@@mothtv No worries, just grow it as an indoor plant. Remember they can tolerate a tiny hint of dry, but just barely frosty night air. So you can place them outside during your "Summer" months. (Just be aware of when overnight frosts are likely in Spring and Autumn). Remember they are semi-drought tolerant so don't water them too much, especially when it's cooler. In the tropics then rain-water may collect in the centre and even small frogs etc live there, but in cooler climates water collecting is likely to lead to rot, so avoid it.
How to grow a pine apple in America 1) cut the top off 2) plant it in the ground 3) wait 18 mounts 4) eat the squirrels that ate your pineapple the night before you were going to harvest it
This is my favorite gardening channel. Mark’s knowledge, perspective, temperament, and optimistic realism is inspiring to me. I live in a 9b plant hardiness zone. I’m thinking pineapples may be in my gardening future.
@Anna Must that's for sure, now just imagine him with a rifle (hes mentioned many times that he is ex military and used a lot of weapons), i mean Arnie might not get scared, but if i saw Mark angry... well put it this way at least hes a top bloke and he is very much cool calm and collected. They breed em big up in northern Australia, lots of real big guys up there
I'm right there with you, my friend! I've got 9 in the ground, two in pots, and three more tops waiting for potting soil. For some reason, here in Central Florida, they seem to do better if I plant them in a pot first, perhaps because we get so much rain. This year I got five beautiful pineapples - Ate two and canned the other three! Even home-canned they are much better than commerical!
@@Theonetruezelda it can look healthy, but sometimes you have to look inside the crown to the new leaves. It should have new leaves, but sometimes you can only see a hole with 1 or 2 new leaves that are 5mm long or so.
I'm in the same boat, all i can suggest is binge watch a few different gardening channels, i have been for a little while learning so much. I've been watching another guys channel that does aquaponics that actually lives in the same area somewhat as Mark does and another couple that has a channel from north America, but i have been watching Mark's the most lately, his personality enthusiasm and content is addictive. If you are interested I'd be happy to show you the other channels too, but Mark is simply brilliant in my opinion. Now, be safe with what's going on in the world, and have fun in the garden. All the best 👍
You had me at "Cut the top off and bang it in the ground." Made my day! I'll be trying this method this evening. Thank you for the awesome video! :):):)
I bought a pineapple plant from a florist 2 months ago and planted it at home. It has fascinated me so much I decided to do what you do and grow my own pineapples at home! I have 6 plants going now and I can tell you one thing, even if you can find a pineapple at the grocery store with the top still on it (mostly Coles has them), the top is still nowhere near as excellent as one you can buy from a fruit shop. I like to put my store bought pineapples next to my pineapple plant for a few days before taking the top off and eventually eating them. I'm not sure if it actually makes any difference but I swear the pineapples taste so much better after they've all mingled! Thank you for you video!
Then buy the ones with tops on. It's only done in the first place to increase the amount of pineapple you can ship at once to reduce shipping costs, not to stop alternative healers from lifehacking their 2 year exotic fruit project.
Not really, it reduces transport volume (which is quite significant) and makes handling of the produce much easier. Also, for consumers who just want a pineapple to eat/cooking, they can just place the fruit in their bag, and not worry about it puncturing their other produce.
this guy needs a show on tv. Bugger Burke and his backyard this guy is where its at. thanks for the informative and easy going videos. Makes it so much more enjoyable with the casualness of it.
I did it years ago as a flunky and got pineapples in Vancouver, you just reminded me, I am retired in Mexico now, I should get a better crop, Thank You, self sufficient You!
Attilio -- When you grew them in Vancouver, do you mean you grew them in pots and brought them indoors for the winter? Or did they winter outside okay? And how long from planting till harvest? Thank you.
@@uekiguy5886 they were actually on a porch facing South, and yes I would move them (2 plants) inside behind the glass during rainy times, during the six year I tended them, the fruit looked healthy till it got as big as a fist, it wouldn't grow, and gradually it would dry up. Those plants sure looked beautiful thought
Thank you again I love this video. I just got done watching one where they said be very very very gentle don’t get any dirt above this little piece right here. And here you are in this video and your other video just slamming it into the dirt. I absolutely love it! Thank you again.
That is amazing about the pineapple reverting back to being small after the first generation or so,I have to try that I have 2 coming out now and I will do like you said ,you are a genius.
G'day Mark! Love the commentary. I like the look of them growing in glass jars (decorative indoor plants while they root, plus I get root growth quickly from home-made rooting mix, & I get much longer roots in water than directly in the ground. During winter I also found that my outdoor pineapples didn't look so good, but my pineapples in jars did really well since I brought them inside. Pineapples are such survivors like you said; I forgot about 1 that I planted in clay in a pot last year & while it's not doing great at all (think barely alive) it still survived with no attention at all. I dug it out, put it in a jar of water & it's doing well again. The reason people remove the fruit from the top when growing a new one is because they are probably growing them in water & the fruit makes the water manky with rot very quickly. I found that removing quite a few leaves also gives more surface area for roots to form around the 'leaf nodes' in water which gets them well established when I do "bung them in the ground". All listed above definitely not necessary though. Just bung them in from the start & stuff the fruit-market capitalists! Thanks Mark.
