I have to apologize , the footage of cutting out the disk was lost in the cloud. To remove the disk, lay the pineapple on the side, using a sharp knife, cut straight down through the top inch of the pineapple. peal off any fruit flesh . Dip disk into a diluted beach -water solution. Rinse with fresh water allow to dry over night. The rest of the process is in the video. Ive used this method for all sorts of exotic pineapples. Make sure to watch the entire video as I have photos of my successes!
This is why I was looking for this video. I think they do that so that you can’t regrow it, like TGG said. It is their special variety, after all. But I want to grow it myself!
I'm not sure I would ever buy a pineapple without a top, however I never thought about someone trying to covet a special variety of Pineapple! I just figured it was to make shipping easier. Now you have me looking for Pineapples without tops! I like your disk method for preparing the pineapple plants. This seems to take stress off the plant so it put's all it's energy into new growth instead of saving the old leaves. Thanks for the information video!
You are so welcome! One coveted variety that comes to mind is the Honey Cream pineapple from Hawaii. Always comes crownless. The label on the fruit even says its patented and that Asexual reproduction is prohibited.
The only one I've ever found crownless was a pinkglow one which is for the same reason it's patented and they don't want you regrowing them but I'm definitely gonna try after seeing this lol
Awesome! I've been considering buying one of those sawed-off patented pink pineapples and try to propagate it just to spite the company... Now I definitely want to try!
Do you dry out the plug? Do you use a fungicide? Rooting Hormone? Seems every time I try this, mold starts at week 2. The bottom of the plug get moldy real fast especially on the heat mat. I really have no problem with the seeds but I want a shoot off the plug. Thanks for all your help and your videos...
Seems like they store and ship the pineapples refrigerated for long periods lately they collect a lot of mold. They need to be extremely fresh to work. Perhaps follow sterilization procedures they use in tissue cultures
@@TropicalGardenGuy I've only got one small pineapple plant as a house plant due to lack of space and because they grow ridiculously slowly here, however I started it from a pineapple top but the centre rotted out and a side shoot came out from the very base of the crown so very similar to what you do intentionally 😁
yea a lot of pineapples are stored for a long time in refrigerated storage. causes the top to rot. Sometimes even after recovery, the crown will rot again later. Best to use crowns that havent been cold stored
Mine has sprouted About 4 plants but I needed to leave the lid off to prevent it from going moldy. I'm growing mine in cocopeat & the answer to them germinating is heat,mine is.growing in the middle of summer here in Australia !
I bought a pink pineapple recently and I was so disappointed to see the crown had been cut off of it whether it was to make it fit in the fancy box it came in or to prevent growing your own is beyond me but I kept the top just in case and I hope I can do something with it now
@@TropicalGardenGuy del monte remove the whole crown to prevent copyright. Might be some meristem left so the possibility of propagation would be more.
I tried a few times and failed... This time I'm doing everything I learned. - microwave the wet moss for 2 min - root hormone on the bottom - cinnamon on the top to prevent mold - clean disc's in 50/50 water and hydrogen peroxide for 1 min - place on heating mat and grow light Hopefully it works
In the process of growing a pineapple top for 2 months now. I'm getting discouraged because of root eating bugs. I've dried salt water, Sevin insect killer, and Ortho Flower, Fruit & Vegetable Insect killer. I just can't get ride of these flying gnats that like to dig down to the roots. What can I do to get ride of these pesky bugs?
@@TropicalGardenGuy awesome 👍TYVM Got my pineapple from Hawaii (most delicious pineapple ever. My entire home smelled of sweet pineapple). So this is why I'm frustrated try to save this one pineapple plant. I hope this product works.
It looks like you have a couple of pineapples growing off the 1 top. I have tried it before but it just rotted away so your trick with sphagnum moss might be the best.ber yet. I have 2 plants growing from 2 halves of a pineapple 🍍 top but they didn't start to germinate until late spring which is this month here in Australia because it was too cool for them to germinate in Winter time !
I think it is more fore space because the possibility of successfully getting fruits in non tropical countries is low....that is why they are imported.
But how do you grow it if you have a top? Do I need to get a greenhouse to keep it warm? I’m in Florida zone nine a but it’s winter so it’s getting down to 50°F at night
Yes!, my biggest issue is the time that the disks should stay in the solution. I find that keeping the disk under the solution for 1 minute kills only about 50 percent of the pathogens, but too long and you get tissue damage. My next experiment will be with peroxide and leave in for 5 min the rinse with distilled water
Companies can't own plants! Plants are for everyone. Its sneaky how they cut the crowns off.
