Home breeding of pineapple is very simple. It is enough to buy this fruit in the store and properly root its top. The plant looks very attractive, so even before the first fruits appear, it will undoubtedly be a wonderful decoration for the house.

Is it possible to grow it at home and how to grow a pineapple at home from the top step by step, how to properly root - we will tell in this article. Pineapple belongs to plants of the bromeliad family and has the same appearance and requirements, like other plants of this family. The size of the fruit depends on the method of cultivation and the place of origin, as well as the conditions prevailing there.

On sale there are fruits, the mass of which is approximately from 1 to 2 kg, however, on plantations, some samples reach a weight of five or more kilograms. In Brazil, the plant grows up to 1.5 m in height, while in other conditions it can be much more compact.

The largest plantations are located in China, Mexico, Hawaii and the Philippines.

Fruit grown in a pot usually reaches small size(a little over 50 cm in height). It forms a rosette of long leaves arranged in a spiral. At proper cultivation you can get a fairly large plant that can bloom and even bear fruit.

Three forms of pineapple are grown at home and in greenhouses.

1. The variety A. comosus is characterized by green, narrow leaves and bears fruit well.
2. A.comosus Variegatus variety has shorter and wider striped leaves. This plant looks very beautiful in the interior, decorating it, but rarely bears fruit.
3. Variety A. bracteatus Striatus is the largest plant compared to the above. Characterized by green-yellow leaves.

Growing pineapple - step by step, instructions with photos and videos

In order to independently grow this beautiful plant with a delicious fruit, first of all, you should buy a fruit along with a rosette of leaves located on the top of the fruit. This socket is relatively easy to root. How to do this, we will describe below, starting with the purchase of fruit.

Buying fruit

First you need to choose the right pineapple in the store. You should pay attention to whether it has a full rosette of leaves along with the center. It is important to choose a fruit that is ripe and healthy, with beautifully colored green leaves. The plant should not have a browning top. A flower sprout should protrude from the outlet - this will give us a guarantee that the plant will bloom.

How to properly root?

To sprout roots, it is important to properly prepare the tail for planting so that the plant gives roots. First, you should cut off the rosette of leaves in the upper part, leaving 1-2 cm of the fruit near the rosette, a photo of the correct cut is shown below.

A fragment of the fruit must be peeled with a knife in the form of a slightly rounded heel. Then we cut off the remnants of the pulp with a knife so that the fibrous part remains. It is important to remove all the pulp when preparing seedlings, otherwise it will begin to rot. If white dots are visible on the cut, these are root nodules, it is advisable not to damage them during cleaning.

Growing the fruit of their tail, photo

Leaves should be torn off from the bottom of the outlet in a section of about 2 cm. To avoid damage to the roots sprouting from under the leaves, clear the trunk of leaves by tearing them off perpendicular to the trunk. On some pineapples, after removing the leaves, already at this stage we can see small germinated roots.

Germination and planting

The planting material obtained in this way is soaked in water up to half of the fragment of torn leaves. After about 1-2 weeks, they begin to take root. When the roots reach a length of several centimeters, you should remove the seedling from the water and place it on a paper towel. Let it dry for 2-3 hours. After drying, the seedlings are planted in soil intended for growing palm trees. The soil in the pot should not be too wet, but only slightly moist. It is necessary to dig into the ground the entire section of the stem without leaves.

Growing pineapple - video

Of course, our little palm needs proper care.

Diseases and their symptoms

• pale leaves: This means that the plant is not getting enough light. It should be moved to a more lit position.
• No bloom: you should help the plant a little. Some pineapples bloom after 18 or even 30 months. Such a long period of industrial scale not economically justified. However, people have learned to speed up this process. Wise scientists have noticed that pineapple blooms much faster if it is treated with ethylene gas. This gas is released, among other things, by some fruits. At home, we can get it with apples. To do this, cut the apple in half, place one half of the fruit flat on the ground (cut to the soil), place the other half on a leaf rosette. Cover the entire plant with a plastic bag and leave for 2 to 4 weeks. At this time, the apple will begin to release ethylene, which, going to the roots, will stimulate the appearance of flowers. When we see the first flowers, we should remove the bag and remove the apple pieces.
• The lower leaves are drying up., wrinkle and curl: this usually means that the plant is standing in a draft. It should be moved to a place more protected from drafts.
• dust on the leaves: The leaves should be wiped with a damp cloth.
• Leaves wrinkled and dying: This always happens after fruiting. Pineapple dies after fruiting, but new plants can be grown from the outlet.
• slow growth: may mean that there is a lack of trace elements in the soil. The plant should be fed with fertilizer for flowering plants.
• drying leaves usually appear if the plant is in a too hot and dry place. It should be watered and moved to a cooler place.
• yellow spots on leaves usually associated with the fact that scale insects attacked our exotic plant. This manifests itself as follows - on the underside under the sheet begin to appear brown spots. Pests can be removed with a cotton swab or Q-tip for ears soaked in soap.
  