I plan to try this. Someone from ?? Dominican Republic was telling me about drinking this way. I cannot remember the specific health benefits. Curious. Do you know?
Love to Garden you can also use the skin to make a kind of kambucha. We make this in the Dominican republic and drink it cold with some ice and either honey or sugar. You just put the skin ( not top) in water in a jug and let it ferment for two to four days. And then strains and serve with ice.
You're so funny lol we share the same sarcasm and I do the same things when people ask me how I grow certain things. "Well, it's tough, but you throw it into the ground." hahaha
I like how you get right to business on your videos. I am in BC Canada so a lot of stuff you show I can't grow in my garden but you have good information and I enjoy your teaching style.
Loved hearing your experience at growing them! I would add to always remember to pour your water into the top just like in a rainforest, even a couple of times each day if needed.
Just gonna say, I was growing one in a pot indoors (too cold outside) and it was doing great until I did this. It died. Rot is a huge risk for pineapple so only get it wet if the air is warm and dry enough to evaporate it within a few hours.
Day 23 of coronavirus shelter-at-home, and this is the first thing to make me actually laugh out loud. i love pineapple and want to plant them myself, and everything this guy said in this video has been both informative and hilarious. keep at it, man!
Hello! Finally a no BS video. Thank you for the very very useful information and background. Just planted my first one here in Dubai. Fingers crossed 😃🍍
Sweet. Pineapples are the bomb. *P.S., I'd never buy a pineapple with the top cut off for the simple reason I like setting my pineapples where I can look at them until they're eaten. Who wants to look at a pineapple without it's top!
On my first of Many vacations to Maui I bought and brought home a few Pineapples. I kept the top and replanted them. Fast forward 30 years later 2 are still producing from the fruit stem each harvest! Like Golden Sweetness!🥰
It took 2 seasons, but I was able to grow TWO pineapples from the top of ONE store-bought pineapple. One of the fruit I grew was comparable to the ones on offer in the store, the second came later on the same stalk, below the original one and was about the size of the one at the beginning of the video. So no excuses! If I can do it in northeastern Texas, you can do it wherever YOU are!
@@WillyOneEye93 It won’t do well at all in temps below 60-ish. I overwintered mine in my garden room under lights, but a warm sunny greenhouse would probably be better. I watered less over winter, but never let it get truly dry. After the two fruit were harvested, the plant started declining, so I composted it. It took up a HUGE amount of space in my garden room, like about 4 feet across, even after I snipped off the pointy bits at the end of each leaf. Those were too dangerous and painful to let stay. Being so big, I probably won’t grow it again. But it was fun to know I could, and the Hubs was amazed. 🙃
@@WinkTartanBelle awesome thank you for the reply. I guess I’ll have to wait until the day I build a greenhouse. Something to do in my old age lol. I’m curious did it put off any pups? Also how big of a pot did you use?
@@WillyOneEye93 It’s been a couple of years so I might be wrong, but I don’t remember it having any pups, like an aloe Vera would. Possible I missed them though. By the time we harvested the second fruit it was getting time for putting in my Fall garden, so I was finished with playing with that spiky pineapple. I started the cutting (top of the supermarket pineapple) in a tiny 2 inch pot of regular potting soil. Once it rooted and showed new growth I potted it up into a 4-6 inch pot. I remember putting it in a PLASTIC 14 inch pot because I wanted to hold in moisture and I had just repotted my miniature rose garden that was in that pot before. I repotted it the second year just as I was taking it from the garden room to the patio. That last pot was about 12 inches deep and 18 inches across. Also plastic. I kept it out in the hottest and sunniest place on my back patio. I used regular potting soil the whole time. I make mine with roughly equal parts vermiculite, perlite, cocoa coir, peat moss. I fed it some organic liquid fertilizer (balanced) but not on any particular schedule. Just whatever I had when I thought about it as I was feeding other houseplants that were out there.
Since I live in Goa, I do exactly the same and harvest my own Ananas NB: Initially I rooted them in water, however, after a while I just planted them the way you do.
Thanks Mark, we’re gonna try this out here in San Antonio Texas. My wife and have been following you for a while and our garden is coming along nicely. It helps that we live in a Sub Tropical climate as well. Keep up the great work!
I'm planning on getting some metal barrels for above ground planting. So thanks for all you do brother. It's helping me get a starting grasp of gardening. You're awesome.
