- Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:46 pm
#407957
Hey all, does anyone here have any experience growing pineapples from pineapple tops?
I tried growing one last summer, but it rotted out from the inside because it had one of those plastic tags rammed through the side and into the core, which caused it to rot.
Got a new one and planted it on 4/2/2022, after removing the bottom leaves, chopping away any remaining fruit until I saw the brown nubs where the roots grow out from, dipped it in some rooting hormone, and popped it into the soil, and watered it until it was moist, then just left it alone near a window.
It keeps on being cloudy nonstop everyday so I took some of my old grow lights and set it up next to it today.
I'm not sure if it's doing ok or not, a lot of the leaves are starting to dry up, and I checked the center of the plant and the center, small leaves in the core of the plant look kind of like they're turning brown. Is that alright and normal? Does the plant eventually just root and start growing more leaves out the middle eventually? The young leaves that came with the plant in the "core" aren't the ones that end up growing?
Doesn't look like there's any rot issues, and the center leaves still feel "attached" and don't get ripped out when I pull on them gently.
I tried growing one last summer, but it rotted out from the inside because it had one of those plastic tags rammed through the side and into the core, which caused it to rot.
Got a new one and planted it on 4/2/2022, after removing the bottom leaves, chopping away any remaining fruit until I saw the brown nubs where the roots grow out from, dipped it in some rooting hormone, and popped it into the soil, and watered it until it was moist, then just left it alone near a window.
It keeps on being cloudy nonstop everyday so I took some of my old grow lights and set it up next to it today.
I'm not sure if it's doing ok or not, a lot of the leaves are starting to dry up, and I checked the center of the plant and the center, small leaves in the core of the plant look kind of like they're turning brown. Is that alright and normal? Does the plant eventually just root and start growing more leaves out the middle eventually? The young leaves that came with the plant in the "core" aren't the ones that end up growing?
Doesn't look like there's any rot issues, and the center leaves still feel "attached" and don't get ripped out when I pull on them gently.