Beneficial features

This fruit is valued for its delicious, juicy and highly aromatic fruits, which are eaten both raw and cooked. We can buy it at canned, in jams, compotes, juices and many other types. Highly important feature is that pineapple contains the enzyme bromelain, which facilitates digestion and helps to lose excess weight. Most vitamins contain fresh fruits. Fruits from cans during processing lose some of their beneficial properties.

1. Pineapple is a great fruit for people who are on a diet because it contains a lot of fiber. Fiber speeds up digestion and removes toxic metabolic products.
2. Bromelain, found in pineapples, promotes weight loss, and also acts as an anti-inflammatory, anti-edema and analgesic agent, and prevents blood clots.
3. The fruit is used as an adjuvant in the treatment cardiovascular disease, arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.
4. The fruits contain disinfectants, and also have the ability to remove dead tissues without damaging new ones, therefore they are used to heal wounds, treat burns, bites, bruises and swelling.
5. As an aid, they can be used in the treatment of allergies and respiratory diseases, as well as digestive problems.
6. Pineapples are also used in cosmetics. Vitamin C contained in the fruit removes age spots and brightens the skin.
7. This fruit strengthens blood vessels. Contained in fruits organic acids and bromelain gently exfoliate dead skin cells, while minerals nourish it. Pineapples are especially recommended for people with skin pigmentation and acne.
8. Pineapple is often used as an aphrodisiac.

Helper in the fight against snoring

If someone in the house snores a lot, there is perfect solution. Peaceful sleep will be provided by a pineapple in a pot. Statistics show that the problem of snoring affects one in four adults - usually men.

According to NASA research, pineapple plants produce oxygen and improve air quality throughout the night. Thus, they help to sleep better and quieter. For anyone who has had to run from bedroom to room due to their partner's snoring, this discovery may be a godsend.

Plants grow from 21 months to 2 years and eventually produce a small fruit. If there are no problems with snoring in the house, they can just bring a little exotic to the interior.

Pineapple is one of those exotic fruits that we can grow ourselves. It is enough to cut off the upper leaf outlet and plant it in a pot. It is very important that this part of the pineapple, which we put in the ground with leaves, is dry, without pulp, otherwise the plant will rot. As a result, we will get ornamental plant, which improves the air and may even bear fruit.

Lovers of home floriculture have gained experience in growing pineapple in room conditions. At right approach it turns out a fruit that does not differ in taste from its counterpart grown in the tropics. It is important to successfully choose planting material and create favorable conditions for the plant, similar to natural ones.

Selection of planting material

Right choice fetus is the first important condition to grow pineapple at home. Main criteria:

• leaves have a rich green color and a rigid structure;
• the peel is golden yellow (the presence of gray spots is unacceptable);
• pleasant sweet smell;
• the fruit is moderately elastic (too hard or excessively friable - a characteristic of poor quality pineapples);
• summer - early autumn - optimal time to purchase planting material(in winter time there is a high probability of freezing of the fetus).