The more people who can grow pineapples the better. The multi nationals are wrecking the environment in places like Costa Rica and Madagascar in particular. The big houses of the gentry had arrived in polite society if the had a pineapple house. Enormous amounts of fossil fuel went into the production just to show off to their friends. Meanwhile the poor scraped along somehow. Monoculture of such luxury items is contributing to vast global degradation. The indigenous people never benefit, they are just left on the sideline. Keep growing, and don't be mean to the kids!
I love anything you post! Every one is so enjoyable! I accidentally grew a pineapple once, but thought it was no good because it stayed really small! Now, thanks to you, I know. 😀😀😀
try this. cut the little pinapple in half- length wise so you have 2 boats. scoop out the flesh and chop it up mix with a punnet of stawberrys in a bowl drizzle with bacardi or grand mariner and let marinate for half an hour or so. put the mix back into the pinapple boats top with cream or ice cream and stuff ya face.
I love it! (BTW, try making tea with the peelings, it's delicious!) I'll do some research on the temperatures it tolerates; here in the middle of Argentina Winters are sort of cold some years -about -5 or -10°C
I dont care if it bears fruit or not, really, I want to have the plant itself mainly, and be proud of the fact I did that, got a baby pineapple tree. But if it produces fruit, that's good too. I subscribed, this guy sounds like he really knows what he's talking about, and not an arrogant jerk like so many other videos on here. Thanks.
We have those small sized pineapples that has the sweetest taste here in Java. Thank you Sir, I always love your videos. You always gave new fresh ideas about gardening. Thank you. 😀
Thank you SSM, you're correct! I've seen other videos where they to great extremes to plant the top to get a plant to produce fruit. You're such a great example for just stick it in the ground and water. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
I have noticed pineapples being sold with the tops removed recently, and, yes, that's petty, selfish, and ridiculous of the famers to do that. What, like, we little people are going to suddenly grow a pineapple plantation from the tops and take business away from them? Thank you for telling people not to buy those with the tops removed -- I agree! I love your honest, no-nonsense, and simplistic approach to gardening. I enjoy all your videos. You do a fab job! Thank you!
You're funny and informative...good combination. My hubby and I watched 20+ of your videos today. I'm hooked!!! Now, you said you can grow them in pots...I didn't do well when I tried. You have any pointers????? Please?????
I like how you view things in Gardening! You have a good attitude about selfish Farmers! 😀😂 I haven't seen pineapples without the tops, but I'd never buy one without it, either!! Thanks for this video---it was informative, cute, & funny too! 😍
The original pineapple plant won't flower again, but the pup that he showed will produce a pineapple, so keep the plant. Extra pups can be removed and planted.
Planted my first pineapple last summer. Its winter here now, but its happily thriving in my bedroom window :) Can't wait to see it (hopefully) grow a fruit when it warms up again.
Update! A year later from my initial comment, I have two organic pineapples growing in my old vegetable bed, I just tossed them in and hoped for the best, they are doing well! I recently brought home two pineapple caps where the manufacture removed the stalks. My thinking was perhaps since the roots of the plant are in the base of the cap, perhaps they will grow? I just don't know, but it's a fun experiment!
@@naimurrahman2905 Yes! They continue to grow, just no signs of fruit. The stalks are getting long...I love looking at them, will keep you updated if things 'grow' so to speak..
You live in paradise .. when I was in Bargara I put a three inch piece of sugarcane form the side of the road into our yard ,, within a week it had sprouted ... your soil rocks mate
Snow tolerant, now snow is something I have limited experience with but one day before I die I want to see a white Christmas in person! That would be beautiful. Cheers :)
Rev John O'Toole It's indeed too cold to grow them outside where I live. I wonder how they'd fare indoors? My grandmother had a pineapple top she was growing in her house, however the roots rotted and it died. I think it was from too much water.
Greetings from San Diego. I am a massive pineapple fan, they are my favorite fruit. Glad i stumbled upon this video. I knew the pineapple was related to the beautiful bromeliad. I did nopt know that you could wack the tops off and plant them yourself. I am gonna give it a go! Also, ive never seen a pineapple for sale without the head on it. But I am sure I would have told the market to get stuffed out of principal. Liked and subbed, Cheers.
Im so glad I saw this video. Got a pineapple plant from the store and the pineapple is small and has turned yellow. Thought I messed up the size but glad to see they're suppose to be this small
YOU are so good! Entertaining and so genuine. I learned so much and giggled throughout this video and the ending cracked me up! New subbie for sure. Thanks for sharing!
"cut the top off, and bung it into the ground" this guy is a legend. People like this inspired me to get into gardening.
do it bro, it's very peaceful
Kinda thinking about it, doubt they'd grow in Scotland here though.
