineapple plant grew in a surprisingly dark area of my living room all winter. I kept thinking to myself that fruit which formed in the end of November is not going to grow and ripen correctly without being out in the sunshine but what happened was the fruit slowly grew all winter in that dark spot and continued to grow when I put it outside in spring while the fruit was still green. Then all of a sudden in August within a week or two it went from green to totally ripened which was deep yellow but with no brown marks like in the store bought fruit. It was sweeter than store bought with no acidic taste.... fantastic!
What a wonderful place to live it looks great. So lucky!
I have six plants in my yard producing now and just sent one home with my grandson to grow his own. yes, we love pineapple and they are very easy to grow and constantly reproducing year after year. then we regrow in pots the ones we grew and give to friends. Coming up with a lot of new pineapple recipes that are wonderful
I have one top growing roots in a glass right now for this summer.
Only a few mm long, weeks before its even in dirt, months before out in the greenhouse.
What a great channel to discover. Love the passion about growing things.
I always twist the top off the pineapple and remove about 1/2 to " of the lower leaves. Let dry for a day or two, then pot up.
They grow really fast that way.
Another thing that I do is save the seeds and sprout them. It's super easy and you get bigger pineapple fruits from the seedlings.
(seeds are located really close the the skin Most people never see them because they cut that part off, but when you look at the flesh side, you'll see some dark spots. Use the tip of a knife to go into the flesh and remove the seeds. Rinse them off, then plant in a plug tray). Seedlings take about 2 - 3 years to produce from seed, ideally, where the tops take about 2 - 18 months where I am.
I never tried that
That's stellar, thank you
awesome
I'm going to try this method of twist and remove lower leaves, I keep trying to grow them as shown in this video and they keep rotting
@@joanhelenak It is better to twist the tops off as you suggested. Then carefully peel from the bottom about 3cm or just over an inch the small leaves and if your pineapple was ripe you should see some roots growing. Place enough distilled(do not use tap water)water in a jar/glass and place the top into the glass/jar until the roots are underwater. Then place in sunlight and check it every day to see if water goes murky. If yes, empty water and use fresh distilled water till roots get more than 2-3 inches(5-8cm)long and then using good potting mix pot them or plant them depending on the climate in your area.
If you get very cold weather pot them, leave them in direct sun while hot/warm and bring them inside when weather gets below 50F (approx 10C).
In hot climates with well drained pots you may need to water daily just test the soil to see if has moisture but DO NOT flood them, just enough to have some moisture in the soil. If you plant in the ground watering once a week or 2 weeks will be enough as they are hardy plants. If you water too much the roots will rot.
And voila, depending how you start them and how you plant them anywhere from 1-2 years and nice fresh ripe pineapple is yours for the eating. You will never buy store pineapple again as they are picked way too early for obvious reasons.
Happy growing and eating.
🙂 From our family to yours we love watching your video's we have learned a great deal. You know it's gotta be great video's if the teenager's are watching ! Future framers 🍍 here. Great respect from PA in the USA.
So fun. Love watching your lessons. Your humor is very entertaining.
You are one of the largest wealths of knowledge on the internet. Please keep it up, the world needs you
Here in a Florida I have like 20 pineapples growing all around. In pots, In the ground, me being lazy.... truly, they are man’s best plant. Lol
A simple reason for the price difference between topless and unpruned pineapples may be that pineapples with the top cut off are simply easier to transport. They take up like 33% less space and do not stack well if the leaves are still attached. So the companies save transporting costs by chopping of the leaves before stacking and packing them into a container.
I would agree, except this one place selling rare pink Pineapples didn't offer many but every top was removed. Definitely seemed like an effort to keep others from reproducing their own.
@@bethb8276 that does make sense then
You just helped me figure out what I want to plant in the empty space I'm about to make in my front yard. Definitely gonna try this.
I believe the ones with the tops cut off are a specific new 'breed' that has been bred in Australia, and the company owns the rights to them, and so yes the tops are cut off so you can't regrow. I'd imagine at some point in future, they'll leave the tops on once the patent expires, but unsure how long that is.
Grow them from seed 😼
I agree. They were bred to be sweeter than the older canning varieties. Supported by industry and Queensland Govt money.
Fantastic insight... It is somewhat sinister it would seem, then! Would be nice to know what companies/patent# it is. They might not cut the tops off of exports, and me being in Canada...
