I got two more tips for ya: The pineapple producers do not want you do grow their pineapples, so, they shoot the plastic strip of the tag right through the sprouting center which suppose to become your future pineapple plant. That causes it to get funky and mold and finally dies off before it has a chance to grow. So, tipp number one: Look out for Pineapple with no tag or make sure you get one where the tag is not going through the sprouting center. Tipp number two: It really takes a month (or even two) until it grows roots which are long enough to support the plants growth. In that time the water gets funky and that can attract fungis which will destroy the stem. But there is an easy trick to avoid that completely: Do as shown in the video, but before you put it into the jar, go outdoors and smash one chunk of charcoal to dust. Wrap a piece in an old cloth and hit it with a hammer a couple of times. Open the cloth and you got some charcoal dust. Now you apply that dust all around the stem where you just picked off the leafs, especially its bottom part, and also drop some of the charcoal into the water. In that way the stem and its bottom get sanitized and the water will not get funky at all.
LeadFarmer, my dude. You rock. I'm definitely going to do this. I think I'll get my grandson involved. What a show and tell project for school. I do this as a hobby. I have 6 avocado seeds and ten madjool date seeds (from the supermarket) propagating now. (Roots on them now) We're in the foothills of SC, so it's not probable that they will bear fruit outside, but it's just fun watching the miracle that comes from a seed when given the right conditions. Be blessed and keep growing. Cleve
I got two more tips for ya: The pineapple producers do not want you do grow their pineapples, so, they shoot the plastic strip of the tag right through the sprouting center which suppose to become your future pineapple plant. That causes it to get funky and mold and finally dies off before it has a chance to grow. So, tipp number one: Look out for Pineapple with no tag or make sure you get one where the tag is not going through the sprouting center.
Today I just harvested a Pineapple from my garden. No need to put them in water first. For the past 10 years, I grow them just by putting them in the soil in my backyard. After 9 months, there is a new ripe pineapple to harvest.
I have grown about 15-16 pineapple plants and gave away several for gifts. I had 10 at one time. I grow them indoors 9 months out of the year indoors then 3 months outdoors. I have used large Folger's coffee plastic cans with drain holes in the bottom. I have always just took the top with maybe a half inch and it starts plants about 2/3 of the time. I like to tell people that I have 'one of the larger pineapple plantations' in my county of the Texas panhandle. I collect rain water for my plants.
@@diabd.9434 when a mommy coconut tree falls in love with a daddy pineapple shrub, they make baby pineapple trees that are extra bushy.i hope this clears everything up
Wow, My Aldi pineapple....not even yellow or ripe had lots of roots! But also that plastic tag, someone mentioned. Gonna plant it anyway to add to my family of other bromeliads. Thank You, for this video!
You can also place a banana peel in the distilled water (The longer the better) where the potassium from the peel will soak into the water. This is very good for root growth of any plant!
You're one heck of an instructor, you taught this so patiently, and this grandma is definitely gonna try this, especially since I'm in the process of cutting up 2 pineapples! You're appreciated! Indianapolis Nana! 😊
You added a few tips no one else has mentioned like distilled water, and using a ripe pineapple, which when you think about it only makes sense- thanks for increasing my chances at success, Pinnapple acquired. Can't wait to do this!
Hey sade I subscribe to your channel also. I've been leadfarmer73 for awhile. He inspired me to start a container garden on my patio. I've learned alot. I've already grown and harvest my golden pineapple. I growing tomatoes collards turnips blueberries strawberry etc. It is very rewarding growing your on food. I harvest okra almost everyday, they're very easy to grow
I have no idea how I ended up on your video, but I watched it in it's entirety and I found it to be very informative. I know nothing about growing plants but I actually learned something today thanks to you so I went ahead and subscribed to your channel to see more of your videos. Cheers to you, Sir!
I also just stumbled upon this video in my feed & watched the entire video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. May I ask how long it takes for the plant to grow a Pineapple that is ready to pick?
I think this is such an important message to humanity right now. Your videos inspire me to learn how to grow my own food. I recently found your channel and I’m definitely going to come back and comment and tell you how this project went.
I can’t agree more, especially with us realizing just how dependent we are on international shipping. Also I like to think us home growers are giving off and filtering the air we breathe every second.. x
I started a small garden in the summer of 2022 with my grandsons and granddaughters. This year, we were going to plant pineapples just like your video(my 5-year-old granddaughter) she watched with me. Super excited. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You're truly an inspiration to us and our garden. Thank you
It’s crazy how they don’t teach things like this in school🤨 thank GOD for RU-vid! And thank GOD for Mr.&Mrs. Lead for being able and willing to share🙏🏽🙌🏾❤️
Sorry ,, yes they do not teachers now they looking for money and P-days No more cooking or neating or science ,,sorry some LITTE,, Now in 10 or 20 years we will have only DUMMY worker is crezy They will blame home study and virtual CLASSES 🤣😂😞😂😲😡🤦🏻♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏼♀️
The Government does not teach us how to feed ourselves. They wish us to be reliant upon them. Supermarkets ect. Learn how to grow your own food. There may soon come a time when it is required of us.
