On my yellow pineapples, depending on how large I let the suckers get before I pull them off the old plant, usually about a year before I can harvest again.
I give them to friends, clients, neighbors. I don't sell them because I don't want to deal with taxes. That would ruin all my fun. I gift them. I also dehydrate them and those make great gifts.
@@pineapplepatch I love that so much! I grow them in Chicago and it’s more of a challenge. If I lived where you do, I’m positive my yard would look the same. Love all that you do!!
How did it taste? What varieties of pineapple do you grow, I saw you had some white. I recently started growing some Queen Victoria’s and South African Baby. I wish I found your channel sooner? Love the seedling experiments btw. Especially interested in your variegated crosses
I have a huge 2 year old Pineapple over 4 ft wide that hasn't flowered yet but already has a huge established sucker that has been growing for 6 months and surely already starting its own roots. By the time the Mother fruits and dies, this first sucker will be not far from flowering itself. Sometimes its good to remove all the suckers, but in many situations I believe it can set back an already rooted and thriving sucker
@@pineapplepatch Interesting....I'm in grow zone 6A but I grow mine in a greenhouse that's heated in the winter and temps never drop below 50 deg ever at night inside during the winter. Pretty much maintains close to a Tropical Climate year round, other than being drier in the Summer air wise. I know people in Florida sometimes have suckers grow before the mother flowers, and in my research, I read that many people leave one sucker in place to replace the mother and doing this, they get a reliable new Pineapple to harvest every year from the same spot. Maybe it's different in Hawaii though? I'm not saying there's anything wrong with removing all the suckers and you have way more Pineapple growing than I do. I'll try removing all the suckers on one like you do and reroot it and see how it compares to one that I just leave in the same spot. I'm all for faster better growth so if removing it ends up being better I'm glad to do that instead, but I'm just going off what I read and observed many people already doing, as well ss what I've done so far.
That looks like a late sucker and the last one to come off the plant after it already died. I leave the first sucker to appear well before the Pineapple ever flowers and fruits so it has ample time to build long strong roots before the mother dies. Personally, I would leave the earliest largest sucker and then remove all the rest
I've read that its best to let one Sucker/pup replace the mother plant after it fruits, that grows in the same spot. This is the fastest way to always get 1 Pineapple every year from the same spot. When a sucker is removed it has to start all over making new roots, so by pulling all the suckers except one largest one and letting it grow without its roots being disturbed.
How long did that take you to see the pineapple I pulled the top of a pineapple off two weeks ago loaded to sit for two days and now have it in a jar of water as soon as I see some roots, I will add it into a pot
There are not seeds and they will not lead to a pineapple! They are just residual junction’s of flower (useless seeds) that’s why pineapple are seedless because they are self-incompatible. This means that when a single pineapple variety is grown isolated from other varieties, and self-pollinates, fertilization does not occur. Seed have to have a full reproductive capacity otherwise it’s not a seed, just a debris 😊 please post an update
very intersting. I have never had any slips or suckers before on my 3 plants but this year i have like 8 slips on each plant...not sure if it has to do with it being so hot up here in Tennessee or the rains or whatever.
Watched one video, they fertilized with coffee grounds. She said it made the fruit grow bigger after she started doing it. She is in a part of the country where she also can leave them in the ground all the year.
Commercial growers do not want seeds in theirs, so it will be hard to find them in a pineapple from the store. I also don't want seeds in mine because they are one more thing to deal with when trying to cut it up to eat it. When I intentionally pollinate mine, I get tons of seeds. When I don't, I still get one or two seeds because ants or bugs end up pollinating it. I"ve heard that pineapple flowers are too deep for bees to pollinate. Commercial pineapples likely use lots of pesticides to prevent any pollination to keep their pineapples seed-free.
Awesome! My 5 tops (first attempts) look very similar to your tops in size. They’ve been planted for almost a year now. I’m hoping some slips start to grow so I can plant those for faster growth! Thanks for your content
What time of year or season should pineapples begin to set the flower? I live in southern California, and have a few plants that are 4 years old with no bloom or signs of setting bloom. They are quite large, but no bloom or fruit. Blessings!
Wow, I wonder why yours aren't fruiting? Are they getting enough water? Right now is the start of the season in Hawaii. (February) Most of mine that are going to fruit this first part of the year have already started. (I often get a second start around September too.) Good luck with yours!
What's more, as the adaptions continues, your pineapples will be more accustomed to your climate and conditions. And with the tooling and resources we have these days to an extent you can encourage nature to do it more steadily.
VERY informative, I didn't really know that for the MOST parts a Pineapple plant is a "one and done" plant but I don't see it any different than any other annuals. Even your basil plants often are "one and done" too. So it's very important to treat what you have the best and carries on the genes by reseeding.
According to these other 2 videos (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xVaMw5XrM7g.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n6BtNd-1paw.html), a sucker can fruit while still on the mother plant. So, it seems not strictly necessary to replant after every harvest. Anyway, thanks for sharing. For now, I'll be trying to replicate your success with the lower single line patch against the retaining wall on top of which you were standing.