@@mothtv Stick them in the greenhouse or bring them in the conservatory in the cold months mate ;)
@@RPLAsmodeus got to look into this, thanks for sharing this informative video 👍
@@mothtv No worries, just grow it as an indoor plant. Remember they can tolerate a tiny hint of dry, but just barely frosty night air. So you can place them outside during your "Summer" months. (Just be aware of when overnight frosts are likely in Spring and Autumn). Remember they are semi-drought tolerant so don't water them too much, especially when it's cooler. In the tropics then rain-water may collect in the centre and even small frogs etc live there, but in cooler climates water collecting is likely to lead to rot, so avoid it.
How to grow a pine apple in America
1) cut the top off
2) plant it in the ground
3) wait 18 mounts
4) eat the squirrels that ate your pineapple the night before you were going to harvest it
I spray hot pepper in water bottle around my plants critters don’t like it cheap Tabasco mixed with water shake up n spray. Try that.😉
number 4 made me laugh
Eating the little bastard would be to kind.
Hahahaha best part about living in a mighty poor country is we eat the squirrel before it gets to the pineapple
@@sherryc90true lol 😁😀😂🤣
"Bung it in the ground," is one of the greatest pieces of gardening advice I've ever heard.
I have to use that more often then lol... Cheers Ian :)
😂😂
Yes. Finally a str8 forward no long intros. Gardening lesson
Very informative. Thank you! Also loved your performance as Maximus in Gladiator.
LOL Maximum Gardinous ;)
Best comment ever!
Lol hilarious!
Exactly what I was thinking too! 😂
This is my favorite gardening channel. Mark’s knowledge, perspective, temperament, and optimistic realism is inspiring to me. I live in a 9b plant hardiness zone. I’m thinking pineapples may be in my gardening future.
Says "not too big, about the size of my fist"
Has the biggest fists in Australia
🤣
😂😂😂🤣🤣
Maybe battom fist is as big as that pineapple lol 😂😂😂
@Anna Must that's for sure, now just imagine him with a rifle (hes mentioned many times that he is ex military and used a lot of weapons), i mean Arnie might not get scared, but if i saw Mark angry... well put it this way at least hes a top bloke and he is very much cool calm and collected. They breed em big up in northern Australia, lots of real big guys up there
@Anna Must his passion and enthusiasm is addictive isn't it
I'm right there with you, my friend! I've got 9 in the ground, two in pots, and three more tops waiting for potting soil. For some reason, here in Central Florida, they seem to do better if I plant them in a pot first, perhaps because we get so much rain. This year I got five beautiful pineapples - Ate two and canned the other three! Even home-canned they are much better than commerical!
How often do you water pineapple plants? Mine always get too much water and die..😢
@@Theonetruezelda they dont die if they are healthy. The growing point could be cut out. The plant will rot then.
@@kokoslegend4850 they are always healthy at first, my question was how often do I need to water them?
@@Theonetruezelda well the soil should be moist, but not too wet. You dont want to soak them, but the soil should never dry out.
@@Theonetruezelda it can look healthy, but sometimes you have to look inside the crown to the new leaves. It should have new leaves, but sometimes you can only see a hole with 1 or 2 new leaves that are 5mm long or so.
'They can get stuffed.' I like you, man. Lol
lol
lol I was thinking the exact same thing.
lol.. you tell 'em man
"Bugger Them!!!"
Robert Roberts I'm with you, no top on the pineapple, no sale!
hmmm? I wonder what "getting stuffed" means? LOL
I didn't even know mini pineapples existed until today. They're frickin cute!
Lol! I didn't know either.
Seriously amazing!
mpc77769 ,there are more tiny ones even, the size of ,say, his nose...but they have long stalks(6 to 10 inches long)🤗
When I arrived in Australia and saw the pineapples I thought it was giant pineapples 😂 this size pineapples are the pineapples I grew up with.
its for sale in shops here, in country Georgia (not the state!)
You've omitted one important step:
Step 1. Buy a few acres of land in a warm climate.
Step 2. ...
;)
Yes it does help! :)
Can still be grown in a vase ;)
Maybe keep it indoor in the winter if necessary
We've got pineapples in pots on our little patio. They've just started fruiting this year! They survive a lot of abuse and neglect.
Think you can grow them in a large pot ..bring in during cold weather..
Dont need acres..
I've had one in a pot for over 3 years and it hasn't done much of anything.
makes for an interesting looking houseplant tho :P
Him:"they're so easy to grow, you really can't fail"
Me: stares at my 5 dead pineapple tops.
I planted 3 and 2 survived
YYYAAAASSS! Samesies!
Did you over water? Over watering leads to rot and death.
@@turecomuerde that could have been the case
Hahaha! Thanks for a good laugh! Classic.
Just harvested ours and it was about the same size and color as the one your holding and it was honestly the best pineapple I have ever ate!!
You know what's best about this guy all of his videos are straight to the point and if you don't need extra steps he don't add them
OMG, him eating it at the end. THAT'S what I was anticipating. Sooooo satisfying.