Great video!!
Lol, happy growing!
I have to apologize , the footage of cutting out the disk was lost in the cloud.
To remove the disk, lay the pineapple on the side, using a sharp knife, cut straight down through the top inch of the pineapple. peal off any fruit flesh . Dip disk into a diluted beach -water solution. Rinse with fresh water allow to dry over night.
The rest of the process is in the video.
Ive used this method for all sorts of exotic pineapples. Make sure to watch the entire video as I have photos of my successes!
What ratio of dilution do you use for your bleach water? also just normal chlorine bleach?
Yes i was curious the bleach ratio and also how often you watered the disc while it was in the moss
I’m gonna try this with one of this new Pink pineapples from Del monte. They come in a box shipped to you, but they cut the crown off lol.
The fresher the better !
@@TropicalGardenGuy Yeah.
How did it go?
@@johannagrossbauer4945 Haven't tried it yet, I moved to a place where I can't grow them right now.
This is why I was looking for this video. I think they do that so that you can’t regrow it, like TGG said. It is their special variety, after all. But I want to grow it myself!
I'm not sure I would ever buy a pineapple without a top, however I never thought about someone trying to covet a special variety of Pineapple! I just figured it was to make shipping easier. Now you have me looking for Pineapples without tops! I like your disk method for preparing the pineapple plants. This seems to take stress off the plant so it put's all it's energy into new growth instead of saving the old leaves. Thanks for the information video!
You are so welcome!
One coveted variety that comes to mind is the Honey Cream pineapple from Hawaii. Always comes crownless. The label on the fruit even says its patented and that Asexual reproduction is prohibited.
@@TropicalGardenGuy Good to know! I will be on the lookout for topless pineapples! Thanks again Jeff!
The only one I've ever found crownless was a pinkglow one which is for the same reason it's patented and they don't want you regrowing them but I'm definitely gonna try after seeing this lol
Awesome! I've been considering buying one of those sawed-off patented pink pineapples and try to propagate it just to spite the company... Now I definitely want to try!
It’s a bit of a challenge to keep them from rotting
Do you dry out the plug? Do you use a fungicide? Rooting Hormone? Seems every time I try this, mold starts at week 2. The bottom of the plug get moldy real fast especially on the heat mat. I really have no problem with the seeds but I want a shoot off the plug. Thanks for all your help and your videos...
Seems like they store and ship the pineapples refrigerated for long periods lately they collect a lot of mold.
They need to be extremely fresh to work.
Perhaps follow sterilization procedures they use in tissue cultures
Looking good. Informative video.
Your pineapple plant is looking beautiful.
So nice of you
Thanks for breaking the DRM on Pineapples!
That's seriously impressive Jeff, growing plants from those small discs at the top of the pineapple 🤩😁
Thanks, I noticed that there was viable buds on the crown so it was worth a try… it worked first time!
Thanks, I noticed that there was viable buds on the crown so it was worth a try… it worked first time!
@@TropicalGardenGuy I've only got one small pineapple plant as a house plant due to lack of space and because they grow ridiculously slowly here, however I started it from a pineapple top but the centre rotted out and a side shoot came out from the very base of the crown so very similar to what you do intentionally 😁
yea a lot of pineapples are stored for a long time in refrigerated storage. causes the top to rot. Sometimes even after recovery, the crown will rot again later. Best to use crowns that havent been cold stored
Wow, great video Jeff, I did not know you can grow a pineapple without the crown on it, thanks for sharing!
Welcome Johnny , I see your channel subs are getting close to the magical 1000 subs!
Keep em coming!
@@TropicalGardenGuy Thank you Jeff for the encouragement, I appreciate it!
Mine has sprouted About 4 plants but I needed to leave the lid off to prevent it from going moldy.
I'm growing mine in cocopeat & the answer to them germinating is heat,mine is.growing in the middle of summer here in Australia !
Hi Russell , Sounds good! I rinse my seed a couple times . I put a couple drops of bleach in the rinse water.
Happy growing!
@@TropicalGardenGuy do you set the moss after it gets a little dry or do you leave it until the pineapple sprouts
Mine molded too but I’m determined to grow pink pineapples !