Preparing to plant the top

Most affordable way growing an exotic plant - plant a pineapple from the top. It is also called a rosette or a crown. The sequence of actions is as follows:

1. Grasp the rosette of leaves with your hand and gently unscrew it. Together with the leaves, the stem should separate (this is a small cone-shaped shortened structure).
2. In an immature fetus, the crown does not separate well. In this case, it is cut with a knife directed at an angle of 45 °. It is impossible to make a horizontal cut so as not to damage the stem.
3. Future root system pineapple grows from the stem. It must be thoroughly cleaned of the remnants of the pulp to prevent the process of decay.
4. Cut off the top along with the leaves, stepping back from the tuft 3 cm. Carefully remove lower leaves so as not to damage the kidneys.
5. Pre-sprout the cutting, place it in a container with settled water at room temperature to a depth of 3-4 cm.
6. Place the container with the handle in a warm, bright place with a constant air temperature. Change water every 2-3 days.
7. The first roots appear after about 3 weeks, after which the outlet can be planted.

Soil mix and capacity

For the first planting of the cutting normal fit low flower pot 30–35 cm in diameter, because the root system of the pineapple is formed in top layer soil. At the bottom there must be a hole for draining water. For future transplants, it is important to choose low flowerpots with a large diameter. To grow pineapple at home, you need loose nutrient soil which can be purchased at flower shop(Universal is suitable) or cook it yourself. Soil Mix Options:

• peat and river sand (1:1);
• soddy soil, leafy, peat, birch sawdust, coarse sand (3:2:2:2:1);
• leaf humus, soddy soil, sand, peat (2:1:1:1).

Landing

Correct fit- pledge successful development plants. Action algorithm:

1. 2 days before landing work treat the soil with boiling water or weak solution potassium permanganate.
2. Pour a layer of expanded clay (pebbles, perlite, crushed granite). The thickness of the drainage layer is 2–3 cm.
3. Fill the container with prepared soil.
4. In the middle of the pot, make a hole about 3 cm deep, place a rooted cutting in it, fill it with soil to the level of the leaves.
5. Compact the soil.
6. Water the plant with a little warm water.
7. Put the flowerpot in a warm place with plenty of light (the plant should not get direct Sun rays).
8. In cold weather, cover the seedling with a transparent cap. With the appearance of the first leaves protective device can be removed.
9. A pineapple seedling takes root for 1.5–2 months at a temperature of 25–27 °C.

Care rules

Pineapple growing at home requires special care. It is important for the plant to create favorable conditions:

Flowering and fruiting

At proper care indoor pineapple blooms in 3-4 years. The process of the appearance of flowers can be stimulated. For this purpose, use:

• Dissolve 1 teaspoon of calcium carbide in 500 ml of water, let it brew for a day. Drain the clear liquid (the sediment and impurities are unusable). 7 days in the middle of the outlet pour 50 ml of solution. Flowering will come in 1-1.5 months.
• Cover the pot with the plant with a plastic cap, put smoking coals next to it. The procedure is carried out until the moment when they stop smoking. It is necessary to perform stimulation 2-3 times with a week break. Pineapple will bloom in 2-2.5 months.
• Place the flowerpot in plastic bag, put 3-4 apples or tomatoes there. Change them periodically.

The harvest ripens 6–7 months after flowering. A sweet smell indicates the ripeness of the fruit. Their weight is 0.3–1.5 kg. During fruiting, only organic fertilizers can be used to feed the plant. After fruiting, the plant forms new shoots for 2–3 years, after which it dies. "Children" are used as planting material.

Pests and diseases

Pineapple grown at home is not immune from diseases and pests. Problems can arise if the rules of care are not followed. Some signs to look out for:

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Pineapple is the most amazing exotic plant in the world, belonging to the Bromlia family, growing in the tropics and having juicy fruits with an impeccable sweet and sour taste.

These plants have a certain feature that allows them to absorb moisture not only from the soil, but also absorb it from the outside, in the form of rain or dew.

The fact is that moisture flows directly through the leaves of the plant into a reservoir in the form of a rosette near the trunk and accumulates there.

Thus, even in the driest place on our planet, pineapple will feel good and at ease.

Also, pineapple can be grown in the temperate climate zone, when a person creates certain living conditions for him, placing the fruit directly on the windowsills at home and apartment buildings.

Features of growing pineapples

It is best to grow pineapple from the so-called tuft, located on the seed.

It is better to start the preparation process in spring or summer, picking up not frozen, but only a fresh copy of the fruit.

The crest, previously cut from the fetus, must be thoroughly dried until the wound on the handle is completely healed.

The pineapple pot should not be large, but should be supplemented with a drain for liquid.