You KNOW I'm gonna buy a pineapple next time I go to town now. 😅
I’m just beginning to start gardening and your enthusiasm is contagious! Thanks for your content! 👍🏼
I'm in the same boat, all i can suggest is binge watch a few different gardening channels, i have been for a little while learning so much. I've been watching another guys channel that does aquaponics that actually lives in the same area somewhat as Mark does and another couple that has a channel from north America, but i have been watching Mark's the most lately, his personality enthusiasm and content is addictive. If you are interested I'd be happy to show you the other channels too, but Mark is simply brilliant in my opinion. Now, be safe with what's going on in the world, and have fun in the garden. All the best 👍
You had me at "Cut the top off and bang it in the ground." Made my day! I'll be trying this method this evening. Thank you for the awesome video! :):):)
Melanie Cambria *bung
I bought a pineapple plant from a florist 2 months ago and planted it at home. It has fascinated me so much I decided to do what you do and grow my own pineapples at home! I have 6 plants going now and I can tell you one thing, even if you can find a pineapple at the grocery store with the top still on it (mostly Coles has them), the top is still nowhere near as excellent as one you can buy from a fruit shop. I like to put my store bought pineapples next to my pineapple plant for a few days before taking the top off and eventually eating them. I'm not sure if it actually makes any difference but I swear the pineapples taste so much better after they've all mingled! Thank you for you video!
I've gotten 3 mini pineapples from one big one over the fast few years. The 4th tree is growing up now. The sweetest pineapples I've ever tasted.
This is the Bob Ross of gardening. Really awesome to watch!
you said it mate, I actualy wont buy them if tops of its rude and controling , we have a right to grow our own food. thank you.
Then buy the ones with tops on. It's only done in the first place to increase the amount of pineapple you can ship at once to reduce shipping costs, not to stop alternative healers from lifehacking their 2 year exotic fruit project.
@@Sam-vi2ho Well said
Not really, it reduces transport volume (which is quite significant) and makes handling of the produce much easier. Also, for consumers who just want a pineapple to eat/cooking, they can just place the fruit in their bag, and not worry about it puncturing their other produce.
this guy needs a show on tv. Bugger Burke and his backyard this guy is where its at. thanks for the informative and easy going videos. Makes it so much more enjoyable with the casualness of it.
I did it years ago as a flunky and got pineapples in Vancouver, you just reminded me, I am retired in Mexico now, I should get a better crop,
Thank You, self sufficient You!
Attilio -- When you grew them in Vancouver, do you mean you grew them in pots and brought them indoors for the winter? Or did they winter outside okay? And how long from planting till harvest? Thank you.
@@uekiguy5886 they were actually on a porch facing South, and yes I would move them (2 plants) inside behind the glass during rainy times, during the six year I tended them, the fruit looked healthy till it got as big as a fist, it wouldn't grow, and gradually it would dry up.
Those plants sure looked beautiful thought
@@greattubing2880 -- Thank you so much for replying. I appreciate it.
This was recommended to me, now I’m gonna start farming and gardening.
whose mouth is watering looking at the pineapples?
I'd love to have a piece
Spongebob
Mine lol
Almost thought i read hunter hayes
Do you really mean that you want a list of names?
If so why?
Thank you again I love this video. I just got done watching one where they said be very very very gentle don’t get any dirt above this little piece right here. And here you are in this video and your other video just slamming it into the dirt. I absolutely love it! Thank you again.
That is amazing about the pineapple reverting back to being small after the first generation or so,I have to try that I have 2 coming out now and I will do like you said ,you are a genius.
G'day Mark! Love the commentary. I like the look of them growing in glass jars (decorative indoor plants while they root, plus I get root growth quickly from home-made rooting mix, & I get much longer roots in water than directly in the ground. During winter I also found that my outdoor pineapples didn't look so good, but my pineapples in jars did really well since I brought them inside. Pineapples are such survivors like you said; I forgot about 1 that I planted in clay in a pot last year & while it's not doing great at all (think barely alive) it still survived with no attention at all. I dug it out, put it in a jar of water & it's doing well again. The reason people remove the fruit from the top when growing a new one is because they are probably growing them in water & the fruit makes the water manky with rot very quickly. I found that removing quite a few leaves also gives more surface area for roots to form around the 'leaf nodes' in water which gets them well established when I do "bung them in the ground". All listed above definitely not necessary though. Just bung them in from the start & stuff the fruit-market capitalists! Thanks Mark.
I just harvested my first pineapple.:) I made pineapple tea with the skin. It was delicious!
I plan to try this. Someone from ?? Dominican Republic was telling me about drinking this way. I cannot remember the specific health benefits. Curious. Do you know?
Love to Garden you can also use the skin to make a kind of kambucha. We make this in the Dominican republic and drink it cold with some ice and either honey or sugar. You just put the skin ( not top) in water in a jug and let it ferment for two to four days. And then strains and serve with ice.
da1stamericus sounds delicious!
Love to Garden how do you make pineapple tea exactly!??? This sounds interesting.
