I learned this trick from a farmer in the Caribbean. It's cool to see the hidden roots! Compost Your Enemies T-shirts: www.aardvarktees.com/collections/vendors?q=The%20Survival%20Gardener Free Plants for Everyone: amzn.to/3d6QgjM
I have grown and have eaten my first home grown pineapple last year in the searing desert of Saudi Arabia. Now I have 5 pups and suckers from two plants and I lost two because of neglect. 3 of the pups already have fruits. Thanks to my son who came back home and suggested we plant them in the raised bed. The variety is Indian with thorny leaves but I don’t mind. I will wear gloves when I deal with them.I would love to try other varieties but the supermarket one arrives with the heart (top) gutted out and dry. Those come from the Philippines.thanks for the info David.
Del Monte have a plantation in the Philippines, maybe the pineapples were from them and that's why it have the crown pulled out. I've seen vids on what to do in such cases. Never tried them (I always find crowns) but people managed to propagate pink pineapples that way.
After trying for many years I finally listen to you and followed your instructions on growing avocado. Now I have several. One is 3' tall. I will follow your instructions for pineapples. One word of caution for others. Chickens love pineapples.
@@retheisen that's really cool, thank you. I think I'll try combining that technique with the one I already use, which is to strip the bottom leaves (like David shows in this video) and root the plant in a plastic cup full of water. Using a clear cup makes it easy to see the progress, and to see if the water needs to be changed.
Think main problem with rooting in water is sometimes hard mineral deposits, Often not ph'd and alkaline. So I just mix a hydroponics solution like general hydroponics for mild veg, ph to 5.6. Change it out every 7 days. After 14 days have good roots. Then I place in soil.
Dude....talk about cosmic timing. I bought 4 pineapple plants off Amazon and this is a huge help. Also, for what it's worth that coca tree you turned me on to is doing great. 5 new leaves all coming in at once. You are a wealth of information and I appreciate it. Ty.
Good morning, David. I just finished your book, "Free Plants for Everyone." Your encouragement has led me to become a "cutting collector." It never hurts to ask homeowners if you may safely take a cutting from their trees. The worst they can say is, "No, get out of here!" I discovered our local Community Garden, tended by some school groups under a City Administered program. I asked if I may have some suckers from the fig tree. Their reply? "Need any tools?" That's a true Community Garden. Ps- wore my "Compost Your Enemies" shirt and received many green thumbs up! 🍈🍋🥭🍑🌻🍑🍈🍋🥭
In the book 365 Days of Walking the Red Road by Terri Jean there is something very interesting. On May 29, "Alabama" means "I am one who works the and, harvests food from it." Choctaw. It speaks strongly . We greatly enjoy watching your show, keep growing.
@@jannievaught4344 I read somewhere that the Alabama tribe used to do the farming for the Chahtas (Choctaw tribe), who were artisan builders, weavers, and potters.
I bought another pineapple the center of the crown died but I planted it anyway it rooted in quite well after 2 months it's putting on sucker's don't give up on the centerless crowns the sucker's usually fruit quicker anyway.
Hello David The Good thanks for the information on pineapple 🍍 I have been doing it wrong take all the bottom leaves off I'll get another one and start over again thanks
One thing about the tops is the fruit becomes progressively smaller each time you do it. You want to get the kikis from the base they will stay true to size . Love the video!
@@tanarehbein7768 hey Tana the tops will produce Pineapple and you might not notice the difference. But the next generation will be smaller. If you take those tops and grow them on the second generation they begin to get noticing smaller. However if you take the babies from the base or side of you plant. Called kikis they will be true to size as well as taste. I hope I was able to explain for you
@@tanarehbein7768 Try to keep them dry and in full sun as much as possible. Green houses tend to be damp but the soil needs to be as dry as possible. Try placing bricks or bigger dark colored rocks around it. They will absorb the heat from the sun and radiate back to the plant at night. Pineapples love warmth. Good luck
Thank you kind Sir, I got a pineapple top from the trashbin of the local open air market here, put it in water and ITS ALIVE, but barely hanging on, so I'll be making time to plantin' it in a pot, who'd a thought when we buy a pineapple we just don't eat the fruit inside but if we're as smart as you we can grow our own pineapples and the peels here, once washed of dirt and debris they may have, we ferment them with jaggery and after a coupla weeks we have a refreshing Tepache, on ice or chill, its so refreshing and from what I've heard of fermented foods, good for your gut and body.
honestly every time i tried rooting from water except for one time. they all failed. cores rotted out. but planting in the soil directly has given me more success. 100% success rate so far. i had one pineapple plant from the water rooting and now i have an extra 4 of them as i have recently gotten interested in planting the tops again using the just planting them method.
You're totally CRUSHIN' it Monique! Fresh, homegrown and sweet Pineapples, or as we say in spanish: Piñas para la Niña, translated: Pineapples for the Girl(You)! ;)
@@qualqui they were baby tissue culture starts so I’ll report back in a year and a half to 4 years 😂 😂 😂 I do like them regardless, the variegated ones are gorgeous
Yes, it works well. I harvested one this year. It took a year to flower and in about 4-5mths I got the sweetest pineapple ever I I don't if it was because I made it into a minion tyre planter.