The soil for this plant needs to be mixed in equal proportions of peat and sand.

For better moistening and disinfection, it is recommended to spill the soil with boiling water.

After planting, the pineapple should be covered with a plastic bag (cap) and placed in a well-lit and warm place.

Within a month, the pineapple will grow with a root system, it is during this period that it is recommended to spray it with warm water without abundant flooding with it.

Top dressing for pineapple is best applied in the form of mullein, you can also use mineral fertilizers, but diluted by half.

After two years, the pineapple should bloom with flowers with a pleasant and delicate aroma.

After flowering, the plant will begin to form a fruit - the growth process will take from about 4 months to six months.

How to plant and grow pineapple at home - choose planting material

The first step is to acquire a mature fruit, part of which should later become the best planting material. You can choose the right pineapple for the following reasons:

The flavor of the pineapple should be subtle and pleasant, not overly sweet.

The fruit should be uniform in color, without any visible flaws.

When pressed, the pineapple should be slightly springy, not soft or hard.

The leaves on the crown should be slightly dried at the edges, and the rest of the parts should be green and fresh.

The sound with a light pat should be deaf, then with confidence, we can say that the pineapple is ripe.

Important! If there are black spots on the pineapple or its leaves, the fruit is not tasty and is also not suitable for planting.

After the specimen for planting has been selected, it is necessary to cut off the top of the pineapple with a knife or by turning the fruit with the leaves grasped by the hand to the side - the tuft will easily separate with the stem from the fruit.

Then, with the help of a knife, it is necessary to remove the extra leaves to expose the trunk, from which the first roots should appear in the future.

Now the top with the trunk needs to be given time to dry. After that, the crown must be lowered into the water so that the barrel is completely immersed in the prepared liquid.

In a week it will be already possible to see the first roots on the planting material. For better growth and development during the period of root formation, it is recommended to update the water for pineapple so that the liquid is constantly fresh.

After the roots formed on the crown grow a couple of centimeters, the planting material can be immersed in the soil, thus determining the pineapple on permanent place residence.

You can grow pineapple from seeds. To do this, from a ripe sample, you need to get the seeds of a brown shade. Then they must be washed in a solution of manganese, dried and sown in a substrate prepared in advance to a depth of 2-2.5 cm. After that, the soil must be thoroughly shed with water, always warm and boiled. And then cover the pot with planting material with a film and set it in a warm place. After carrying out these processes, it remains only to wait for the appearance of sprouts.

After the young plants will need good watering and top dressing in the form of chicken manure or mineral fertilizer. After the plants have leaves, they can be seated in individual pots.

How to plant and grow pineapple at home - soil, lighting, flowering conditions

The soil

For planting pineapple, you need soil consisting of garden soil, peat and sand in proportions - 3: 1: 2, which you can cook yourself.

You can also purchase a ready-made soil mixture for bromeliads or cactus crops.

The pot for the initial planting of pineapple should not be excessively large, a 0.5 liter container with holes made for drainage will be sufficient.

When planting germinated plants in the soil, a certain order must be observed:

Drainage should be laid in a pot no more than 4 cm in height, on top of which it is necessary to fill in the soil mixture prepared in advance.

The top should be planted in the very middle of the pot to a depth of about 3 cm.

The soil must be thoroughly moistened and the plant covered with polyethylene, but so that the film does not touch the leaves of the plant, since the accumulated condensate can participate in the appearance of rot on the surface of the leaves.

The plant should be located in bright places with room temperature but no drafts. The plant should not be exposed to direct sunlight, it is important to periodically ventilate it by slightly opening the existing polyethylene to get rid of condensation.

Lighting

Since pineapple is a tropical plant, the cold can kill it. But it is necessary to take the plant to fresh air, therefore, in summer period it can be placed on the balcony and or in the garden for at least 7 hours a day.

In winter, the pineapple needs to be in warm room but away from heaters and fireplaces. In winter, if you place a pineapple bush on the south side - natural light and he will be warm enough.

If the grower in the room is warm and the room temperature is 22-27, then the pineapple feels good and comfortable.

Conditions for flowering

Pineapple begins its flowering at 2-3 years of its life, during this process the top grows and radicular buds appear.

