I started when my neighbor was moving and said I could have her plants. The new owner pulled them all up and piled them in the trash pickup across the street. I have gotten 2 or 3 pineapples every year and they reproduce. Last year I got 8 plus the 2 I gave away. I now have over 30 plants. Your video is very good!
Thanks for the time and detail you put into this video. Definitely the best video on pineapple growing. Showing the slips, suckers and ratoons and how to keep your patch growing larger and larger is greatly appreciated. Thanks again!
Thanks for all the great info! I'm on my first pineapple plant, and it's growing large in a big pot but started showing that chartreuse/yellowing, so thank you so much for covering that!!
Thank you!! I almost didn’t watch it because it was a little bit too long, but I’m so glad I decided to watch. So much great information, a lot more than other videos I’ve watched.
Thanks so much for this. I didn't know what the yellowing meant... and now have a way to keep on top of it. It's my first time growing pineapples (Moved from Canada to Brisbane) and I have 3 small fruits growing in pots. Now I know the next step and a kinder way to treat them. I really appreciate the time you put into this video. Thank you.
First thanks so much. Detailed and easy to understand. Second, I would like to send a photo of my pineapple growing in a 5 gal bucket in sub tropical Andes. According to your video it is no where near harvesting. It is also a smaller variety and never turns yellow. the leaves are red and yellow striped. This is the second growth on an original crown. I cut off the fruit. chopped it back, threw in more compost and just watered it. Notice the suckers growing. this did not happen on the first growth. It is very exciting. Third, other than compost about twice a year, I just watered once a week in the very very hot dry season and not at all in the rainy season and threw in my daily overnight soaked coffee grounds, maybe once a month ( I wander aground the yard and share the grounds amongst numerous plants). This new pineapple is less than a year from original harvest. It is fun. It is stunning. Lets celebrate.
Thanks for this video. This afternoon I found my first flower ever forming on a (neglected) potted pineapple plant and wondered what to do with it. Your video was so interesting, I now feel more confident about looking after the plant. I just hope that after years of mistreatment, it won’t resent being respected at last!
Our Christmas freeze of 2022 was three consecutive days of 12 or more hours of 20's. Made cold frames and covered all my pineapples. Harvested one fruit day before the freeze. Some in the ground really took it hard, but I'm now looking at four pineapple fruits! Might have lost 3 or 4 plants. It was heartbreaking! Your video gave me confidence to let nature take its course and see who will make it.
I know this is 4 years old, but I have to say, you are a great teacher! My father was a college professor, his brother and father were college professors, and I was an instructor for the Air Force. I can say, with authority, that you do an excellent job of not only showing the necessary steps for success, but also showing that you are not just a teacher by sharing the nuanced details and skill that one only learns after becoming a master of their trade. The seemingly trivial pointers you give at every step add up to help some of us newb's avoid seasons of silly mistakes. Bravo! And thank you for sharing your passion and talent, hopefully I can take a step beyond what you have shown me.
Thank you SO much Steve. That's exactly what i'm going for. It was never my intention to becom a RU-vidr, But 11 years ago I joined a group for men looking to better themselves. We would challenge each other and then hold each other accountable for completing those challenges. Starting a RU-vid channel was one the challenges given to me. At first I had no idea what I was doing (or even why, really), and my early videos were pretty terrible, but I watched a lot of other RU-vidr's videos, not to emulate them, but to find what was missing in them so that I could make better videos, myself. The two things I found to be almost universally missing from mostYT videos is basic info for beginners, and follow-up videos, showing the results. Everyone shows the planting of a seed but very few show the seed sprouting, and no one shows that tree, years later, producing fruit. Thanks again, amigo.
I just watched this video, and as many others have commented, learned more today than ever. I have 10 plants and have harvested several fruits over the last 3 years. However, I've experienced several of the issues you've described - rotting after planting suckers and yellowing of the leaves. I never knew why this was happening; thank you for the thorough explanation of how to care for the plants properly.
