Plant pineapple: explained step by step

You can plant raspberries yourself, plant radishes, why not pull pineapple yourself? The exotic fruit can be planted here in your own home! However, you will need a bit more (more) patience because it can take a year or two or more for a new pineapple to form. But for the start you do not need much, except one fresh pineapple, water, a glass, a pot of earth and a sharp knife.

Plant pineapple: step by step

  1. Use the knife to remove the foliage from the fruit. Remove both the rest of the flesh from the leafy head and the lower leaves so the roots can grow unimpeded.
  2. Let the stalk dry for several hours, better one more day. So you can avoid that he molds. Tip: To reduce the risk of rot, you can also rub in the interface with charcoal pieces that will disinfect.
  3. Place the stem in a glass of water so that only the lower area is covered. Now it takes a few weeks to see roots.
  4. If the roots have a length of about three to five millimeters, you plant the pineapple in a pot with nutrient-poor soil and put it best on a window with plenty of sunshine.

Plant pineapple: Tips for the care

An optimal room temperature for the pineapple starts from 25 ° C. In addition, the pineapple plant needs a high humidity, which you also with a film hood can reach. Lightly water your pineapple plant every two to three weeks and remove the hood regularly to air.



The plant has grown when it drives out in the middle of the leaf middle. It takes at least a year to blossom and a new fruit, maybe two or three years? but luckily the pineapple plant is a real adornment.

The pineapple is harvested when it is yellowish in color. Then she can finally be eaten with relish.

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