What a nice day to talk about one of the nicest fruits you can eat or drink, pineapple. This tropical fruit has a mostly sweet taste with a bit of acid to spice things up. It is amazing and refreshing as a juice and you can even do cakes with it.
But, like most things in life, that fruit would come to an end when you less expect it to do so. Well, do you know you can actually regrow this fruit to use later on again? Impressive, right?
You may be wondering how to regrow pineapple? Let’s check some questions and answers to this topic in the following post and see if it is worth it at all to just regrow the pineapple all over again. Spoiler alert: It is a good science project, but maybe not a thing that is so fast to produce results.
What do you need to regrow a pineapple?
It is funny to say this but the main thing you need to regrow a pineapple is… (drumroll please!): A pineapple! If you eat it or drink it before you are doing this, that is okay. We just need the green stem and leaves.
You would also need to have a container big enough for the head of the pineapple to fit. This is if you want to regrow it in water. Things change a little bit when planting it in the soil of a pot or your garden, but the head is what you need to keep this fruit growing.
When growing in soil, a big container or the ground should be considered, especially if you want the plant to produce fruits. This may take a while and require gardening tools, water and fertilizing compost or similar.
In our quest to how to regrow pineapple, we need to look up for the two main ways to grow it, being those in water, with the help of a jar filled with water or something similar, or in the soil in your garden or a pot.
How to properly regrow pineapple in the water?
Let’s answer how to regrow pineapple? First, we need to ask where. If it is in water, how to properly regrow pineapple in water should be one of the first ones to ask. So, let’s find out how to do so.
Beginning with the container, you would need to find one that is big enough for the pineapple to successfully fit. The top part of the pineapple would need to stay put in the opening of that container while the bottom part of that top would be submerged in the water (yes, you would need to fill said container first, of course)
Preparing the pineapple to regrow it on the water is easy. You just make sure that none of the leaves are submerged, just the stem. Because you twisted and took out the top part of the pineapple that has the leaves, some of them would not allow you to see the stem. To regrow it in the water you may need to remove some of those leaves at the bottom of this part of the fruit to expose the stem. You can take them out without any difficulties.
Your pineapple top would grow roots from the stem in about one to five days, depending on the conditions.
The best way to keep this process going is to change the water every few days and by not touching or manipulating the roots (they are quite fragile).
And speaking of leaves, they should continue to grow. You may encounter that some of them would go brown when time passes. This is normal and the best way to take care of it is by removing the dead leaves’ brown part. Do not cut the green part of the leaves that are doing the work. The brown part is dead and removing it does not hurt the plant in any means. And as a bonus, you will prevent mold by removing said leaves.
When the timing is right, you would encounter a top part of a pineapple that looks nice, with stronger and good-looking roots and greener leaves, all of those growing nicely. That is when you should consider moving it to the ground, especially if you want fruits. However, you’ll need to be patient. Give it some more days before actually planting it in soil.
How to properly regrow pineapple in soil?
While this may look like you would need to first grow it in water to then put it on soil, well, that is the best way to do things for how to grow a pineapple. So, how to properly regrow pineapple in soil then?
Let’s start by talking about the pot and the type of soil you should be using. Use a pot big enough for a pineapple top to fit and grow even more (if you are looking for the fruit, you would need more space). Fill said container with the same kind of soil that it’s used for growing fruits. Your local botanic store may have those things for you for sale.
Moving on to planting, you need to dig a hole big enough for the pineapple bottom to fit, in the center of the pot, container, or ground (the ground of your garden would be amazing if you are looking to get fruit). You will need to look out for green leaves getting covered by soil, which you need to make sure they do not get covered, and if there are some brown leaves, bury them under the soil or remove them outright before starting the process.
Water is vital for fruity plants and pineapple is not an exception. However, with just one to two cups of water daily (depending on where you live and how is your climate conditions) you should be set.
The bad part of all this? The pineapple plant may produce fruit in one to three years, which is quite a long time… But you did this for free, remember?
Conclusion
So, to wrap things up, how to regrow pineapple? It is easy but if you want to get an actual fruit, this would take quite a while, sometimes years to see a flower before the fruit.
The first order of business is to twist the top of the pineapple to remove it from it. Cut or remove some of the lower leaves to expose the stem and set it up in a jar filled with water. Remember to change that water every few days and try not to get it to extreme temperatures (too cold or too hot).
Finally, if you want an actual fruit, even if it would take a while, plant it on the soil. The way to do so is by giving it all the space it needs in a garden’s ground or a good pot. Water it a bit, but not too much, and keep it warm. A greenhouse would help a lot too.