Or they harvest the tops to regrow them again. Not rocket science to regrow things from harvested plants. I mean the sprouts at the top are inedible, and people complain it adds to the weight. Also tomatoes on the vine in supermarkets? Yeah extra weight in the vines when im buying tomatoes. Most people are not buying a pineapple to regrow a tree that takes 2 years or so to regrow another.
@@ZeliardFTW there is probably that too, but I just know the new breed (can't remember exact name, something like honey gold or something) were a new breed supported by industry and govt money, so they currently 'own the right' to it.
My dad’s favorite thing was to grow pineapple 🍍 🍍 . One year he had a twin pineapple grow out of one plant. He was so Happy. Thank you for good memories
There is nothing quite as delicious as a ripe, home-grown pineapple! When I lived in Florida Zone 9b, I had 10 or 11 plants in my suburban landscape. I've recently moved to the Florida panhandle, Zone 8b, which is a little colder, but want to try growing them inground here. Unless I get a greenhouse, it may be too cold to sustain them, and there's no space inside to over-winter them. Wish me luck! The positive side to this is that there are several things that grow here that don't grow well in the warmer climate, such as English peas and brussels sprouts.
I also live in Florida 9b. I have to dig them up when they start to turn yellow and put them in a hug planter for finish ripening or the squirells get them all. I end up growing nothing but hot chili peppers, habenaros and it seems to be the only thing they do not try to eat. ;)
Look for the micro climate at your house. Like the southern exposure, close to the house. I’m zone 6a and although we would need to dig out dahlias, my aunt has managed to keep them alive without digging. Worth a shot. Good luck 🍀
good luck!
Good luck!!
home grown pinaple is the best, i think should plant manggo too..
My brother in law has done this successfully in Adelaide so I'm finaly going to give this a go. Thanks for the great video and information.
I grew one a few years ago in Pennsylvania. I had to bring it inside in the Fall. It seemed to take forever. My patience was rewarded with a most beautiful purplish flower. The pineapple was less than impressive. Probably because it was container grown and the climate. Maybe it needed a bigger container later on and certain nutrients....🤔But it was still fun.
I used to have a friend who lived in Northern Idaho and had a southern view. Lots of pineapples were grown in that window. Fresh pineapple while looking out at deep snow - excellent!
Wow
Mark, I love how you weave humor into your videos. It's a joy to laugh as I learn. Thanks for the great content!
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. here and I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! You have inspired me to try to start my own urban garden. God Bless and KFTGF [Keep fighting the good fight]!
I've been growing pineapples in the desert of WA for a couple of years now, my oldest is ready to fruit I think! Very exciting!
I have 2 growing in my living room for a few months now. Very attractive houseplants!
I love your channel, you encouraged me to garden more
Hi Mark. A few years ago I twisted the top off a pineapple and threw it in the compost. Some months later I spread the compost on the garden. There was the pineapple top unrotted! Very pale after being buried. I stuck it upright in the veggie garden and gave it very little attention thinking it wouldn’t work. Two years later I picked a beautiful pineapple. Very tough and easy to grow.
I've been regrowing store pineapples for years - in pots. It takes two years, but well worth the wait as they are so juicy and sweet. I just bring the pots in during the cold season. A great advantage as they are totally ripe when you pick them instead of the green store ones.
Which country are you from?
@@RoSario-vb8ge U.S. - Northern Georgia specifically.
Do you use fertilizers? What pot size is the best? I wonder if just good soil is enough or not.
I am ever learning and tweaking the soil amendments. At first I just used any ol' soil and added a bit of fish fertilizer if/when I thought about it. Now I use top grade potting soil and add a little Dr Earth or worm castings. The plants sure get bigger with this extra effort. Most of my plants are in 2-3 gallon buckets. I have grown them in one gallon buckets...had a lazy streak and didn't repot them. Still got pineapples. I figure you get out of it what you put into it, and I want the best pineapples possible so now I use the good stuff! They are very forgiving plants I have found. My favorite pineapple I grew last year and let it fully ripen on the plant. I had been out of town (meant to harvest it before I left) and when I got back thought maybe I had waited too long. Nope! That was the best, juiciest, sweetest pineapple of them all! And when I peeled back those lower leaves, the roots were already growing. I put it in water for a week, then potted it in excellent soil mix. It is the healthiest looking plant I have ever raised. I think I will wait longer before picking from now on. @@sandratimofeeva3179
@@sandiv6145 thank you very much for the answer!