For better flowering pineapple will need ethylene. Ethylene can be obtained in the following way - half a liter of water must be combined with 15 gr. calcium carbide. The resulting consistency should be allowed to brew for a day, and then strain the resulting solution. The liquid should be free of sediment. After the composition must be poured for a week into the leaf socket of the fetus.

Thus, the pineapple will bloom for two months, and delight its owner. Luxurious blue flowers will open daily, but only for a day.

After the last flower dries, a juicy and tasty fruit will begin to form and develop in its place. Pineapple ripening time is 4-6 months, depending on climatic conditions and plant varieties.

How to plant and grow pineapple at home - feeding and watering

top dressing

For a good life, pineapple requires constant feeding, and since this plant is herbaceous, it needs nitrogen fertilizer.

During the growing season, a slightly matured plant needs top dressing, namely a mullein solution every two weeks. Before the start of fruiting, such top dressing will be quite enough, since the manure liquid includes all the most important elements nutrition and micronutrients.

It happens that a pineapple grows large and beautiful plant but does not bear fruit. This means one thing - pineapple needs stimulation. At home, stimulation can be carried out only after the plant has fully grown stronger, formed in the warm season.

You can stimulate the plant in different ways:

Fumigation with smoke.

By pouring a solution of acetylene into the middle of the rosette of the leaves of the plant.

By the greenhouse method - under polyethylene with a can of water installed and a piece of carbide lowered into it.

A couple of months after stimulation, a peduncle will appear.

Watering

AT warm season rosette of leaves should be constantly moistened and filled with 2/3 water. Water must be changed every 30 days. Be sure to keep an eye on the fact that the soil in the pot dries out. Water for watering pineapple should be soft, if possible rainy and warm.

During the growing season, the plant needs moist soil. During the heat, you need to make sure that the earth is completely saturated with liquid, but has time to dry out. Water should be boiled or settled, as well as slightly acidified with a lemon.

AT winter period when the temperature of the earth drops, it is more expedient to stop watering.

Pineapple at home: why does it die?

Since pineapple is exotic plant, which means that he is very tender and vulnerable, poorly adapted to other conditions of life, then he can die for the following reasons:

Pineapple can be affected by dry air - spider mite, mealybug, as well as scale insects, due to which brown spots appear on the plant, aphids and phylloxera.

Due to lack of moisture, pineapple leaves can dry out and thereby expose the plant to great danger. In this connection, the pineapple must be constantly sprayed and watered.

Due to the lack of light, the leaves may become pale.

Due to malnutrition, pineapple can slow down its growth, not bloom or bear fruit, and soon wither and die.

The plant can easily be destroyed by drafts, due to which the pineapple leaves sag, curl and dry.

Due to excessive soil moisture, the plant may begin to rot at the very base, in order for the pineapple not to die, it is urgent to rearrange it in a warm, but ventilated place and dry the ground. But if the rot rises even higher, the plant will definitely die.

Subject to all the rules for growing pineapple at home, you can easily grow not only large and healthy plant, but also treat yourself to enough juicy and delicious fruits this tropical shrub.

Sometimes amateur agronomists wake up to experiment. Suddenly there is a desire to try yourself in growing some exotic fruit or a vegetable. There is a widespread belief that from the top of a pineapple, if you purchased it whole, you can grow a new plant at home.

Growing pineapple from the top at home

Pineapple is a tropical plant, so growing it in our very temperate climate, even at home, is not easy, but still possible. Let's try to determine the conditions that the fetus needs to create in order for the experiment with growing pineapple at home to be successful.

The choice of soil and planting material

Any soil is not suitable for pineapple. A simple way out is to buy soil for tropical plants in a flower shop. If this option is not possible, you will have to prepare the composition yourself. To do this, mix the following components in equal proportions:

• garden land;
• river sand;
• peat;
• humus.

Before planting, the soil should be disinfected. You can do this in two ways:

1. Baking in an oven at 180°C for 40 minutes.
2. Warming up in microwave oven for 4-5 minutes at maximum power.

To obtain planting material, you need to buy a pineapple in a store or in the market. It is desirable that the purchased fruit meet the following requirements:

• The fruit should be ripe, but not overripe: this is largely determined by its elasticity.
• The leaves at the top of the pineapple should be green, with no gray spots, but slightly dried out around the edges.
• Fruit color should be golden brown.
• It is better to choose pineapple in the summer when it will not be frozen.