Best of the gardening video that I ever ever have seen. At the end of it I have a feeling that "today I learnt something" Sir, I removed the crown and allowed it to dry (in shade) for 3to 4 days and then I submerged in glass of water. The crown has developed lovely roots. I will be planting it in mud tomorrow after the lunar eclipse passes, specially as tomorrow I turn 65. Wish you had said a few words on the type of soil.
I decided to grow a pineapple a couple months back but I did not do any research, I had it in a small pot and I transferred it over today. It has a good root system but it has very little leaves. I had it in just with just outside soil. I added actual garden soil and a larger pot. I trimmed off the brown leaves, thanks for the information 😁
Thanks so much for this video! No one ever talks about the actual “care” of pineapple plants mostly only how to harvest. I learned a lot from this video.
Thanks Randy, trying to grow a 🍍 here in the UK over winter starting with the crown. So much great info in this, all my questions answered. Hero, cheers!
This is probably the best pineapple video I have found. He appears genuinely knowledgeable. He just wants to disseminate knowledge, not to be an influencer.
Great video. I have been watching videos about pineapple plants all day. This one has been the most useable easy to understand information. Thank you i greatly appreciate all the work you put into it. You just got a new subscriber.
Great video. New to growing pineapples 🍍. From the north, now a fl transplant. What a world of difference with growing seasons and plants. Do have questions about coconut palms i am growing as well. Thanks again for a such an informative video.
Cool man...thanks. Only video that I've come across that gives the detailed info I needed on Pineapple growing. Everybody else just posts about how to regrow store bought pineapples :) :) Thanks for posting.
Rich Urban Isn’t that what he did too? He grew a store brought one right? And then when the plant was big enough and the pineapple was fully grown he took the crowns and planted them.
Thank you so much. Very interesting for me as I have brought a plant and knew nothing about them. I have now 3 plants from following your instructions. Thank you
Adding 1/4 gram of vitamin c ( ascorbic acid ) will kill municipal water chlorine in about 15 minutes. The ascorbic acid also gets rid of excess carbonate alkalinity and further enhances iron absorption & root growth.
Good to know 😉 I've only been able to grow houseplants for 8 years now ( because I've downsized to apartment living) but my new apartment has a small front yard and a smaller back yard) but I'll be able to have a big enough for me garden next year I can almost taste the tomatoes😋 all I'll need for supper is a salt shaker ha ha!
When I first saw this video I was wondering why it was so long. Then I saw that the first part was months or year separate from the rest. Then I saw how much detail you went into, explaining about frost damage and digging up the secondary growth and how to use remove and replant the head of the pineapple. Great stuff man, you really did some good work with this video.
This is the second video of yours I’ve watched this evening (the first being about bananas). You’ve earned a subscriber. Your videos are “longer form” as you say and have all the details I want. I almost feel like you must have a degree in this topic…? Regardless, thanks for your time.
Thanks for the informative video. I am growing three pineapples from the same plant. My first attempt. The fruits are growing excellent. Central Florida.
Your leaf yellowing is a sign of overall nutrient deficiency. Iron also shows because it is the first nutrient to get locked out at a raising soil ph, which is more common in potted plants...most tap water has a ph 7.8-8.2, so watering can raise the ph of the soil, your nutrients(contains acids) are also very limited so they get used up quickly, and some nutrients get flushed out the bottom of the pot from a normal watering. A properly balanced nutrient(organic or not) contains the proper chemicals and acids that your soil needs to feed the roots. Giving your plants not only water but regular feedings is a necessity to fast and healthy plant growth.
Thank you for this video. Your garden looks amazing! I am in New Zealand and just growing pineapple for the first time and I have found your video to be really informative. My 2 plants are obviously in need of some iron which I learned from you in the last part of the video. Thanks again and happy growing. 👍👍
Wow this is so very informative, for months I have been wondering what to do with the plant after reaping, so now I know that I am to remove the ration . My only. Challenge is that the plant is in a pot....thank you so so much🇯🇲🇯🇲❤️✅👍
Thank you for making a video of actually knowing how to grow pineapple. I do have a small critic, yes don't cut the tops off. I twist instead of snapping the tops off like you do but you are spot on with pulling off the small leafs from the tops for starting new plants. Yes there are new roots ready to grow hidden by those leaves so pull them off. I wait a day before planting the tops so the tear can dry heal like a potato start. I seen some wood grass at 6:15 and 6:22. Must be a clip from June to August because wood grass is dormant/dried down in January.