Thank you Mark I don't know how many times I have watched this video the reinsurance of helping me to grow a pineapple
I'm growing one myself right now!
Best pineapple growing presentation yet!! Thank You!!
Although you wait two years for the first fruit, the established plant will fruit once every year after that.
Tanks for the info so much
They really regrow? Damn, I've been removing the plant once the first pine's been picked. I seriously didnt know that.
Really? I believed plants just produce once.
@@thehologramYes, each stalk produces one fruit, but you can get it to fruit annually by leaving one pup attached. Leave one pup attacyed to the base of the fruiting plant, don't pull them all off. Some plants produce multiple pups, but there is almost always one that is larger. It will use the same rootstock as the plant that just fruited. Just leave it there. Eventually the stalk that just fruited dries up, but the attached pup will grow quickly, and will fruit the next year. By separating it from the main root and moving it, the pup would have to grow an entirely new root system and that makes it take longer to produce fruit.
@@newkkl wow that's some valuable info. Thanks
ive tried the water method about 3 times, no roots spawned and they decayed like the wilted one. I gave up completely until seeing this video. I am now committed to trying the in pot method. Thank you Mark for this video!
Okay then… I’ll give this another go. I tried this the first time you made a video about regrowing pineapple. It’ll give me something to do over our 6-7 months of winter in Alberta, Canada.
Fingers crossed!
Annette 🌺
Thanks for sharing. You showed me how to plant a pineapple top I’ve been saving for weeks.
Your shorts are hilarious🤭
Hello Mark, here we have pineapples from other countries, We buy them at the supermarket when leaves are loose because in that way we are sure that the pineapple will be ripe. I will try it for 2 years as you say. 🍍
Our Pineapples 🍍 actually have 8-12 pups around the base of the fruit and 1-2 pups at the base of each plant. Each pups produces a fruit in one year. I love your videos.
Mark, you can just twist the top and plant them. There’s no need to cut.
In fact, you can section one into 2 or even 4, and grow multiple plants from one!! Seriously!!
You're cutting the top off to get at the fruit inside anyway.
Do you mean cut them in the middle?
@@orfeasangyes. Split them so they each have some leaves and the base part. Vertical down.
@@googleisntrespectingprivac6772 wow that's awesome, do you suggest leaving them a couple of days to dry?
@@orfeasang Yes, let it dry and callus or it may rot. I grew one in New Jersey, read my instructions above.
I’m a new subscriber and I absolutely love your videos…I’ve been binge watching all day
Worst thing is takes 2 years to fruit. I planted mine 2 years ago after watching this guy and it did just flower… Hell of a wait
Consider that it takes fruit trees 3-7 years to begin producing well, 2years isn’t a bad wait. Patience grasshopper 😊
It is worth the wait because it was much tastier than from the store. Mine was very sweet with no acidity.
I have mine over 2 yrs it's over 3ft tall but no pineapple s.still waiting
@@teresiahowell8170 Try some Miracle Grow water soluble fertilizer for Blooms. It is a bloom booster.
@@teresiahowell8170 3ft tall!? Are you ccertain? Try apple slices/plastic bag method or calcium carbide in the center with some water. Your plant needs acetylene gas to promote the formation for flower given it has been 3 years.
First thing I ever grew was a pineapple top at my nans place on the GoldCoast. She started my love of gardening & pineapple. Thanks for the memories
The planting demo made me laugh. 🤣
They don't cut the tops off where i live. I think it's because we get cold winters and they don't think people will make the effort to grow their own. My problem is that I don't have enough space. If I ever get access to a green house, I'll definitely try it.
You can also try a large hanging pot.
I put mine in a 3 gallon pot and by year 2 when it got quite wide, I just trimmed back the leaves. It didn't look as pretty that way but it didn't harm the plant and took up much less space when I had to bring it back in the house during winter.
@@PatC. did it produce?
@@kasession Yes I got a delicious pineapple. My story is above. I did this and was successful....in zone 7 of NEW JERSEY where the potted plant must be brought indoors over 2 winters, then it forms the fruit.
This is the first time I see how the pineapple grows. Never knew it takes years to grow one tough. And it will grow if you drop it on the ground... Damn! And is so tasty too. 😋
Thanks for showing.