I finally got a pineapple to root this winter. I still did it in water, but this was the first time I removed the old fruit and bottom leaves. I didn’t think about putting it in dirt right away but I could definitely see the root nubs once I took the leaves off.
Yup! Have 6 of them! I pull the leaves wet the exposed area, wet it and put rooting hormone on it and stick in pot for several months to establish a root system then plant em’ out in garden. Have had 100% success. i have to say though. FL grown pineapples are the very sweetest and juicy pinepples I ever ate! So when aldais has em’ for 1.29. Yup I get one eat it, and then plant the tops. And don’t have to do anything after that. Also sprouted a coconut, tree is about 6’ now. And a mango seed from the neighbors AWESOME mango this spring/summer. It’s about hip high now. Waiting for spring. Going to attempt to graph it with mama so I get a clone! FINGERS CROSSED!! Isn’t gardening awesome!! 👍
How can there be no God to create something so amazing? A prickly plant that grows a beautiful bloom that produces such delicious fruit to enjoy. Glory to our Creator!
I actually did root mine in water - using a sort of hyacynth glass, but i did peel the leaves back. Its doing okay, but as you said "limping along" because it does not get a ton of light.
Hey, that's just like how I propagate climbing aloe. Neato! Any idea how closely related they are? Thanks for showing this. Bet you learned a ton of cool tricks from those tropical farmers.
Pineapples are surprisingly hardy because I always viewed them as a tropical plant. However, mine survived the epic late freeze of 2021 that killed my peach tree. Granted I live in a subtropical 8b/9a. But I have a nice little pineapple patch grown exclusively from store bought pineapples that I simply stuck the tops into the ground instead of tossing them in the compost pile. I have never bothered peeling back the lower leaves because I always took the attitude that the little bit of pineapple still on it provides some food to help it along and whatever leaves it doesn't need provide protection anyway from potential foragers. I am just careful to build a little circle of rocks around it to discourage any predators from digging it up because for some reason they tend to attract animals that like the leaves and roots which can be a problem when the plants are young.
I've done side-by-side experiments here in southwest Florida, and time after time, I still get much better production (bigger fruit) in less amount of time when suspending the tops in my mineral rich well water. I don't do container gardening. I also cover the fruit with paint strainer bags or cheese cloth to prevent the palm rats from munching on the fruit once it begins to ripen 🐝🐝🐝✌️
When suspending in water, the "trick" I have found to be most helpful is to place the top in full sun (don't root them indoors). I think the intensity of the sunlight plus the humidity really helps the plant go into to "oh crap I gotta grow now" mode.. whereas if you just plant them in soil where it's roots are cooler, they tend to take longer to acclimate
Oh, and Pink ornamental pineapples are FANTASTIC as a security boarder. The pink ornamental variety has huge thorns on them & they'll tear ya apart if you unsuspectingly bush up on them, LOL
Excellent stuff as always, David. 👍 I was always told to twist the top off rather than cut it. But no one ever said to peel off the lower leaves. It makes sense now why my attempts at growing pineapple took forever to sprout any roots.
Dave have heard of the Garden Expo for people with plant nurseries in Texas. It’s in SanAntonio in Aug. Thought you might like to know maybe what’s new.
Saw this video and immediately went out to my pineapple top that has languished for MONTHES in the soil with barely a couple leaves green in the center ring ... gently unearthed it and gingerly started stripping away dead leaves ... about 4 layers in I started finding roots about one inch long that were smothered by the layers of dead leaves ... stripped several more layers away added compost to the hole and replanted ... we'll see how it grows ... I am finally hopeful - I will report back with progress
You must be a mind reader! I just put some rooted tops in the ground (zone 6a). I figured I could treat them like a biennial and dig them up and bring them in when it gets too cool in the fall. Do you think that will work, or should I have just stuck with pots? Your shirt made my day, btw! 😂
I understand that you're late to the game when it comes to growing pineapples. I myself live here in fort Lauderdale. I have been growing pineapples now almost 40 years. Various varieties of pineapple. I have some mind blowing techniques better than the one you're showing. So if you would like to come check out my food Forest. Show the next time you're in fort Lauderdale you can give me a holler.
If you want to tell me secrets I would love to have them. What’s best for feeding them? I live in N C and getting ready to harvest my 1st from a grocery store 2 yrs ago. Very excited!
I bought a pineapple plant in clearance and when I was putting it in my car the little baby pineapple broke off. I put it in water not knowing what to do. What should I do with it? It’s still on the stem in the water. Any help would be amazing thank you.
I keep trying to start pineapple plants from tops. Not working out well for me so far 😢 I’ve tried sitting in fresh water and as well as soil. My tops keep dying off. The leaves just crinkle up and die off. I’ve tried so many pineapples. I just can’t seem to get it 🤷♂️ I let it sit out for a couple days to dry out and sometimes before I can even plant it, it’s struggling
I did not know you could grow pineapples from the tops. All our pineapples are imported and therefore doused in pesticides. Will try this as soon as a find a permanant place to live.
@@davidthegood I think they’re quite interesting in the garden as well. I have some pineapple tops from ones we ate and also some cultivars like the white and variegated pineapples.
@@moniquegebeline4350 Cool! My friend Eric has some of those fluorescent pink types... they're crazy! A lot of lovely cultivars around that you don't see often.