Y'all are the kind of neighbors I want! I am prepared, I am skilled, I have knowledge...but it takes more than one person to survive and nobody around me is even remotely prepared. Keep up the good work. Love your videos!
Not sure where you are, but, we're always going to be neighbors. You're just a little further than the one next door. Sounds like you may have a lot to share. I'll be getting the Backyard Remedies..? book. Soooo cool my dude. Can't wait to learn some of your methods. Ever fry bacon in a paper back, or boil water in a plastic bottle, over an open fire. "?"
Where are you located at please? I'm a single prepper myself with neighbors you aren't concerned about the future. I would love to join up with you if were near each other. I'm in NC about an hour from appalachian mountains
Just got my first store bought pineapple to try this!!! There’s so many roots! And you helped me pick a good pineapple that was so sweet and packed with roots! IM SO EXCITED!!!!!!
I just juiced 3 pineapples 🍍 with ginger and lime 1 hour ago !!! I saved the tops and this just popped up on my timeline!!! Your timing is perfect!!!! Thank you so much !!!
I remember back in school, at the beginning of the year, my teacher would bring a pineapple plant in that she had started from the top and had already been transplanted into a pot, and she showed us how to use an apple to force it to fruit by placing a rotting apple in the center and covering it with a bag for a couple of weeks and then remove it, it would then flower and produce a pineapple that we would pick and eat before the end of the year. You’ve made me want to try that again.
Do you mean she placed the apple in the center of the plant or just in the pot? I know you can make a pineapple ripen by putting it in a paper bag with an apple!
@@carolinakudzu6284 - I do the same thing when I need bananas to ripen quickly, I forget the name of the gas it causes. But yes she use to put it in the center and we would wrap a few of the leaves around it and tie it then put a plastic bag over the whole thing to seal it so the gases could go to work. This was 40 years ago, I’m sure there is something out there now that explains it better than I could.
@@dawn_keyes Thank you for that information. We just bought a place that has 26 pineapple plants. I picked a pineapple last week. None of the rest show any sign of production. I will try this on one just for fun.
You have the most detailed video compared to all others I’ve seen. It’s explained very well and shows better pictures, & you took your time to do it all with even showing if there are already any roots. Others just want to tell to hype us up. Thanks for being so informative on this. 🍍
Omg...Thanks for this step by step instruction.. you make the process seems so easy.. The world needs more instructors like you. Im surely going to try this. THANKS...LOVE YA💖
I love how genuine your excitement and love for growing pineapples is. At my job everyone would tease me because I’d take all the pineapple tops everyday they’d cut off for food prep. But I grew like 100 beautiful and delish pineapples. Nothing more satisfying. Cheers to you.
@@JohnDoe-yq8ox I just bought 2 and they are pretty yellow now. About to start this process to see how it will work for me. Thanks for the info on your experience.
I wish I'd know all this 3 yrs. ago when I planted mine. I just sliced off about an inch past the tops and planted in pitting soil. Excited that it lived and grew to 3-4 ft. tall. Last week I found a baby pineapple in the center while watering! Yay!!!
Aye bro, this is absolutely amazing and beautiful. Life is viewed in an entirely new and different perspective for me as I’ve been watching how to plant different things. Nothing better from what I see than taking a fruit or vegetable that was grown by oneself and cracking it open and eating it on the spot. Absolutely astonishing. Plants and trees etc. have so much value. Once one is caught up in the matrix, it’s easy to forget how precious and abundant life really is.
Thank you! I needed this 😁 I had a little top growing in my window, but I didn't know about finding the roots! Big help ♡ also, the little "twist it" editing cracked me up 😂
Thanks! I have a pineapple that made it through the winter, planted outside from the get'go! When I was sick as a child, Daddy would buy me a jar of pineapple preserves. We didn't have much, gut Daddy always tried to keep us happy when we were down. Pineapple has always been my favorite. Again Thanks.
Wish I had a dad like you around growing up man. Hope your kids look back at the moments when their dad taught them stuff like this and brings a smile to their face and fills them with love and pride.
Now that is COOL!!! As a kid, my parents "forced" me to do yard work and work in the garden. Who knew as an adult I would enjoy it? My folks are both gone now which makes it even more valuable to me now. It's one way I still feel connected to them. Like my Mom and Grandma, I'm blessed because I can throw any plant or seeds into a pot or the ground and they will grow. Thanks for sharing! It's awesome!!!~APRIL LIPKE
Yours is by far the best, most direct video for growing pineapple. Other videos did not explain about peeling back to the root, which is why I probably wasn't successful. Going to try your method now. Anyway, thanks for a clean, concise video.