Or in water, fresh water, not city water. To much chlorine
Mark, you’re the man! I’ve always wondered about growing my own pineapples but thought it was probably too difficult. Just what I needed to see. Thanks again!
Your videos provide the perfect respite from a stressful and noisy world. I hope you keep making them
Looks similar to growing Yucca, super easy to grow and clone, also nearly impossible to kill. We had some strong line winds take one of the porch and smashed it into the ground a couple hundred yards from the porch, it broke several tops off it so I threw them all in little pots and made like 3 new plants from them.
I planted my first pineapple top about 2 & a half years ago, followed by 6 or so more in pots.
We are just about to pick our first fruit, its nearly ripe & we can't wait !!!
I'm glad I'm not the only one that calls "aqua" agua.
Your a lot of fun, and I laughed a lot at your video, but these plants are very easy to start and grow, and you can cut down the fruiting time some as well with etheline gas. When the plant is well rooted and growing good take an old apple that you left out and has started to rot or break down, chop off a couple pieces and put it down inside the pineapple plants hole. Put an elastic around some of the top leaves to keep it in and concentrated for 25 odd days or so and not long after out will come a baby pineapple. Very pretty and fun, did it years ago back in horticultural school. Many succulents and bromieliads work the some way.
I've always remembered people telling me that you Can't regrow pineapples from the store! Thanks for clearing that up!
I understand that Dole drills some of their pineapple so they won't fruit.
@@capeman10, do you have a link or reference? Mr Goolepants found no results for that using several search terms.
I have a friend that just randomly stuffs every pineapple head into the ground around their property. I'd have to say that their successful propagation rate has to be close to 90,% 95%. The only thing that stinks is that you have to wait 1 - 2 years to get another edible fruit - so you better plant a lot!
I didnt know pineapple plant loves clay soil!!! Ive been planting pineapple tops I have them in my planter bed but now Ill be moving them in the front yard! Thank you so much for making this video!
Some people quarter the crown and get 4 pineapple plants from one crown.
Absolutely they grow from quarters
Pineapples are very forgiving and so easy to grow. I started with one and now have 10 and 4 pups to plant yet.
I put a pineapple in my kids Christmas stocking each year...among other things. It's getting harder to find one with a top on. A topless Christmas pineapple is just an everyday pineapple.
I've never seen one with the top off. I'll look at for it.
UK here. Pineapple with tops are the norm
Although there is more And more of the cut up into wedges and sold in plastic covering type about nowadays.
I'm still wondering about the difficulty level of removing a pineapple with a top from a Christmas STOCKING!!
Do you do this to keep your kids busy for an hour?🥴
Hahahaha!! 🤭😆😆😆
It sticks out the top.😁 Theres always a mango, an up and go drink and some tiny box of cereal they dont normally get and one more thing that isnt food. We are in Queensland Australia keeping it simple.
@@jessieelliott3157 ohhhhh, it sticks out the top...
Well, that's MUCH easier, isn't it! ♡
I've just discovered this chanel and I'm absolutely hooked. Mate your videos are awesome!
You've made gardening and growing so much fun for me and my 3 kids.
Much 💙 from 🏴
Spoiler alert, it takes 2 years to grow a pineapple.... thank you for the video.
is it grown now?
Well is the pineapple ready ..it's been two years
I love pineapples whenever I buy pineapple at the store I slice it from the skin inside the skin you'll find all the seeds I had found over 10 seeds in one pineapple just when you skin it peel the skin of it back and you will see the small little sesds it's amazing ☺️
You may ask, "Isn't easier to grow pineapple in a sub-tropical location?"
Well, Yes it is.
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I watched the whole video, and I'm still laughing at that one!!
Perfectly delivered!!
Than You Mark ❤
Yes indeed this is the best advice anybody ever gave me! I have two of them growing now, I wish I had more room.
I've done this in the past and grown them on in pots, but these days in Vic, the pineapples don't usually have the top on them. Really annoying as I only buy pineapples to grow the tops.
Even in cold Chicago you can find pineapples everywhere and they're often really cheap. And they taste amazing. If they taste great from a supermarket I imagine they must taste really great freshly culled. A noble fruit indeed!
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I bought two already established plants last year for $30. I couldn't find any with tops on at the grocery. Not only did they give two fruit this year but they also sprouted 11 pups and suckers. It was a very nice surprise.
Edit: the guy I bought it from told me to go straight home with it. Don't stop anywhere or it would get stolen from the back of the truck.
