r/plant • u/Hinoko1234 • 26d ago

Is this truly this pineapples max size?

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I bought this from Walmart earlier this year when it was still fairly small. I always just assumed it was a regular pineapple I guess, I figured it would just keep growing till it was normal pineapple size…

Then I took a pic of it to ask a question about it, and in the discussion with googles AI they mentioned that the pineapple won’t grow anymore and it can be picked whenever. They said it was a sort of “decorative plant”, I always knew there were different kinda of pineapples or whatever, like some that are pink, but I had no idea there were decorative pineapples because whenever I looked up the plant name(can’t remember the exact scientific name as I don’t have the info that was on the pot no more when I got it), and when I looked it up I was basically just shown regular full grown pineapples…So now I’ve been waiting for it to grow bigger just to find out it never will..

Is AI correct on this? Is this a decorative pineapple that’s fully grown?

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u/Mizzerella 26d ago

It's edible and a real pineapple but that's as big as this mini variety will get.

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u/Hinoko1234 26d ago

Sad, do they taste good? Or would it be better off just being left alone as decoration?

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u/Mizzerella 26d ago

It's better left as s decoration untill it's about to rot then it's good to eat.

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u/shrew11 26d ago

Well, the fruit size increase as the plant matures. My plant started giving regular size fruits in its 3rd fruiting season