I did one with the top of a pineapple my parents brought home from Hawaii. The colors are amazing when it finally flowers. Also, the pride in having cared for the plant long enough to get a ripe pineapple somehow makes it taste even better.
@@KatieAllison77 That I don't know. The one that yielded died in the big Texas freeze, as did the top of its pineapple which we planted as well. We had them in the greenhouse too.
I just bought a pineapple today and thought how great it would be to grow them in my home. Then low and behold I see your video! Talk about synchronicity! ✨✨✨✨Thank you so much for sharing this! 🙏🏾💕
I really love your videos. Your knowledge, dedication, and excitement for growing your own food and being self sufficient is remarkable. Makes me smile because I remember that excitement and know how being passed on to me from my late mother. We had veggies growing in every sunny window and in our city lot backyard. You’re sharing info that is really essential but have learned to defer to manufacturers. What a mistake. Keep up the great work!
Oh my g*d, I JUST picked up 4 pineapples! I was thinking about if I should try to root them and if so, how?! 🤔 Ask, and it shall be given. So, thank you for sharing your knowledge and manifesting the answer! 🥰
That was probably AI knowing your habits and giving you what you will probably want. I just bought 3 pineapples today, talked about potting them and here is this video. Thanks technology 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I’ve tried growing many pineapples from the top. I used tap water and only one took. Now I know to use distilled. Thanks Lead!!! You’re always so helpful and fun to watch.
If you are using tap water you can let it sit for 48 hours after taking from the tap, the chlorine will evaporate or you can pre boil the water to help with impurities
OMG I tried this and it WORKED!!!! One of my tops has 2 sprout things coming out the side!!! I can't wait for them to start producing 😁 thank you so much for the info 💕💕💕
Great video! I have done this in the past but never thought to grab the ripest pineapple. I only ever had little nubs as starters for the roots. I'm going to try this again. It really is a fun hobby.
I grew a number of pineapples from the tops of store bought pineapples. I took a picture every week as it grew from the top. The purple blue flowers in the growing pineapple as it slowly emerged from the crotch of the plant are absolutely gorgeous.
@@macditty It's almost always a year or possibly two and seldom less than that. Problem is, they fruit in the summer, so if you plant a month or two before summer, you can forget that current year. You'll need to wait for the next fruiting season. Also, it needs about a year of growth to be big enough to have a fruit.
@@watchandpray6684 when I put the tops on the soil, I wrapped the pot in plastic, so it was like a greenhouse. I only watered about Once a month, if there was no sweating in the plastic. It took about 3 months for mine to show signs of root growth and start growing...then I would remove the plastic ....and watch it slowly grow.
Thank you bro for sharing all of your knowledge 🙏 Just 3 days ago I did this minus removing the leave by about an inch below. I'm glad I saw this so I can do the same to mine. Love your channel and me and my family love you as well my brotha. ✌️ Each one teach one and I hope people don't drop the ball to teach this next generation and just anyone that wants yo know. 💯
We had 26 pineapples growing in pots all along our fence mostly planted at different times. Planted from just cutting off the top. Didn't know about peeling back to expose the roots. It took over a year to get any pineapples but our prize one was 18 inches of fruit not counting the top. Hurricane Jean wiped them out. Will try this method for sure. Also, if you think the plant is dead keep it watered, fertilized (we used slow release granules) and weeded. They will come back!!
I do this all the time and usually grow them out in pots, but this month I decided to dedicate a spot in my yard to pineapples. I have 6 growing now. I have also picked out some seeds and got those to sprout as well!
Growing from seeds is hard to do. Most don't bother. You must have a green thumb. I've done it once but it's so slow. So slow that you wouldn't see pineapples grown commercially if that were the only way. They stop the fertilization process in fields due to some kind of biocommunication between plants or something like that (I forget the specifics). No idea how many ive grown over the years. There are a ton of different varieties too. White pineapples are really good, but I'd say Maui Golds are probably the sweetest. Way sweeter than grocery store pineapples from South America.
@@littlecabininthebigwoods5720 On Maui, maybe 18-20 months from crowns, for you maybe 24mos to 28mos. Suckers fruit faster because they don't have to go through the same regrowth cycle as crowns do, so they fruit in maybe 16mos to as little as a year (but smaller fruit if they go off that quickly). You might get fruit in 18months once you are on your ratoon crop. After the second fruiting, start again with new crowns.
I need to start now. I've recently been on a craze just keeping seeds from veggies/fruits and letting them sprout....I'm always excited when I actually see growth and to THINK how much food I cam regrow on my own...it's just awesome.
