Not a house plant but...

[Sunshine]

This little guys has been rooming with us this winter and doing great! ExMIL brought me a pineapple from their yard in FL last summer. After we ate it I planted the top ! He only goes on the porch when it's 60+

 

[UncleJoe]

Is there enough room for it to grow to the point of producing fruit?

 

[Sunshine]

I'm really not sure. But, unknown to DH I'd love to build a lean to style atrium on the south facing side of our house.

 

[phideaux]

Now that is awesome,
I never new you could start a pineapple that way.
I hope it makes a pineapple, ten you can start another one.

I 've tried peach seeds, never got one to grow,



Jim

 

[Sunshine]

Starting it was super simple! I just googled.

I've read that it won't fruit for sure the first year so I wouldn't expect anything this year. But after that it fruits twice a year with best conditions!

 

[Sunshine]

I started an avacado pit.

 

[Swing]

I'd say it's a house plant. It's inside a house. That is one good looking plant. Has anyone done the sweet potato vines. I've not done one is awhile, but they sure do grow.

 

[The Innkeeper]

Keep us posted on the pineapples progress

 

[Caribou]

Carrots will start the same way. Did you root it first like your avocado? What was the process?

 

[Sunshine]

Yes I cut the top off and trimmed off the meat till there was just this cone shape and the leaves sticking up , I pulled of a few layers of bottom leaves. I'll try and find a pic. Then in water for a few weeks then I planted it.

 

[Sunshine]

Here's one. I'm actually using the same vase for the avacado lol. It originally came with an iris or something DH bought me.

 

[COSunflower]

I think that I want to try this Dawn!!! How long did it take to develop roots enough to plant it?

 

[Sunshine]

I think that I want to try this Dawn!!! How long did it take to develop roots enough to plant it?

I think it was only a couple of weeks. My pictures info says that one was taken July 8th and this one July 10. But that doesn't seem right. Because that first pic has no roots. But IIRC it was a couple of weeks.

 

[Weedygarden]

I have a fairly green thumb, but have never been able to get a pineapple past planting it after it rooted. As soon as I plant it, it begins to die.

Avocados? I have never successfully gotten one to root in water. However, I have gotten many to root by simply putting the pit in potting soil in a pit, larger end down. I actually have about a dozen growing now. I was just reading about how to grow dwarf trees. I read that an avocado plant (tree) can be dwarfed to help it to produce fruit. Getting plenty of sunlight is very important for that to happen, and I don't have the best southern light for that in my house. I have great eastern morning light.

Usually when I have planted the avocado pits, I don't plant them very deep. The top was actually sticking out. I try to eat an avocado a day, and just kept putting the pits into a pot in my kitchen window sill. When they started to sprout, I didn't add any more. There was one pit that had been in there for months before it sprouted.

 

[gumpy]

I'm really not sure. But, unknown to DH I'd love to build a lean to style atrium on the south facing side of our house.

My bedroom is going to be on the south side of the house next to the well. I'm seriously considering building a small(8x10) green house there. As long as it doesn't block the deer crossing trails so I can't watch the deer and Turkey.

 

[joel]

The best pineapple I ate was grown from a top of a store bought pineapple.
I think that the fruit as picked at the peak of ripening.
It took three years to grow the fruit.

 

[joel]

I think that I want to try this Dawn!!! How long did it take to develop roots enough to plant it?

Many pineapple tops have small root on them when you buy the fruit, do not cut to close to the crown of the plant top.
If you gentle remove the small top blade you will find small roots.
You can put them in water, but some persons plant them in pots after gentle removing the pulp at the base of the top.

http://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/flowers-and-plants/fruit/how-to-grow-pineapple-plants

 

[Sunshine]

I had read that as well that you could just plant directly. But I didn't think I could do with the uncertainty lol.

 

[Sunshine]

The best pineapple I ate was grown from a top of a store bought pineapple.
I think that the fruit as picked at the peak of ripening.
It took three years to grow the fruit.

Did you plant in the ground?

 

[joel]

Did you plant in the ground?

No in a 3 gallon pot, kelp it in a green house in the winter.
Out in the shade in warm weather.

 

[buckhuntr]

I have two pineapple plants in my greenhouse. Might get one to fruit this summer.

 

[Sunshine]

I have two pineapple plants in my greenhouse. Might get one to fruit this summer.

Cool! Keep us posted!