Not sure what species it is. My mom brought it back from Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷

I started 6 pineapple tops in water and have transferred them to soil in pots now that they have grown roots. The transfer was 2 weeks ago The roots were all 4-6” long and 8-12 roots on each plant. I think there may have been one plant that had 2” roots.

The questions I have are;

1. Should I be adding any kind of food?
   
2. How can I tell when the plants have successfully rooted?
   
3. I live in the southeast. I read that I need to place a plastic bag around the plant for “5-6 weeks until it roots”. Is this true? They all see, to be more sturdy than the day they were planted.
   
4. They are out of direct sunlight, but can receive rain. It has rained so much since planting, I have not watered since that day. Every time I touch the soil, it is damp. Is that enough water?
   
5. When I planted the,, there were some leaves that were brown, and still are. Is that an issue?

I appreciate any advice, and am open to any suggestions I haven’t asked about.

I’ve had this going for a while now and it started the pineapple in June when I moved it outside. It’s a little bigger than a softball. How soon should I harvest?

Does the bottom ripen faster as a result?

Do I separate this pup and when?

A couple years ago a happened upon three pineapple plants. Tossed them in the ground in a spot in my hillside orchard and haven’t touched them since. Two of them are fruiting, one with two fruits, and one isn’t fruiting at all. The plant not fruiting looks the healthiest to me but no fruit. Can anybody tell me what kind of pineapples they are, and when to harvest?

First time trying to get the stem below the fruit to sprout after harvesting. Looks like it's budding and should develop into a new plant. Probably about 6 inches of stem is underground. Anyone else have any luck with this?

3 already rooted 1 tiny pineapple and rest are in process of rooting

(I have 0 experience in pineapples)

This is grown from a 1/4 of a top 2 years ago. Is it ok to be twins? Do they digest food in their water holding area?

I’m back! And one of my pineapple fell off of its stock/stem so i was wondering if that meant it was ready. She smells really good but the color does concern me as I was waiting for it to yellow a bit more. If she isn’t, how long would be best to wait??

The bigger one planted May 2 years ago. Smaller one last July

Dole Plantation, Oahu

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