Pineapples

[The ho har's]

My pineapples are getting big now [bigsmile1]

Mrs hh

[Bigbjorn]

My pineapples are getting big now [bigsmile1]

Mrs hh

How long since you planted them? Were they tops or slips?

[weeds]

We are about to try out luck...just took six pineapple heads off on Friday.

Any tips??

[The ho har's]

I think they are different variety's. As one only bore fruit last year. They other is about 2 years old. I have been growing them for years and they normally take 2 years. I always plant tops. I soak then in a glass of water until they start roots and then just plant them.

Mrs hh

[incisor]

Is that time of the year

Growing from tops and the second season of fruit

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[trog]

We are about to try out luck...just took six pineapple heads off on Friday.

Any tips??

I usually take a few rows of the bottom leaves off , let the stump dry out for about a week before putting it in a jar of water. Once roots get to a decent size into the ground.

[The ho har's]

Is that time of the year

Growing from tops and the second season of fruit

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/10/732.jpg

You have a second one coming up beside it? That is how our last years one developed. Hence one this year from the same plant

Mrs hh

[The ho har's]

This is last years

Mrs hh

[incisor]

You have a second one coming up beside it? That is how our last years one developed. Hence one this year from the same plant

Mrs hh

we have several around the yard only two are fruiting this year it seems

[1950landy]

I put this one in the pot about this time last year so looks like another year before we get fruit. 131538 We bought the pineapple when we were up the Sunshine Coast last year , it was a very sweet fruit so I bought the top home & planted it.[biggrin]

[The ho har's]

I have picked it at last..

Mrs hh

[1950landy]

Well the pineapple top I potted a year& a half ago is still growing & has now reached over 1.2 m high, I am wondering if I will need a step ladder to harvest the fruit once it comes on.[biggrin]
136822

[ramblingboy42]

Well the pineapple top I potted a year& a half ago is still growing & has now reached over 1.2 m high, I am wondering if I will need a step ladder to harvest the fruit once it comes on.[biggrin]
136822

mines older and bigger than yours.....
how bloody long does it take to produce a fruit?
I had relatives in Caboolture farmed pineapples 35yrs ago , no wonder they got out of it.

[Bigbjorn]

I just plant any tops I get as is. don't bother with getting roots started. They take 18 months to 2 years here on Brisbane's inner east side.

Does anyone know how long coconuts take to fruit? I planted a nursery tree about 18" high 25 years ago. It is now about 20' -24' high but no flowers or fruit yet. There was a productive one outside the manager's residence at the Hemmant caravan park. The owner said it was 25 years before he got a nut off it.

[weeds]

I just plant any tops I get as is. don't bother with getting roots started. They take 18 months to 2 years here on Brisbane's inner east side.

Does anyone know how long coconuts take to fruit? I planted a nursery tree about 18" high 25 years ago. It is now about 20' -24' high but no flowers or fruit yet. There was a productive one outside the manager's residence at the Hemmant caravan park. The owner said it was 25 years before he got a nut off it.

My dad planted about 12 coconuts in the 80’s and I reckon 20 years later when they sold the property they still hadn’t bared a single nut.

His theory was the dirt had to be just right.

[The ho har's]

mines older and bigger than yours.....
how bloody long does it take to produce a fruit?
I had relatives in Caboolture farmed pineapples 35yrs ago , no wonder they got out of it.

A minimum of 2 years for fruit. The pineapples we picked from the plants have 3 new heads on them, now that has never happened before.

Mrs hh

[1950landy]

mines older and bigger than yours.....
how bloody long does it take to produce a fruit?
I had relatives in Caboolture farmed pineapples 35yrs ago , no wonder they got out of it.


I keep having to move the pot the plant is getting so big I can't get past it to pick the fruit off the lemon & lime trees behind it. & still no sign of any fruit. :(
This is a good time of the year all out plants are thriving at the moment .[smilebigeye]

[1950landy]

Well it's been 2 1/2 to 3 years now & had given up on our plant & SERPRISE I was watering it the other day & found 146439 It loos bigger in the photo than it is , just hope that it is sweet , can't remember what the one I took the top off tasted it was so long ago. Not sure what all the puppies ate at the base though or what to do with them . May have to have a Google on growing pineapples.:banana: Sorry about the banana but could not find a dancing pineapple [biggrin]