When choosing a fruit, you can even smell it: a quality fruit smells good.

Separation and sprouting of the top

Correctly separate the top (tuft) in two ways.

The stem of the pineapple must be cleaned of leaves to a length of 2-3 cm

Video: how to separate the top and clean the stem

To prepare the top of the pineapple for planting, you need to do the following:

Features of planting the top of a pineapple

Now it's time to plant the prepared top in the soil. A suitable container for this can be a 0.5 liter pot. Drainage is necessarily poured at the bottom of the pot (expanded clay can be used).

Care Secrets

If the sprout was planted in a pot with a diameter of 10-15 centimeters, then as it grows, you need to transplant the pineapple into a larger container. To do this, you need to prepare dishes with a diameter of 30–35 and a height of 20–30 centimeters.

If, with the onset of spring, the plant did not begin to actively develop, it should be transplanted with a change of soil, since the old one has already given up all the nutrients.

A growing pineapple will need to be in a well-lit area for six hours at any time of the year. In the summer it is easier to do this, in the fall and winter you will have to organize additional lighting with a fluorescent lamp. In this case, the illumination should be extended to 8 hours.

Old leaves will gradually die off, so they need to be trimmed periodically.

Cold is the enemy of tropical plants. If it is not difficult to create the necessary conditions in the summer, then in the winter you will have to think about ways to maintain a comfortable air and soil temperature for pineapple. It should be at least 18–21 °C.

For irrigation use settled or rain water. To maintain sufficient air humidity, you can spray the soil around the pineapple with a spray bottle. It is undesirable to spray the plant itself, this can lead to rotting of the leaves.

To remove dust, you can wipe the leaves with a damp cloth.

Video: how to care for pineapple

Will home grown pineapple bear fruit?

It will definitely be if it is properly prepared for fruiting. With careful care, the pineapple will bloom in two to three years and form a fruit, after which the plant will die.

Under natural conditions, most often pineapple blooms sixteen months after planting. It happens like this: first, a bud appears at the top, which begins to gradually move away on the growing stem. After about two months, the plant blooms. Every day a new row of flowers blooms, and the old ones wither.

Pineapple bloom lasts two weeks

The fruit begins to form after the last flower dries. And from the appearance of the fruit to its ripening, it can take six months.

forced flowering

If flowering does not occur, there is a way to help the plant. For this purpose, ethylene is used as a flowering stimulant. To get it, you need to dissolve one teaspoon of calcium carbide in water and leave the solution in a closed jar for a day. Then carefully pour the settled liquid, and leave the sediment in the jar. This liquid is an aqueous solution of ethylene.

It should be applied as follows: every day for a week, pour 50 g of the solution into the base of the upper leaves. Flowering can be expected in four to five weeks.

There is an easier way to get a pineapple to bloom: put a plastic bag of rotten apples on the plant.

An adult pineapple can grow from a small fruit in six months

As it turns out, though better fit pineapple to engage in the warm season. We'll have to wait until summer. But the fact that the result can be successful is beyond doubt. An outlandish tropical guest grown on the window will please the hosts with delicious fruits.

Cucumbers, tomatoes, dates, avocados, lemons and even oranges - today gardeners (and not only!) grow vegetables and fruits right on their windowsills. Many do not even realize that at home you can grow such a tropical plant as pineapple. All you need is proper care, following all the recommendations and a little patience.

Is it possible to grow pineapple at home

Although the fruit is still considered outlandish in our latitudes, you should not be afraid of it. Growing pineapple at home is possible in three ways:

1. Ripe fruit seeds. Rarely used, tk. this method requires a long growing season. But, if you decide to grow a plant from seeds, then you can do it in the following way:
   • Extract the seeds from a well-ripened fruit.
   • Pre-wash the seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate, dry.
   • Seeds can be planted in leaf ground, sand and peat, broken into equal parts. Immerse the seeds to a depth of 1.5-2 cm.
   • Water generously warm water, cover with foil on top.
   • Keep the pot with the plant in a warm place: the plant loves heat.
2. The tip of a ripe fruit. The most common method of reproduction.
3. Overgrowth from an adult fruit or a dead bush.

