Guest guest Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 I have grown plants from store bought pineapples but never had them get very large I am growing grapefruit from seeds that I saved from one I ate and they sure take a lot of patience But then again, my office isn't Florida! n Rollings, PhD NJ Licensed Psychologist #4686 www.DrnRollings.com 908-500-7295 Sent from my IPod Touch On Nov 3, 2010, at 8:08 PM, " yairs " <yair44234@...> wrote: > my army of pineapples is growing in size! > I now have 5 maturing plants filling up the living room(: > have any of you guys/gals been growing these? > > it's quite easy to root from crowns but you do need lots of space and patience(: > > I did " cheat " and bought one plants with the fruit already blooming on it (the other 4 where grown from the crown of store bought fruit)..the blooming fruit was eaten about 2 months ago, but I kept watering the mother plant and now I found 2 more " shoots " coming out of it! > Now I wonder - I know some people remove the shoots and plant it in a separate pot to grow a new plant..since space is limited and I basically ran out of it - could I grow these " ratoon " fruit on the mother plant itself without removing the shoots? > I'll post photos soon, when I'm home during day hours.. > > Yair > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 hey Marrion, have you managed to reach the fruiting stage with your pineapples? The link shows the most current state of my indoors jungle(: http://tinypic.com/r/s4awir/7 Have a good weekend! Yair > > > my army of pineapples is growing in size! > > I now have 5 maturing plants filling up the living room(: > > have any of you guys/gals been growing these? > > > > it's quite easy to root from crowns but you do need lots of space and patience(: > > > > I did " cheat " and bought one plants with the fruit already blooming on it (the other 4 where grown from the crown of store bought fruit)..the blooming fruit was eaten about 2 months ago, but I kept watering the mother plant and now I found 2 more " shoots " coming out of it! > > Now I wonder - I know some people remove the shoots and plant it in a separate pot to grow a new plant..since space is limited and I basically ran out of it - could I grow these " ratoon " fruit on the mother plant itself without removing the shoots? > > I'll post photos soon, when I'm home during day hours.. > > > > Yair > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 hey Marrion, have you managed to reach the fruiting stage with your pineapples? The link shows the most current state of my indoors jungle(: http://tinypic.com/r/s4awir/7 Have a good weekend! Yair > > > my army of pineapples is growing in size! > > I now have 5 maturing plants filling up the living room(: > > have any of you guys/gals been growing these? > > > > it's quite easy to root from crowns but you do need lots of space and patience(: > > > > I did " cheat " and bought one plants with the fruit already blooming on it (the other 4 where grown from the crown of store bought fruit)..the blooming fruit was eaten about 2 months ago, but I kept watering the mother plant and now I found 2 more " shoots " coming out of it! > > Now I wonder - I know some people remove the shoots and plant it in a separate pot to grow a new plant..since space is limited and I basically ran out of it - could I grow these " ratoon " fruit on the mother plant itself without removing the shoots? > > I'll post photos soon, when I'm home during day hours.. > > > > Yair > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 No never got to that stage. Yours look great though n Rollings, PhD NJ Licensed Psychologist #4686 www.DrnRollings.com 908-500-7295 Sent from my IPod Touch On Nov 5, 2010, at 11:50 AM, " yairs " <yair44234@...> wrote: > hey Marrion, have you managed to reach the fruiting stage with your pineapples? > > The link shows the most current state of my indoors jungle(: > > http://tinypic.com/r/s4awir/7 > > Have a good weekend! > > Yair > > > > > > > my army of pineapples is growing in size! > > > I now have 5 maturing plants filling up the living room(: > > > have any of you guys/gals been growing these? > > > > > > it's quite easy to root from crowns but you do need lots of space and patience(: > > > > > > I did " cheat " and bought one plants with the fruit already blooming on it (the other 4 where grown from the crown of store bought fruit)..the blooming fruit was eaten about 2 months ago, but I kept watering the mother plant and now I found 2 more " shoots " coming out of it! > > > Now I wonder - I know some people remove the shoots and plant it in a separate pot to grow a new plant..since space is limited and I basically ran out of it - could I grow these " ratoon " fruit on the mother plant itself without removing the shoots? > > > I'll post photos soon, when I'm home during day hours.. > > > > > > Yair > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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