How do i grow a pineapple crown ?

Question

im am wanting to grow a pineapple crown and want to know how can i get some help?

Answer 1

Strip off lower leaves (about 1") and place in potting soil, covering the stripped leaf area.  Water in the funnel the leaves create.  They'll take full sun.  When you see new leaves growing, you have roots.

have fun.

Answer 2

Try and use the healthiest looking pineapple crown you can find (you’ll probably end up with a better pineapple to eat as well).

Twist the crown off the pineapple.

Remove the lower leaves one by one until you have about an inch of ‘stem’. (As you start to remove the leaves you will see very small dormant roots.)

When you get to this point – leave the crown on the counter for a couple of days until the area that has been newly exposed both from being removed from the pineapple and leaf removal has dried (has callused over).

It is now ready to plant.

Get a 6 or 8 inch clay pot and first soak it in water for about an hour – cover the drainage hole with a piece of screen or similar material and fill to within an inch of the top with a soil that retains water but drains very well – I use a pre-packaged ‘Cactus Mix’.

Make a small hole in the center of the soil and place the ‘crown’ or your young bromeliad in the hole and press the soil against the surface you exposed by removing the leaves.

Water well – until water comes out of the drainage hole and then don’t water again until the top half inch of soil is dry.

You will soon have a rooted pineapple plant.

If you keep it in a spot with bright light to some sun, the plant should do well enough to last you for years. You may even end up with it flowering and producing a small pineapple.

As an aside - The reason for the clay pot is as the pineapple grows it will become top heavy and the weight of the clay pot will keep it anchored.

Also soaking the pot first will prevent the new pot from absorbing the water out of the soil at the first watering. You do not want the soil to dry out quickly while the roots are getting established.

I have rooted so many, I use them as give-aways. Once they are established they are pretty hard to kill. I had ONE for 6 or 7 years (until I gave it away). Never flowered.

Answer 3

Cut off the top leafy portion including about an inch of the fruit. This needs to be hardened off. Remove the outer older leaves by pulling them off and place the top in a sheltered area for a week or so until the cut area of the fruity part has the texture, look and feel of leather.

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Answer 4

get yourself a container fill it with a nice airy loamy mix and simply place the crown on the surface of the dirt, pressing it down gently so that there's good contact. keep the soil moist but not soaked, and it should root.