How to sprout a pineapple

To grow a good pineapple with the help of the top, you need to carefully consider the choice of the fruit. There are several rules for this:

• It is better to choose pineapple from the end of summer to mid-autumn - during this period there is a great chance of buying a fresh fruit.
• Smell the fruit - a ripe fruit should exude a pleasant, sweet smell. If the smell is too strong, then most likely you have an overripe fruit in front of you.
• Examine the fetus carefully. The leaves should be firm, without any spots, holes, cuts. The top should not be dry. Choose fruit only with a hard tuft, with elastic green leaves. Fruit color must be uniform.
• Press on the fruit with your finger - if it is ripe, then you will feel elasticity, and the peel will spring a little. If the fruit is very hard, then most likely it has not yet ripened. If soft - overripe.
• Tap the pineapple with your palm - the sound of a ripe fruit should be deaf.

Before planting, remove the crest from the fruit. This must be done carefully so as not to damage the core. To do this, use the method convenient for you. The first is twisting. Grab the leaves with one hand and hold the fruit firmly with the other. Then slowly unscrew the top from the fruit. The second is cutting. Cut off the top of the fruit with a clean knife. Leave a distance of about 5 cm to the leaves, and remove the lower leaves. Cut the pulp to a root 2 cm long.

Planting pineapple at home is carried out in the following way:

1. Carry out the process of disinfection of the resulting apex of the fetus. To do this, use a solution of potassium permanganate or crushed Activated carbon: sprinkle them with a cut.
2. The next step is to dry the top with the leaves down. Hang the plant with a rope in the room and leave for a week.
3. Wait for the roots to appear. Place the seedling in a jar of water. It is better to wrap the jar in dark paper, put it in a bright and warm place without drafts. Change the water every two days.
4. For a plant, a pot up to 0.5 liters in size with drainage for draining water is suitable. Put a small layer of pebbles on the bottom of the pot. Fill the container with soil: sand, peat and humus in equal proportions.
5. To protect the soil from pests, before planting, treat it with a solution of hot potassium permanganate, dry thoroughly.
6. Plant the root to a depth of 4-5 cm, sprinkle with earth. To prevent the top from tilting, fix it around the edges with sticks and threads. The soil should be slightly damp. If the plant is without roots, then cover it with a bag to create a greenhouse effect. The top will give roots in about a month and a half - only after that the package can be removed.

Pineapple care at home

Having figured out how to plant a pineapple, another question arises: is it possible to stimulate the flowering of a pineapple? Not everyone wants to wait until the long-awaited plant blooms. Natural way flowers will appear after about a year of indoor growth. But before that, you need to transplant the plant into a larger pot and add soil mixture. A red flower will appear from the center of the leaves, later it will turn blue. From the flower, the fruit will appear in about six months. To make the pineapple bloom faster, add acetylene solution to the plant outlet in the warm season. Repeat the procedure 2-3 times.

Growing conditions

A pineapple unpretentious plant: all he needs is warmth and moderate lighting. Optimum temperature cultivation - 23-26 ° С. In winter, he needs additional heat: install a lamp nearby or heating device. Fresh air will help the plant grow quickly, but avoid drafts. In winter, the plant receives the maximum amount of sunlight, put the pot on the south side.

Watering

Pineapple easily tolerates heat and lack of moisture, as it is a tropical plant. It does not need to be watered often - twice a week is enough. In winter, you need to water the plant even less often. Irrigate with warm water. In addition to the soil, do not forget to spray the leaves. Too much water will cause the roots to rot and the plant will need to be repotted immediately.

top dressing

Pineapple does not need frequent fertilizing. About 2 times a year, fertilize it with organic or complex fertilizer for indoor flowers. Do not use alkaline fertilizers - they can kill the plant. If you want to enhance vegetative growth, then after three years you can feed the plant with any organic fertilizer, for example, infusion of mullein. If you use the infusion every 2 weeks, then after a month and a half a peduncle will appear.

Disease prevention

With proper care, indoor pineapple will not be affected by pests and will not get sick. But it's always better to play it safe, so here are some tips.