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The captivating flavor, pleasant aroma and striking appearance ensured the pineapple the title of king of fruits. Rich in vitamins A, B and C, fiber, sugar and the enzyme bromelain, pineapple brings numerous health benefits, helping with digestion, weight loss and prevention of heart disease. Pineapple is also an easy plant to plant and plant, as we will see in this text, which will teach you several different ways to plant pineapple, starting with the preparation of the seedling until harvest!
How to make pineapple seedling
The process for learning how to make pineapple seedling is much more practical than you would expect. With an unripe pineapple in hand, cut or tear off its crown. To tear off the crown, simply turn it with one hand while holding the pineapple with the other. Now with the crown loose, it is necessary to remove the excess leaves, leaving only the largest leaves attached to the crown and discarding the rest. This cleaning is necessary to avoid fungus and mold during planting and fruit growth, ensuring the quality of the pineapple.
Then, just cut a small tip from the clean part of the crown, and place the crown in a glass with a little water, enough to wet only part of the tip of it. We recommend using a clear glass to follow the process and check whenever necessary.
The final part of how to make a pineapple seedling is to leave the tip of the crown in contact with the water for between 7 and 15 days, changing the water daily. By the end of this period, the roots will have grown and your seedling will be ready to be planted.
This video shows you step-by-step how to clean the crown and start planting:
How to plant pineapple seedling
After the pineapple seedling takes root, you need to decide where to plant it. There are a few options that we’ll explain later. However, it is good to keep in mind that the pineapple seedling will always like certain specific cares, such as a more sandy soil or substrate, with a certain acidity. The plant prefers that its soil is not waterlogged, in addition to withstanding temperatures between 5ºC and 35ºC very well, making it perfect for growing in tropical climate.
A frequent question is “how much fruit does a pineapple tree bear?” Well, a pineapple tree only bears one fruit. However, after harvesting this fruit, it is possible to make seedlings and plant new pineapple trees, making planting a sustainable activity.
How to plant a pineapple in a pot
While it may sound challenging, it doesn’t take much to learn how to plant pineapple in the pot. Once the seedling has roots, choose a large pot (minimum 15 liters) to serve as a home for your pineapple. Put a mixture of soil and fertilizer in this pot and make a circular cavity, not too deep. Plant the seedling in this cavity and cover the roots with earth, softening the soil with your hands to ensure the roots are well covered, leaving only the crown out. Soon after, water your seedling well, taking care not to soak the pot.
Pineapple is a fruit that handles both warmer and colder temperatures well, but the ideal is not to leave it alone in one of them. To keep your plant healthy, water it every 3 or 4 days and fertilize at least once every three months. Harvest time can vary between 1 and 2 years, but it will be worth it.
This video shows the process of planting a pineapple in a pot:
How to Plant Garden Pineapple
Garden pineapple, also known as ornamental pineapple or mini pineapple, is a bromeliad decorative plant. This species of pineapple is very beautiful and gives a special charm to your home, vegetable garden or garden.
Unlike its drinking cousin, garden pineapple can be planted directly from its fruit. In a pot, small or large, with holes in the bottom to help with drainage, place a strainer, small cloth, clay, or gravel. Then fill the pot with mixed soil and manure. Make a circular cavity and place the mini pineapple, cover the fruit and leave the crown outside, squeeze the soil around a little and water after 3 days.
If you are using a medium or large vase, the seed will germinate a new mini pineapple, if it is in a small vase, the beautiful foliage will be the main highlight, and it can take on a greener color if it is raised away from the sun and browner when exposed to the sun more often.
There is a way to plant the garden pineapple by its crown too, having the fruit already dried, just separate the fruit and the crown, clean the dried leaves of the crown and leave it hanging out of the sun for 2 days. Now just repeat the same process as with the fruit, but planting only the clean part of the crown.
This video demonstrates how to plant garden pineapple step by step:
How to plant pineapple in a pet bottle
Learning how to plant a pineapple in a pet bottle may seem like a peculiar task, but it is definitely possible and very viable, both for pineapple for consumption and for decoration.
First, cut the pet bottle in half. In the bottom half, drill holes to make drainage easier. Put substrate or soil with fertilizer, bone powder or eggs, make a circular cavity and insert the pineapple seedling or fruit or mini pineapple crown. Water the substrate until it is damp, remember that no type of pineapple likes the soggy earth. The care with the pineapple planted in the pet bottle is the same as that planted in pots.
With this video, you can see how to plant pineapple in the pet bottle from the seedling:
And now you know how to grow pineapple from seedling to harvest!
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