I bought a pink pineapple recently and I was so disappointed to see the crown had been cut off of it whether it was to make it fit in the fancy box it came in or to prevent growing your own is beyond me but I kept the top just in case and I hope I can do something with it now
Success depends on freshness
the only pineapples i see with the top cut off are the pink ones, and i knew straight away why they did it
yup! Honey Cream pineapple in Hawaii are cut that way as well.
Awesome info... so how did you remove the cut part of the crown
Just like cutting the crown off with a knife. Then I peeled the flesh off
Do you ever need to rehydrate the moss? Or is the initial soaking enough to last?
Usually stays moist.
Is it bad to let the roots sprout in water before planting it?
I prefer to do it that way.
I know that there are UA-camrs that claim it isn’t good but water seems to get roots much faster.
@@TropicalGardenGuy Thanks for the quick response! This tutorial video has been so helpful, I hope I can plant my own pink pineapples eventually.
Amazing i will try that am from the bahamas
Excellent
Thanks for this very informative video! Do you remove the moss before you plant the pineapple into the soil?
Yes
Can we do the same with pink pineapple as they have no crown in order to prevent others propagate them
It has to have some healthy crown tissue to work
@@TropicalGardenGuy del monte remove the whole crown to prevent copyright. Might be some meristem left so the possibility of propagation would be more.
Do you leave it outside in the winter?
Yes
I tried a few times and failed... This time I'm doing everything I learned.
- microwave the wet moss for 2 min
- root hormone on the bottom
- cinnamon on the top to prevent mold
- clean disc's in 50/50 water and hydrogen peroxide for 1 min
- place on heating mat and grow light
Hopefully it works
I found that lately the tops are in bad condition do to cold storage.
The rot pretty quickly,
LEAVE IT TO ROT IN THE WATER U WILL SEE LITTLE SPROUTS SHOOT UP
My crown the center leaves died is there a way to save it to at least get pup's.
I’ve had that a lot lately.
I pull several rotten leaves out. Let center dry out then replant.
Nice
😀
how much and how often do you wtaer it?
Depends on weather and soil.
I water mine about 1 gal every other day
Besides pineapple, does this work to propagate any other fruits??
Ive heard it can work with dragon fruit
In the process of growing a pineapple top for 2 months now. I'm getting discouraged because of root eating bugs. I've dried salt water, Sevin insect killer, and Ortho Flower, Fruit & Vegetable Insect killer. I just can't get ride of these flying gnats that like to dig down to the roots. What can I do to get ride of these pesky bugs?
Google a product called mosquito dunks.
Kills fungus gnats.
There are videos on UA-cam .
@@TropicalGardenGuy awesome 👍TYVM Got my pineapple from Hawaii (most delicious pineapple ever. My entire home smelled of sweet pineapple). So this is why I'm frustrated try to save this one pineapple plant. I hope this product works.
If the center of the pineapple rots, do you thro the pineapple crown away at that point?
I do
It looks like you have a couple of pineapples growing off the 1 top.
I have tried it before but it just rotted away so your trick with sphagnum moss might be the best.ber yet.
I have 2 plants growing from 2 halves of a pineapple 🍍 top but they didn't start to germinate until late spring which is this month here in Australia because it was too cool for them to germinate in Winter time !
Hi Russell , that is correct.
Just remember to keep your plantlets warm day and night.
I use a heating mat I got on Amazon for $20
I think it is more fore space because the possibility of successfully getting fruits in non tropical countries is low....that is why they are imported.
You may be right.
Have u grown one in just soil..????? I mean with no type fertilizer
Nope.
What light are you using?
40 watt led
But how do you grow it if you have a top? Do I need to get a greenhouse to keep it warm? I’m in Florida zone nine a but it’s winter so it’s getting down to 50°F at night
I put top i water like avocado pit.
But put on heating pad to keep water @80f
@@TropicalGardenGuy thank you. You mean “top in water”? For how long?
What did you use to keep it warm? You mentioned a light?
I used a seed starting mat. I think I got it on amazon for $20
Where my update video
Soon
Can u give me a sapling?
Don’t have any to give
using 3% hydrogen peroxide as your sterilising fluid for the discs will be ok.
Yes!, my biggest issue is the time that the disks should stay in the solution. I find that keeping the disk under the solution for 1 minute kills only about 50 percent of the pathogens, but too long and you get tissue damage.
My next experiment will be with peroxide and leave in for 5 min the rinse with distilled water