Hallo, langjähriger Zuhörer und Erstanrufer.
Zu meinem Geburtstag im August schenkte mir mein Freund eine Ananaspflanze. Ich gieße es regelmäßig und stelle es an einen Ort mit hellem Sonnenlicht. Ich habe es nicht umgetopft.
Ich bemerkte, dass es vor ein paar Wochen zu reifen begann. Aber die Größe hat sich nie verändert. Ist das normal?
Kann ich ernten? Wenn ich ernte, tötet es dann die Pflanze ab? Oder kann ich die Ananas auch umpflanzen?
Jeder Rat ist willkommen. Danke schön.
Von: StareyedInLA
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I have a lime bush (that probably hates me) and the limes will grow and ripen but stay pretty small, around the size of a golf ball at the largest. My guess is these indoor fruits aren’t getting enough of whatever they need and end up stunted
You might need to supplement it with the right fertilizer for fruit plants
Next harvest will be larger
Pineapples are bromeliads, they’re monocarpic. They bloom, fruit once, then die. HOWEVER: they pup. Check between the leaves, if you see anything that looks like a baby plant: it is a baby plant, pluck it off and plant it. You can also root the top of the pineapple, cut the fruit off and peel off the bottom leaves. Stick it either in a cup of water or straight into some dirt.
Pineapple propagation is fun, I’ve got two going now from grocery store pineapple tops. It’s been six months and they haven’t done much, but they’re still alive and I call that a win. I did one in water, one straight to dirt, they both took so I’d probably skip the water next time.
And yeah, that fruit looks pretty done. Does it smell nice? I’d eat it if it does.
I’m not an expert but I think those indoor pinnaple are ornament plants, the normal size pineapple are different.
AFAIK you can’t really eat those. Sorry.
OP if you want a full sized pineapple:
Eat/harvest this pineapple once it’s fully golden yellow all the way around and smelling sweet. It will not get much bigger.
Once the pineapple is harvested the host plant will not produce more pineapples, however it can produce a sucker. The crowns of the ripe pineapple can be propagated, as can “slips” if any are grown. Generally for every pineapple you harvest there should be many (like 2-7) opportunities to propagate new plants. Any of these propagated plants can produce a new pineapple fruit.
Now, grow the new plant for 2-3 years, let it get to 30+ leafs if possible, then allow it to naturally fruit or force it to fruit as mentioned in another comment. This is how you get a big pineapple.
The size of the plant regulates the size of a pineapple fruit. You have a yearling plant forced to flower/fruit so the size will be 1/3rd to 1/4 the size of a 2-3 year old mature pineapple if it were to flower/fruit. Make sense?
Smaller fruit take a bit less time (6-7 months) to ripen than big pineapples (9 months). Keep em warm.