How do you make the tea?
I love the way Aussies cuss. They can stuff it, buggered them! Lol In America that hardly comes off as an insult. It sounds cute, actually.
That’s half the reason I watch all Marks videos!
I love the off the cuff AUS slang!
There you go, it is cute. When first aussie called me a cunt I knew I have made a friend.
You're so funny lol we share the same sarcasm and I do the same things when people ask me how I grow certain things. "Well, it's tough, but you throw it into the ground." hahaha
you like him Not because he is funny, you like him because he is REAL, real and authentic are rare traits nowadays.
That mini pineapple is really gorgeous. Thanks for sharing your expertise!
I’ve grown pineapples in my garden and he’s right it so easy to grow them! Cheers Mate!😀
I like how you get right to business on your videos. I am in BC Canada so a lot of stuff you show I can't grow in my garden but you have good information and I enjoy your teaching style.
Loved hearing your experience at growing them! I would add to always remember to pour your water into the top just like in a rainforest, even a couple of times each day if needed.
Just gonna say, I was growing one in a pot indoors (too cold outside) and it was doing great until I did this. It died. Rot is a huge risk for pineapple so only get it wet if the air is warm and dry enough to evaporate it within a few hours.
We have a dozen or so in our yard. Been growing them for years. Great video!
Day 23 of coronavirus shelter-at-home, and this is the first thing to make me actually laugh out loud. i love pineapple and want to plant them myself, and everything this guy said in this video has been both informative and hilarious. keep at it, man!
Hello!
Finally a no BS video. Thank you for the very very useful information and background. Just planted my first one here in Dubai. Fingers crossed 😃🍍
Sweet. Pineapples are the bomb.
*P.S., I'd never buy a pineapple with the top cut off for the simple reason I like setting my pineapples where I can look at them until they're eaten. Who wants to look at a pineapple without it's top!
that's like looking at a grenade without the firing pin.. you don't look at nades when the firing pins gone!
Giggity! 👁️👁️
👅
Lool
On my first of Many vacations to Maui I bought and brought home a few Pineapples. I kept the top and replanted them. Fast forward 30 years later 2 are still producing from the fruit stem each harvest! Like Golden Sweetness!🥰
It took 2 seasons, but I was able to grow TWO pineapples from the top of ONE store-bought pineapple. One of the fruit I grew was comparable to the ones on offer in the store, the second came later on the same stalk, below the original one and was about the size of the one at the beginning of the video. So no excuses! If I can do it in northeastern Texas, you can do it wherever YOU are!
I’m also in ne texas. How did it do during the winter?
@@WillyOneEye93 It won’t do well at all in temps below 60-ish. I overwintered mine in my garden room under lights, but a warm sunny greenhouse would probably be better. I watered less over winter, but never let it get truly dry. After the two fruit were harvested, the plant started declining, so I composted it. It took up a HUGE amount of space in my garden room, like about 4 feet across, even after I snipped off the pointy bits at the end of each leaf. Those were too dangerous and painful to let stay. Being so big, I probably won’t grow it again. But it was fun to know I could, and the Hubs was amazed. 🙃
@@WinkTartanBelle awesome thank you for the reply. I guess I’ll have to wait until the day I build a greenhouse. Something to do in my old age lol. I’m curious did it put off any pups? Also how big of a pot did you use?
@@WillyOneEye93 It’s been a couple of years so I might be wrong, but I don’t remember it having any pups, like an aloe Vera would. Possible I missed them though. By the time we harvested the second fruit it was getting time for putting in my Fall garden, so I was finished with playing with that spiky pineapple.
I started the cutting (top of the supermarket pineapple) in a tiny 2 inch pot of regular potting soil. Once it rooted and showed new growth I potted it up into a 4-6 inch pot. I remember putting it in a PLASTIC 14 inch pot because I wanted to hold in moisture and I had just repotted my miniature rose garden that was in that pot before. I repotted it the second year just as I was taking it from the garden room to the patio. That last pot was about 12 inches deep and 18 inches across. Also plastic. I kept it out in the hottest and sunniest place on my back patio. I used regular potting soil the whole time. I make mine with roughly equal parts vermiculite, perlite, cocoa coir, peat moss. I fed it some organic liquid fertilizer (balanced) but not on any particular schedule. Just whatever I had when I thought about it as I was feeding other houseplants that were out there.
Excellent education. It’s good to know it’s that simple and they are drought tolerant.
Since I live in Goa, I do exactly the same and harvest my own Ananas
NB: Initially I rooted them in water, however, after a while I just planted them the way you do.
Awesome dude! I'm doing an urban organic garden here in Bangkok, Thailand. I watch all your vids. You have THE BEST advice! 😎😊😉
Cheers mate, you're a bloody legend. These vlogs are just fantastic, I just subscribed keep up the great work, it's a 10!!