That was a very informative video learned a great deal from you and I have a Degree in Horticulture I guess there is always room for more knowledge Great job
John Wolfe Despite a degree, I find it so heartfelt to know when to step back and show humility while learning vast more knowledge. You must be someone’s keeper, my friend. 🍍
Great and informative video! I have also been growing a pineapple plant for 2 years, and in the last year, it has suffered from not receiving enough Iron. Thanks for the Iron Fertilizer Recipe!
A lot of work went into this video, thank you. I've never considered growing a pineapple, but after this video I'm confident I'll have my freshly cut pineapple crown sprouted and ready for planting. Subbed and thank you!
Thank you for your video. I did plant tops of my store bought pineapple in the ground...but was not successful...now I start putting one...and it's been growing very well...but I need more sunlight... Now that I come across your video..I am encourage..and will carry those infoto my small farm in my tropical country... Do you have tips on how to grow cuttings from AVOCADO...or any tips .... Thank you very much.. I did subscribed.:)
This was extremely helpful. I have 7 pineapple plants that I have been growing in a condo in FL. All came from one plant. I have finally moved to a home with a yard and vetting ready to transplant them into the ground. I'm excited - I know they will be healthier. I learned what the suckers and slips are from you. Thank you.
I just moved to the Treasure coast, from Tampa bay, and OMG... My pineapple LOVE south Florida!! Mango, avocado, papaya...my babies are HAPPY!! Great video, thanks!
Thanks Randy for the most informative film I have ever seen on growing pineapples. I live in Dorset, England so I can only grow one or two in my conservatory, as it is too cold a climate for 7 months of the year. I will see if my brother in law in southern California can grow them.
I have been growing pineapples from tops for over 20 years & I have learn more today then the whole 20 years. Not all Organic farmers are hippes. Thanks.
Great video, Randy! About the synthetic fertilizers that you touched on, it's not the different synthetic elements that are the real problem here, but rather the way they are binded in salts. Salting of the landscape is a big problem all across the globe...
Thanks for your input. All ionic nutrients must be in a salt form, whether they be organically sourced or otherwise, in order for the plants roots to take them up. Phosphate, nitrate, and potassium, all of which are necessary for a plant, must be in a dissolved ionic (ie salt) form in order to be useable to the roots of the plant. Overuse of any kind of fertilizer is a problem. A real problem. I should know, I was an environmental chemist for nearly 15 years. I did nutrient analysis for a lot of those years, and I can tell you with great certainty, that organic sources of those nutrients are just as damaging to the environment as the inorganically souced ones, if they are released into the environment in large enough concentrations, which they very frequently are. I tend to take a more sensible approach to the use of science and technology, rather than participate in the "choose sides" mentality that seems to be so pervasive in American society today. If I don't agree with factory farming and monsanto roundup ready corn, or BT corn (which I don't), then I'm a bleeding heart liberal, socialist. If I don't grow everything 100% organically (which I don't), then I'm one of those Patriarchal capitalist usurpers. Pesticides, and fertilizers (both mineral sourced, and organically sourced), are NOT harmless in the environment. Even though the suppliers of those things would have you believe that. Likewise, organic farming is not as productive, nor is it, contrary to popular belief, harmless to the environment, either. Organic farming is certainly better for the environment than over applying ionic salts to poor soil, over and over again, but all forms of farming, devastate the ecosystem that was in place before the fields were plowed. Run off from organic farms is frequently just as toxic or even more toxic to the environment, because they never even thought to check whether they were polluting some stream or lake. They assumed that what they were doing was ok, until all the fish died. I've seen this first hand. You can't walk through snow without leaving a footprint. I'm not advocating for either extreme. There are merits to both approaches, as well as downsides. I take all the good that I can, from all sources of information, while being mindful of the footprint I leave. Thanks for watching my videos. Cheers!
