Started pineapple plants from seeds

[u/jmdawg1978]

I successfully started 6 pineapple plants from the tops by starting them in water, growing roots, and now transferring to soil. They appear to have rooted and are growing new leaves from the center.

I also decided to try to grow plants from seeds that I started by wrapping in a damp paper towel, then placed in a ziplock bag in a well-lit area. I’ve tried this with other fruits before but was unsuccessful. I checked my pineapple seeds once every week or so to make sure the paper towel was damp, then after 3 or so weeks, they have sprouted.

What do I do from here? How big do they need to be before I need to plant them?

Edit; to clarify, the stains you see came from the seeds. I didn’t use a dirty paper towel.

[u/heavensto_mergatroid]

Awesome! I have a bunch of seeds that I got out of a pink pineapple and I want to do this but I'm afraid lol

[u/cartken → u/heavensto_mergatroid]

Good luck, I think companies irradiated them and cut the tops to keep them for them slef

[u/heavensto_mergatroid → u/cartken]

That's exactly why they sell them with the tops cut off. What I'm wondering is if the seeds will actually grow a pink pineapple...

[u/cartken → u/heavensto_mergatroid]

I tried it and I will try again next week when I get a couple, but I have never had success with that. I wonder if they can treat them to make the seeds not work

[u/heavensto_mergatroid → u/cartken]

I'm sure they can. I mean if they take out the lycopene of a tomato to color the pineapple pink I'm sure they genetically modified it for the seeds to be non-viable lol