@@TheAstroflight Lol I saw a yt vid from the Sugar Loaf plantation in Hawaii. They plant them really close together in rows of three lines. I can't remember but I think it was 9inches or so between plants. So I have them all crowded together inground.
2 years 🤣 I was expecting a few months. Great video Marc. You are a legend.
Love how mark instead of moving a bit he rather take it like a champ and give us the intense thumbs up while being poked
Also I’m with you with the conspiracy
Great vid as usual--and I am pretty sure you're right about cutting the tops off the pineapples. Corporate entities aren't interested in a consumer finding self-sufficiency. 🍍🍍
This is so frustrating! I'd love to give this a go but I've never seen a pineapple with the top on in real life. Here in NZ all pineapples are imported and have their tops lopped off for biosecurity reasons (or so I assume, bugs/diseases might be lurking in the dark depths of the leaves after all). I believe we have started growing pineapples commercially up north very recently, so maybe one day :)
I remember the tops being cut off the pineapples decades ago - pre 1985 - at supermarkets in Auckland and the shops stated it was to stop people growing their own and potentially undercutting the shops. They were all imported from Hawaii in those days, then they began importing a few from Fiji and I managed to get one to root (they didn't remove the entire top but they basically removed everything except a few outside leaves so it wouldn't grow at all). I moved to the UK in 1986 but a couple of years later mum told me that they had harvested a pineapple from the tree.
hi mark thanks for the tips mate we now have thirty odd pineapples growing in tassie. one year in plants are doing fine, with multipul new pups, looking forward to harvest. the only problem is we're in need of a bigger hot house! cheers chris
I pray for you guys out in Australia man. I hate seeing what they are going to you over there. Hate to say you are probably right about them cutting the tops on the pineapples
Don't believe everything you read or hear in the Murdoch media / Fox. Everyone's back at school, people are back at work, retail and hospitality is open. Most places do not even require masks. You do know that Rupert requires every one of his employees and people who attended his birthday party to get vaccinated, don't you?
You're the best. Always great fun to watch. I learn a lot from your videos too. Steer clear of ducks if you don't want a huge mess or if you were looking for some poultry companionship, chickens are a better way to go. Much more organized animal lol. Easy DIY self-sufficient guidelines to follow. You really show just how attainable it is to be self sufficient. It's all great stuff! I hope the rain takes a break for you guys.
Transport. That’s the reason: the tops take a lot of additional space and therefore increase the cost of cartage, and in turn the price consumers pay. I seriously doubt it’s to stop people growing pineapples themselves. It’s just giving the consumer a choice as the vast majority would simply bin tops. So why pay for them?
Wow! This is amazing! I have never tried to grow pineapples because I live GA which grows colder. I have grown other things with help of your videos and uploaded them to my channel! I grow everything organically. Thanks for all the information! Be blessed! 💕
We live in Northwest Florida and I guess our pineapple tops, after two years, didn't
get the memo to produce. We will continue our quest and keep watching.
As always, thanks for another fascinating, educating and fun filled video.
Cheers!!! (We can say that, because we're Scottish.)
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🥇🥇👍Cheers!!! (We can say that, because we're Scottish.) Just for that! Cheers!!
I recently got my first home grown pineapple! It was the size of a hand grenade but it was the sweetest, most delicious pineapple I've ever eaten.
Thank God for your video, I literally was just asking myself how I could grow one yesterday!
I have been doing it. And I have 4 plants right now.
I always plant my pineapple tops. They are so easy to grow.
I know I may never get fruit but I'm in Idaho and love pineapple. I think it'd be so cool to have a plant in my house so I'm gonna give it a try! Awesome video
that is so true about the tops being cut off, I'm living in NZ and I honestly have never seen a pineapple with the top on! I will keep looking as this is childs play to grow, and that's just what I need!
What a comical breath of fresh air your video was! Too funny! 😂
Thanks for the laughs and the easy to understand and straightforward and to the point lesson in planting a pineapple plant from a store bought pineapple!
I can't wait to go buy my next pineapple to plant my first! Your humor made this video so pleasant!
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Love this! I have been planting tops for two years. One of the few things that tegrows well in Arizona heat just waiting for the 🍍 to start producing!
I planted 3 of them four months ago.
All are thriving in Thailand. All are in a hugelkultur beds....
I didn't do anything to the tops but chop and plant.