Showing posts with label Pineapple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pineapple. Show all posts
Friday, August 1, 2008
It is now time for my second update on my first Pineapple Project. My last update was April 10 so it has been a while. My Pineapple is doing fantastic. It seems to be really happy. I water the pineapple daily and have it placed in partial afternoon shade. I would recommend this to anyone who is growing Pineapple. Click here if you want to see my previous posts on the Pineapple Project which includes step-by-step instructions on how I did it. For now here are some pictures on my Pineapple Project progress.
Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
I went to the Fort Pierce Farmers Market this morning bright and early. Finally, I am always late and miss out on everything. I made my way over to the Pineapple guys and picked up another Pineapple. Their Pineapples are the best tasting Pineapples ever!! Since I had success rooting my last one I decided to do it again. Besides you want several that have been planted at different times to fruit at different times to create a cycle.
When I arrived back at the house, the first thing I did was crop the top of the beautiful Pineapple. To crop the top of the Pineapple I just grabbed the green and give a quick spin and pull and it comes right off.
After you have cropped the top of the delicious Pineapple you have selected, you need to clean it. By cleaning I mean don't just put the top right in the ground, it may work but chances aren't very good. You may rot the the Pineapple out. To prevent from rot, what you need to do is pull off all the leaves at the bottom until you have exposed about an inch to an inch and a half of the stalk.
Then you need to let the top sit upside down on the counter or something until it callouses over or dries up. This may take from 2 day's up to a week. My last one took 4 days. This is the part I am at with my second Pineapple Project. In a few days I will follow the rest of the instructions. If you want to know what they are now you can click here for how to do the rest of the Pineapple Project. I have posted some pictures to help visualize the process. So, until the update!!!
When I arrived back at the house, the first thing I did was crop the top of the beautiful Pineapple. To crop the top of the Pineapple I just grabbed the green and give a quick spin and pull and it comes right off.
After you have cropped the top of the delicious Pineapple you have selected, you need to clean it. By cleaning I mean don't just put the top right in the ground, it may work but chances aren't very good. You may rot the the Pineapple out. To prevent from rot, what you need to do is pull off all the leaves at the bottom until you have exposed about an inch to an inch and a half of the stalk.
Then you need to let the top sit upside down on the counter or something until it callouses over or dries up. This may take from 2 day's up to a week. My last one took 4 days. This is the part I am at with my second Pineapple Project. In a few days I will follow the rest of the instructions. If you want to know what they are now you can click here for how to do the rest of the Pineapple Project. I have posted some pictures to help visualize the process. So, until the update!!!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Today when I was watering my sprouts and clippings I saw my Pineapple sitting there. If you haven't read my post about the first steps of the Pineapple Project you can click here to read how it all started.
I decided that today was the day to check for roots. Day 1 started on April 1st so it has been 9 days. As I am still pretty new to this I have never grown a Pineapple before so I don't have a time frame to go by.
Apparently 9 days is good!! I have roots forming on the stalk of the Pineapple. If you read the first post on The Pineapple Project then you know that the next step is to prepare for potting.
What I have done is sprayed the stalk with a liquid root stimulator mix. Then I sprinkled root hormone all over the stalk. The root stimulator mix is weak and is used mainly to make the powder root hormone stick to the stalk.
After I applied the root hormone to the stalk I filled a pot with my special potting mix I make myself. Then I planted the Pineapple in the pot. I have photo documented this process to help answer any questions you may have. I hope you enjoyed the pictures!!!!
I decided that today was the day to check for roots. Day 1 started on April 1st so it has been 9 days. As I am still pretty new to this I have never grown a Pineapple before so I don't have a time frame to go by.
Apparently 9 days is good!! I have roots forming on the stalk of the Pineapple. If you read the first post on The Pineapple Project then you know that the next step is to prepare for potting.
What I have done is sprayed the stalk with a liquid root stimulator mix. Then I sprinkled root hormone all over the stalk. The root stimulator mix is weak and is used mainly to make the powder root hormone stick to the stalk.
After I applied the root hormone to the stalk I filled a pot with my special potting mix I make myself. Then I planted the Pineapple in the pot. I have photo documented this process to help answer any questions you may have. I hope you enjoyed the pictures!!!!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
I am attempting my first Pineapple project today. I went to our local Farmer's Market on Saturday and picked up a beautiful Pineapple. When I got home I immediately started eating it, it was extremely delicious! Then I thought to myself, I should try to grow this.
I pulled the top off the pineapple by grabbing it and twisting while I pulled. The top came right off. Then I pulled the bottom leaves off until I exposed about an inch to an inch and a half of stalk. If you do not do this you will run a very high chance of rotting your Pineapple.
After pulling the leaves off, I placed the Pineapple top upside down on my counter top for 4 days. I did this to better my chances against rot. It can take 2 days or even up to a week of drying. You are trying to achieve a callous, or dried look.
Once my pineapple was calloused over I applied a little root hormone and placed it in soil. You do not want to place all of the stalk in the soil. Pineapples rot easy, so you want to lay it on the soil at an angle with a small part in the soil.
Once you see roots starting to form then you want to re-pot completely in the soil and wait. It can take up to 2 years to produce a Pineapple. On that note if you want to eat Pineapple regularly you need to have several plants going that were started at different times. Here are some pictures of my Pineapple project!!
This Pineapple Project has been updated with success!! Click here for the rest of the information and pictures!!!
I pulled the top off the pineapple by grabbing it and twisting while I pulled. The top came right off. Then I pulled the bottom leaves off until I exposed about an inch to an inch and a half of stalk. If you do not do this you will run a very high chance of rotting your Pineapple.
After pulling the leaves off, I placed the Pineapple top upside down on my counter top for 4 days. I did this to better my chances against rot. It can take 2 days or even up to a week of drying. You are trying to achieve a callous, or dried look.
Once my pineapple was calloused over I applied a little root hormone and placed it in soil. You do not want to place all of the stalk in the soil. Pineapples rot easy, so you want to lay it on the soil at an angle with a small part in the soil.
Once you see roots starting to form then you want to re-pot completely in the soil and wait. It can take up to 2 years to produce a Pineapple. On that note if you want to eat Pineapple regularly you need to have several plants going that were started at different times. Here are some pictures of my Pineapple project!!
This Pineapple Project has been updated with success!! Click here for the rest of the information and pictures!!!
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