My newest pineapples

[Oldman]

This one is about 2 weeks old:


This one is about 2 months old:

[deb415611]

Olds,

Very cool !  How many do you get a year? 

Deb

[Oldman]

Olds,

Very cool !  How many do you get a year? 

Deb

Deb it take about 2 years for a crown or a pup to fruit.  Some suckers will fruit on or about 18 months.

IMO suckers make the worse fruit. The crown makes a good fruit. However, I believe the pup makes the best fruit.

I started out with one pup about 16 years ago. At one time a few years back I had 17 fruiting. I try to keep it down to 6 to 8 plants now. I give away many of my pups.

[FLBentRider]

Those are some fine looking Pineapples.

[Carter]

Once again, cool stuff coming out of Old's backyard that us frosty Canadians can only dream of growing.

I love fresh pineapple.  Wish I could grow that.

How are your avocado's doing this year?

Carter

[westexasmoker]

That looks great Olds!  Sure wish we had the climate to grow more exotic stuff here, the wife loves grilled pineapple!

C

[Oldman]

How are your avocado's doing this year?

Not a one on the tree... not sure why? We did have a warm winter and spring. Maybe it is the lack of bees. I Just don't know.
Olds

[Oldman]

I just went out and looked and my Loquat tree is flowering but not one d a m n bee. I see several solitary bees and wasps but no honey bees.

This is the fruit of an Loquat tree:


Last year an old house in my neigborhood was torn down. It had a very large honey bee colony.  Now that I think about it my open pollinating tomatos did not bear fruit as normal.

I also looked at my calamondin tree and it looks like its second fruiting will be slim. This is what they look like:

These fruit trees are hard to come by here. Normally you get one from a seedling.  No one here sells them. The skins are very sweet, but the fruit is very tart orange flavor. I love them as my Mother ate them by the groves when she was carrying me. I plop the whole fruit into my mouth and enjoy. Looks like one good fruiting and the latter fruiting is going to be  sort-of-slim.

I got a feeling the loss of the honey bee colony is the problem.
Olds.

EDIT: D A M N I just looked at my grapefruit tree... there is not a good 20 fruits on it... crap!

I  don't know a thing about having a bee hive, but believe me by next year I will, and I will have one.

[Habanero Smoker]

In my area, if you have enough acreage, and plants to pollinate, bee keepers will set up a beehive on your land and maintain it.

[Oldman]

In my area, if you have enough acreage, and plants to pollinate, bee keepers will set up a beehive on your land and maintain it.

That would be great but I live in a city.

EDIT: Susan just told me she was not crazy about our own bee hive... but she is willing to live with them.

[Oldman]

Once again, cool stuff coming out of Old's backyard that us frosty Canadians can only dream of growing.

I love fresh pineapple.  Wish I could grow that.

You can!!! I knew of a Gardener in NY City that grew them. If you want to know how let me know.
Olds

EDIT: If you do I will even send to you one of my pups!

[westexasmoker]

Olds, would a pineapple survive out here in west texas?  We had a boganvilla (sp) for years...it had to be moved in every winter and then back out after the last freeze.  I would love to try my hand at pineapple, if its possible?  And I won't give it mesquite!  ;)

C

[Oldman]

Yes it is possible. Later  today I will do a direct post to you on how to get-er-done~~! (How to start a pineapple from a crown [sorry this year all of my pups are spoken for so you will have to use a crown.] Type of container needed. Amount of Sun light needed per day, and type of fertilizer.)
Old

[NePaSmoKer]

Olds

You have a green thumb  ;D

They look great.

nepas

[Carter]

Hey Olds,

I just sent you an e-mail.

Carter