We went to visit my parents at the weekend, and for Sunday lunch dad served up fresh pineapple. I’m not a big fan, and so I was more interested in the fact that he still had the top and I could do what I’ve been itching to do for a while now – plant my own pineapple. And so the top came home with us.
Fast forward two days, and Pete has just found it – left in the car. But it still seemed to be in good condition, and so I prepared it for planting (following these instructions).
The basic idea seems to be to get a short length of clean stem that you can plant in well-drained compost. The pineapple then needs a warm and brightly lit position to encourage it to grow – mine is sitting on the bedroom windowsill with the lemons and peppers.
If all goes to plan then new leaves should start forming from the centre of the crown.
Rhiannon wrote:
...on Tue, Jul 22 '08 (1291 days ago)