@@Sheikyerbouti8 , great information, thank you. What's your assessment of permaculture design, like foodforests etc.? I make my own compost from different organic "waste" and I have had very good results. If I remember correctly, plants trade sugars with different soil organisms for the nutrients that they need, and that's the way a natural and sustainable system works, what's your experience regarding permaculture?
I basically do that. I've built my soil by adding wood chips from tree trimming companies. I add more all the time, and I don't till it in. not only do I not throw away any of my yard waste, I collect up all the bags of leaves that my neighbor's rake up and put them in my own compost heap. As far as bacteria providing macronutrients, certain types of bacteria can make usable nitrogen from atmospheric nitrogen. They cannot make potassium, or phosphorus though. In those cases, they can only break down organically bound phosphorus, and potassium. since you are removing fruit and vegetables to eat, you must replace those elements used to grow them somehow. Use of bone meal or potash or some other source of that material is required. My stance on it is that it doesn't really matter what form of those nutrients you use, as long as they are not over-used. Furthermore, nitrogen fixing bacteria frequently will not provide enough nitrogen for high nutrient requirement plants. This will present as nitrogen deficiency, and then you should supplement that, somehow. Here in this part of Florida, the soil is essentially beach sand which resembles talcum powder. If all you do, is use chemical fertilizer, then it will simply leach right through it, into the water table, the very next time it rains. I build my soil organically over time, because that is the best practice. That organic matter acts as a sponge to retain moisture, but also to lock in nutrients that I add whether it be fertilizer, compost, or manure. Because of this I can use less than one-tenth the amount of fertilizer as is advised by the fertilizer companies. Adding nutrients to an already healthy soil in concentrations that low, is actually beneficial to the soil microbes. If you overdo it you will kill the soil microbes, but you can do that organically too. You can actually burn a plant's roots with manure pretty easily if you overuse manure. You can do that even more easily with inorganic fertilizers, but it doesn't mean you have to. I WAY under-use fertilizers as a supplement to organic gardening techniques. This has been for me, in my experience, the best overall practice. if you only want to use organically sourced nutrients, then I encourage you to do so, but it is harder to do that while achieving as good of results. Not impossible, just harder. That's why organic produce costs nearly twice as much. Where I start to really agree with the organic gardening people, is in the use of pesticides. I also did analysis for pesticides for many years, and most of them are nasty nasty nasty. I will only use pesticides under the most dire of circumstances, and only to save very rare specimens from dying. I use beneficial nematodes, soap, neem, and only turn to pyrethrins, and copper based fungicide when things get really bad. I would only ever consider using anything stronger than that to save the life of a plant that couldn't be replaced. Several of the plants that I grow are extinct in the wild due to deforestation. I will take drastic measures to save them if I have to, but it's been years since I've had to. I have a particularly deep-seated hatred for glyco phosphate, and pretty much everything Monsanto has ever done. BTW, do not, under any circumstances, use store bought bananas in your compost, if you are planning to grow banana plants. Banana peels are popular to use in Campost because they add a lot of potassium, but that's a good way to get Panama disease. Once that's strain of fusarium is in your soil there is no way to get rid of it. Cheers
@@Sheikyerbouti8 , thank you for your reply. I'm launching an organic plant nursery in Q4 if everything goes as planned. Regarding the store bought bananas, does the fusarium infect none cultivar bananas, like Musa basjoo or sikkimensis? Your answers are much appreciated. Regards, Edi
@@edialbert8035 Excellent question. I don't know the answer. I wouldn't take the chance if you're growing bananas of any kind. I've never dealt with Panama disease, but I've dealt with tomato fusarium a lot. I recommend avoiding it. Banana growing regions with Panama disease and black sigatoka, are allowed to ship banana fruit to non banana growing regions. So the bananas in your grocery store could very well come from a farm known to have Panama disease.
