From Fruit to Plant: 10 Easy Steps to Grow Your Own Pineapple at Home
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Growing a pineapple from a store‑bought fruit may sound ambitious—but with patience and the right conditions, you can turn that tasty pineapple into a home‑grown tropical plant. Below is a comprehensive 10‑step guide (with plenty of detail, background and tips) to help you go from fruit to plant, and ultimately (perhaps) to fruit again.
Step 1: Choose the Right Pineapple
Start with a healthy pineapple from your shop or market. The key is the leafy crown (top) of the pineapple, which will become your plant.
Look for a pineapple with a fresh green crown of leaves (not brown or wilted). Homes and Gardens+2hgtv.com+2
The fruit body should be firm, and the leaves attached are healthy. Avoid a crown that looks damaged or has lots of fruit‑flesh attached around the base. As one guide states: “Take the top slice … of a shop‑bought pineapple … choose one with a healthy green crown.” Homes and Gardens
Once you’ve selected it, you’ll remove the crown to start propagation.
Step 2: Remove the Crown
Using a clean, sharp knife:
Cut off the top of the pineapple—about 1 to 2 inches (≈2.5–5 cm) below the leafy rosette. Garsons+1
Remove any remaining fruit flesh from the base of the crown. The presence of fruit flesh can cause rotting. libguides.nybg.org+1
Remove a handful of the lower leaves from the rosette to expose the stem portion where roots will emerge. For example: “trim away the skin and any remaining flesh and peel off a good handful of leaves from the bottom to expose the core.” Homes and Gardens
Place the crown aside for a short drying period (see next step).
Step 3: Let the Crown Cure / Dry
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