Growing
a Pineapple Plant
from a fruit

It is possible (and relatively easy) to get a new pineapple plant from the fruit. This pictorial demonstrates a simple way to do it. We start this time with a pineapple that stayed too long in the fruit bowl, it is now too old and soggy to eat, but we can still recover the top crown. The crown is cut at the limit of the fruit The lower leaves must be removed showing the stem. The brown dots are the beginning of the roots The new pineapple plant is put in a container with water covering the lower portion of the stem. Change the water in the container regularly to keep it clean. The pineapple needs fairly high temperatures to start, so the operation is very easy in summer, but in winter the roots grow much slower, and occasionally, the new plant will rot instead of growing. The next picture was taken 12 days later. The roots are now 1 inch long. We will wait until they are at least twice that long to put the cutting in a pot.