Thanks Mark, we’re gonna try this out here in San Antonio Texas. My wife and have been following you for a while and our garden is coming along nicely. It helps that we live in a Sub Tropical climate as well. Keep up the great work!
We live in San Antonio too. did they grow? we just bought 2 to try today.
I live in Texas also. And I have to say there's nothing subtropical about it. It's semiarid
Great video! We are planting some in our garden. Watching from Laos! 🍍
This guy is awesome. I normally watch his videos in my lunch break, very relaxing.
Thank goodness ! I don't have to do all the extra work?! Just cut and plant. Thats the way I like it. Thanks for sharing :) subscribed!
I'm planning on getting some metal barrels for above ground planting. So thanks for all you do brother. It's helping me get a starting grasp of gardening. You're awesome.
"they can get stuffed" I love this guy!
I love this channel it’s the most Aussie thing and it’s helping me how to grow plants in Australia
The more people who can grow pineapples the better. The multi nationals are wrecking the environment in places like Costa Rica and Madagascar in particular. The big houses of the gentry had arrived in polite society if the had a pineapple house. Enormous amounts of fossil fuel went into the production just to show off to their friends. Meanwhile the poor scraped along somehow. Monoculture of such luxury items is contributing to vast global degradation. The indigenous people never benefit, they are just left on the sideline. Keep growing, and don't be mean to the kids!
Wendy Rowland this is heartbreaking
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Wendy Rowland palm oil and banana plantations take up miles of important rain forests also
I love anything you post! Every one is so enjoyable! I accidentally grew a pineapple once, but thought it was no good because it stayed really small!
Now, thanks to you, I know. 😀😀😀
try this. cut the little pinapple in half- length wise so you have 2 boats. scoop out the flesh and chop it up mix with a punnet of stawberrys in a bowl drizzle with bacardi or grand mariner and let marinate for half an hour or so. put the mix back into the pinapple boats top with cream or ice cream and stuff ya face.
Wow that sounds delightful! OMG my mouth's watering... Thank you for the recipe Kirsty and cheers! :)
Thanks, Kirsty! This is the reason I read the comments, so many tips, tricks and wonderful recipes like yours.
Is there something else you can improvise with other than alcahol in the pineapple boat
That is my kinda pineapple!!!!! lol
Me too! 😂
Very first video I've ever seen from you and you've already got my subscription, I got a lot of videos to watch.
I love it!
(BTW, try making tea with the peelings, it's delicious!)
I'll do some research on the temperatures it tolerates; here in the middle of Argentina Winters are sort of cold some years -about -5 or -10°C
I dont care if it bears fruit or not, really, I want to have the plant itself mainly, and be proud of the fact I did that, got a baby pineapple tree. But if it produces fruit, that's good too. I subscribed, this guy sounds like he really knows what he's talking about, and not an arrogant jerk like so many other videos on here. Thanks.
Thanks man, tried it once before and the leaves went brown and died, going to try your way. :)
We have those small sized pineapples that has the sweetest taste here in Java. Thank you Sir, I always love your videos. You always gave new fresh ideas about gardening. Thank you. 😀
WHY... DID I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT GROWING PINEAPPLES BEFORE?!!!!!
english?
It takes about 18 months to get one
@@echosquest still worth it i mean if you have space to plant it
Because retail stores don't want us to :)
Thanks mate for such a down to earth straight forward simple method. Only ever buying pineapples with tops from now on.
☑ sell topless pineapple
☑ get stuffed
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☐ profit!
Ivan Does gaming they don’t. That’s the point
Stonks 100
Telling the truth, plain and simple, can't ask for more than that. Keep up the great videos, please.
I learned something about pineapples no other YT gardening channel has talked about THANKS!
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Thank you SSM, you're correct! I've seen other videos where they to great extremes to plant the top to get a plant to produce fruit. You're such a great example for just stick it in the ground and water. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
To play devils advocate they could be chopping the tops off to fit more in a box when shipping.
Thirtythree Eyes and not get spiked
I have noticed pineapples being sold with the tops removed recently, and, yes, that's petty, selfish, and ridiculous of the famers to do that. What, like, we little people are going to suddenly grow a pineapple plantation from the tops and take business away from them? Thank you for telling people not to buy those with the tops removed -- I agree! I love your honest, no-nonsense, and simplistic approach to gardening. I enjoy all your videos. You do a fab job! Thank you!
"They can get stuffed!' LOL! I literally laughed out loud. :D
You're funny and informative...good combination.
My hubby and I watched 20+ of your videos today. I'm hooked!!!
Now, you said you can grow them in pots...I didn't do well when I tried. You have any pointers????? Please?????
This gardener rocks ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I like how you view things in Gardening! You have a good attitude about selfish Farmers! 😀😂 I haven't seen pineapples without the tops, but I'd never buy one without it, either!! Thanks for this video---it was informative, cute, & funny too! 😍
"They can get stuffed."
