My Pineapple from Walmart-

[aphdmansoc]

I bought a fresh pineapple at walmart a couple years back. I cut it and served it...it was good. I saved the top and stuck it in a flower pot 2.5 years ago. The thing survived......I brought it inside during the winter, 2 winters....and now it blooms!....in a flower pot.

This sounds like a beautiful Karma (Karmanic?) experience. Nurture it well grasshopper, nurture it well.

[aphdmansoc]

Brojohn you deserve to see this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_daN5_pUlnE

[fishinkeylargo]

In S. FL they take 18 to 24 months to fruit the 1st time, after that maybe every 12 months. If it does fruit don't be tempted to pick it early it will almost fall off when ready.

[brojohn]

Thank you fish......I will not pick it......

[locknload]

Very cool! Tell me brojohn, what kind of soil did you use? Was it regular potting soil, or something specially prepared?
This inquiring mind would like to know. I've been buying pineapples from Sam's club all summer; & I've been making some
really good pina coladas with them!

Oh, & another question: how big was the pot??

[brojohn]

UPDATE:

I used composted manure...like $1.50 a bag from Lowes.
I started it in a small pot-less that 1 gallon. This spring I transfered to to a real large pot- maybe 12 gallon.

It looks like my purple flower has turned into a real pineapple-


edit: notice my "Taurus" in the background?

[Wolfie]

We just started one, here. Are you telling me that it'll be 2 1/2 before I get another pineapple?

Pineapples take A LONG time to get the initial propagation...they grew them by the thousands where i was raised and a new field would look barron for quite some time (up to 7 years for full yield).

[john_bud]

UPDATE:

I used composted manure...like $1.50 a bag from Lowes.
I started it in a small pot-less that 1 gallon. This spring I transfered to to a real large pot- maybe 12 gallon.

It looks like my purple flower has turned into a real pineapple-


edit: notice my "Taurus" in the background?

Is it on the hood of that old junker car?...