11-12-2010, 12:45 AM
We just put pineapple tops anywhere, anytime and they grow. I don't know about in 6-12 months though, I think it's more like 2 years before you see the first fruit from a pineapple top, and I've been told you only get one or 2 from a plant and then they die off.
Spacing doesn't seem to matter. The previous owners of our house threw many pineapple tops over the lanai into the lot next door and we find them all over the place, some growing in clumps, some under trees and weeds. Coquis like to hide in them, but as the plants are so low to the ground they are easy to find and deal with.
Usually we just scrape a little hole in our cinder, throw in some homemade compost and put the top in. Then watch them grow, and wait for a pineapple to appear.
Ours all seem to grow in the summer, would love to have them year round, but I didn't know this was possible.
Spacing doesn't seem to matter. The previous owners of our house threw many pineapple tops over the lanai into the lot next door and we find them all over the place, some growing in clumps, some under trees and weeds. Coquis like to hide in them, but as the plants are so low to the ground they are easy to find and deal with.
Usually we just scrape a little hole in our cinder, throw in some homemade compost and put the top in. Then watch them grow, and wait for a pineapple to appear.
Ours all seem to grow in the summer, would love to have them year round, but I didn't know this was possible.