Aaaand subbed.
I can’t stop watching these videos ❤️ big help on my family farm !!
Are pineapple plants a one and done plant?
Or will they continue to make fruit year after year?🍍🤔
The original pineapple plant won't flower again, but the pup that he showed will produce a pineapple, so keep the plant. Extra pups can be removed and planted.
@@onetuliptree oh dear, eventually there's just a million pineapple plants 😂
Planted my first pineapple last summer. Its winter here now, but its happily thriving in my bedroom window :) Can't wait to see it (hopefully) grow a fruit when it warms up again.
Update! A year later from my initial comment, I have two organic pineapples growing in my old vegetable bed, I just tossed them in and hoped for the best, they are doing well! I recently brought home two pineapple caps where the manufacture removed the stalks. My thinking was perhaps since the roots of the plant are in the base of the cap, perhaps they will grow? I just don't know, but it's a fun experiment!
Did they grow well?
@@naimurrahman2905 Yes! They continue to grow, just no signs of fruit. The stalks are getting long...I love looking at them, will keep you updated if things 'grow' so to speak..
@@DineseBeckert Awesome! Just planted one yesterday too.
Thanks and have a nice day.
You are honestly a legend mate!
u makes my mouth go water when u cut that pineapple
Learning so much here and having a good belly laugh at the same time. Thanks for sharing all your expertise and making it fun.
"They can get stuffed," Respect!
Bugger them!
@@dannynysus pretty sure they cut off the tops, to save on transportation costs tho
@@nomanejane5766 yeah me too 😂 there's no way they actually care about people making pineapple plants
they can get stuffed with said pineapple!
Absolutely wonderful mate. I have one sitting on my counter that I will do this tonight. Thanks.
You're so lucky you can grow so many things w all of that land all year around.18 months?!Not in IL!
Indoors? Plant light?
I must say your videos are really great. Please see this as some form of encouragement and keep up the good work. Well done.👍👍👍
mum use to grow them in pots with leaf mulch and a bit of horse manure
You live in paradise .. when I was in Bargara I put a three inch piece of sugarcane form the side of the road into our yard ,, within a week it had sprouted ... your soil rocks mate
wish they were snow tolerant!
you can juice the skin and core, very good.
thanks
NOW I have a good reason to finally purchase a juicer! Thank you! I did not know that about the skin and core. Woo Hoo! Bless, Sheila
Snow tolerant, now snow is something I have limited experience with but one day before I die I want to see a white Christmas in person! That would be beautiful. Cheers :)
this book is the best, I think,
The Juicing Bible Paperback - March 14, 2008
by Pat Crocker (Author)
Rev John O'Toole
It's indeed too cold to grow them outside where I live. I wonder how they'd fare indoors? My grandmother had a pineapple top she was growing in her house, however the roots rotted and it died. I think it was from too much water.
Can you show how to grow mango trees?
❤ First time growing a pineapple and its ready to harvest!!!! Im soo exciteddd.
I'm pretty sure it's got more to do with ease of tranport when they cut the tops off the pineapples.
I just did one. Got my fingers crossed. This is my first attempt. Thank you for the info.
It's September first, and the nights require jackets. That breaks, I'm moving to Aussie land. Hows immigration?
Well these days its a bit stricter lmao, yeah probably too soon, but you know its said and done i guess
Greetings from San Diego. I am a massive pineapple fan, they are my favorite fruit. Glad i stumbled upon this video. I knew the pineapple was related to the beautiful bromeliad. I did nopt know that you could wack the tops off and plant them yourself. I am gonna give it a go! Also, ive never seen a pineapple for sale without the head on it. But I am sure I would have told the market to get stuffed out of principal. Liked and subbed, Cheers.
Omg this is so cool!! But did he say "in 18 months"????? So thats over a year and a half wait for it to grow. Did I hear that right?
Yes 18 months but outdoors you might not notice the pineapple until fall, and it will be ready to pick in the summer.
@@onetuliptree thanks but I live in Canada so I think the pineapple would die when winter hits. cuz it can get -30C
Im so glad I saw this video. Got a pineapple plant from the store and the pineapple is small and has turned yellow. Thought I messed up the size but glad to see they're suppose to be this small
I live in a place with a harsh winter. Could I grow one in a bucket and bring it indoors under artificial light during winter?
I have never grown a pineapple before but i am like 99.999 percent sure that what you said will work just fine
Should be able to. The issue will be sufficient light strength
what a beautiful looking plant, now I want to give this a try.
“They can get stuffed” 😂🤣. “Bugger them” 🤣🤣🤣
YOU are so good! Entertaining and so genuine. I learned so much and giggled throughout this video and the ending cracked me up! New subbie for sure. Thanks for sharing!
LMAO "They can get stuffed" XD subbed for that one
Thank you! LOL
Your awesome, I love you growers giving me these great gardening tips