Ok! I love a good challenge and you showing us how to do it. Picking a few up, making sure they're yellow/ripe and get it started. Love this community! 😀
Canada ... THANK YOU ... what a fabulous lesson. I love pineapple and am going to start this soon. I just bought one. Many thanks for sharing your passion of helping other families. It will make an excellent family event. 🙏
Thank you for making this video. You broke the process down into very easy to understand steps and you also gave reasons why you did those steps. Which is great because that's how you teach people and you're a good teacher! Very good idea to grow your own food the way our country is going. Definitely going to give this a try!
Thank you for this! I never knew you could do this and I am definitely going to try it. A lot of satisfaction from growing your own food 😊…including little ones in this process teaches them a lot too! ❤
God is good and guides! I was thinking of doing this with the pineapple I bought yesterday at Aldi's. It's a Divine coincidence you have made this video, and I am grateful. The thing is, I live in an apartment and have a little greenhouse. I will try to do it anyway! Thanks for this wonderful video. 💖💖✊🏾✊🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾💚💚❤❤🖤🖤💚💚
Great video! We got three pineapples from Hawaii 15 years ago while there for the wife's birthday. They have lived on, and I continously grow pineapples in North Georgia. They live on the deck from last frost to threat of first frost every year while wintering inside. They desperately need full sunlight to grow. Without it (indoor growing) the leaves will be narrow and the plant will not mature for years unless you force it. Once outside, they need as much sunshine as you can muster, so find a spot with full sun exposure on the south side of anything that might shade it. More sun, bigger pineapple. The five gallon bucket is a good container too, they need soil and sun. Mine typically flower in mid-December and deliver a fully grown pineapple in August, but it took me a long time to figure out they need full sun to mature. Also, once they give up a pineapple, the plant will continue to grow an will form ratoons which you can remove and plant just as you would any new pineapple. You have to work hard to kill them. Leaving them out in the cold is the guaranteed way to make a good plant die.
Man youre the best. So positive and good natured to help folks with self sufficieny. Thank you for taking the time to make videos like this you got me as a subscriber.
@Gee Ling &&&&& THIS IS WHY.... II Corinthians 4:4 In their case the god of this world (devil) has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Great thorough explanation. Others ones I have scene have not been as detailed and clear as you. It felt like you were doing mine for me. I was just the helping hand 😸 thanks a bunch
I want that sound every time I need to twist anything. Also, after a great many videos seen, yours is the first I've come across to address soil composition. Exactly what I was looking for. This will be my first plant ever trying to grow. Happy to find a video for noobs like me that need basics.
Also, to dechlorinate tap water, fill a bucket and let it sit for 24 hours. That's the method my mom uses for her fish tanks and she never killed any fish by water changes.
I really enjoyed this video. I especially likes those clips you threw in when you were twisting the top off the pineapple! I'm definitely trying this with my kids. Thanks.
My little mother used to do this fifty years ago idk where she got the idea but Everytime she had root veggies or pineapples she'd cut the tops off and re grow them., even celery! Thank you so much for sharing your talent, brings back great memories for me I'm gonna try it and hope I get baby 🍍
When I lived in a community near the Pacific along the Southern California coast, I grew Pineapples from cut tops. The plants did fruit but oh it took 1-1/2 years to get to a size I could eat. Juicy and tasty. We did not have hot Summers but had very mild Winters.
Thanks for the vid man, new gardener here researching and trying to work my way to feeding my family with the garden. This is genuinely a fresh perspective, I've never see anyone talk about peeling the leaves to find the roots. great video!
*He is giving advice of an experienced tropical farmer, or someone who's roots are obviously closely linked to HIS culture. The world must admit that the most famous things have come from Black culture: chocolate, linen, cotton, cane-sugar, cocoa, rhum, bourbon, wed wine and white wine (first drunk in Egypt), bamboo silk....I mean I know that White people HATe to be taught by others, - but it just so happens: CHINESE wore silk and sating long before the Europeans and also printed silk-press screen print and paper money loooong before the West. Just a little bit of humility makes us accept BETTERMENT and progress together. It is so sad that the White desire for dominance and superiority makes togetherness so damn hard in the world. That is the reason GOD hates Freemasonry, and will NEVER be a member of such a club.*
That’s very awesome, brother. I really appreciate this video and I try to include my kids as well to make it something interesting to do together, I especially like the part where are you mentioned that you were going to put those pineapple trimmings in the compost and not in the garbage
Im glad I ran across your channel, I now see what I was doing wrong…. I’ve got 2 more to start again… I planted 2 fig trees, trial & error, finally learned what I was doing wrong…. They grow kinda like a bush, & every couple of years some of the older branches die out, you just snap those off, cause they’re all dried out, brittle… make sure you plant it in a sunny spot or you won’t benefit being able to enjoy All of the fruit, my 2nd tree I did👍