Love the way you explain everything, I love longer videos without rushing because I learn more. Im new to any kind of growing and looking forward to learn more about everything plants, trees, food trees and plants, I mean everything. Im following now. Thank you so much for your time! God bless
What did you observe that informed you to add iron and not nitrogen? Also have you looked into and/or tried adding epsom salt to your soil? Rumor has it it helps makes nutrients more available. I can't remember which nutrients exactly but I want to guess magnesium and maybe nitrogen and phosphorous. Regardless I worked on a farm and they had a natural soil blend that included epsom I would mix up for all of our plants, both potted and in beds, and everything thrived! Potatoes looooved that mix. Great informative video!
Fantastic video amigo, thank you! I've been patiently waiting for my pineapple to ripen on the stem here in North Florida...the last time I harvested one last year I waited until it was golden yellow on the plant and it was so sweet and delicious. Hopefully no varmints get a hold of this one!
Thank you for the in-depth explanation & visuals. It is a huge help! Especially on the fertilization tips, and differentiating between pups, suckers/slips, and ratoons. I have a 3 y/o plant started from a top that I have a bloom on, with suckers, and need to repot, or can I put it in the ground? I'm Gulf Coastal zone 8b, about 25 miles north of i-10. I also have a very prickly serrated leaf African pineapple to repot, not looking forward to it. I was looking for your general location (or at least your USDA hardiness zone) to see if I could get away with trying to copy your pineapple patch in my yard, but my only disappointment was not finding it in your "About" tab. Kudos on a very helpful video, and again, thank you for the most informative video I've seen on growing pineapple!
I've used miricle grow as well. I'd mix a full strength 2Litre bottle, then put a little bit in another 2Litre bottle and fill with water, I found you could feed your plants daily with that mix with no chance of plant/root burn but did get some amazing growth... I find people aren't really worried about what's in miricle grow but more of how they obtain the ingredients in the miricle grow.. after working a hydroponic supply store and doing a lot of deliveries, 90% of the hydroponic growers or greenhouse growers use hp++ promix with mycrozhea. I didn't really understand why at first till I actually read a bag of that particular soil.. lol now it's all I'll use...
this is just me "if it works for you from day one. then, don't stop, no matter what people say"! great job with the plants my friend! very very educational and informative video
I love how you can create a new clone pineapple simply from harvesting the tops and planting them . The resilience of them wanting to grow simply astounds me.
Awesome video!!!! Thanks for sharing! I do want to ask,should you pot the crowns immediately after removing them? Or do you usually let them sit out a bit? I also see some videos where people put them into a glass of water to let the roots grow a bit. What's your chosen method? Thanks!
I show it in the video. I root them in soil. Normally I plant them right away, but I've also let them sit too. Either way I get roots. This is because I'm starting with healthy robust crowns. The crowns on the fruits at the grocery store are frequently dehydrated and kinda banged up. Those need to be planted immediately. Rooting in water is a waste of time, and more likely to rot the crown.
Randy's Tropical Plants Figures I'd miss that,I should have watched it again. I originally thought you cut away from filming to a day or two after you removed them. Thanks again!
thank you so much for your video I have grown pineapple and have harvest pineapple and I noticed that they would do two heads afterwards I thought I'd get to pineapples but I understand now that too would require more energy and they would not be as good thank you again for your time
Thank you Randy, Definitely the very best video on pineapple. Could you please look into split crown method for propagation? Also different pests/ diseases diagnosis ? Again, thank you so much
Now I know why I can't get my pineapple tops to root. I've been doing what other RU-vidrs show to do: Cut about a half inch below the crown. Thank you for this in-depth tutorial.
Hi, Randy, I've been growing some pineapples from crows the oldest one is about two years old but it still hasn't bloomed... do I just need to be patient or is there something I need to do? Also, I'm just curious where you live that you are growing such huge pineapples but still get 20 degree winters? I live in ABQ NM and I am scared to leave them outside during the winter. Btw great tips on the yellowing plants I wondered why they were turning that color.
I read that you can make the pineapple bloom by putting an apple in front of the plant and cover them with a plastic bag. The apple will rot and itt will make the plant bloom I don't really know how. 😊
