Don't throw away the pineapple clump! Plant it and try growing pineapple indoors!
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himDon't throw away the pineapple clump! Plant it and try growing pineapple indoors!
Pineapple is a very special, as well as delicious and healthy. It is a plant native to South America, like most of the Bromeliads, in fact the word Pineapple derives from the name of the fruit in the language of the Guaranì Indians. That of the pineapple is an infructescence, imagine many different berries joined together, and for each one there was a flower before. (Read also How to grow pineapple in pots)
The properties and virtues of pineapple are mainly due to the presence of bromelain, a very important enzyme present above all in the stem; its main feature is in fact that of making even the most complex proteins easily digestible. As early as the 18th century, pineapple was known to have digestive and diuretic properties, and was widely consumed at the end of large lunches. Many of the best-selling houseplants are bromeliads, and if you're careful, their rose leaves are identical to the pineapple clump. Among them also the Tillandsias, those hairy plants that live without soil and should only be sprayed: in the rainforest they feed on the humidity of the air.
Plants of the Bromeliaceae family
So why not try growing the pineapple plant indoors, or if you live in a warm enough place, in the garden?Here's how to grow pineapple starting from the tuft
Index
Buy a Pineapple
Purchase a pineapple with a healthy green crotch, without brown leaves. The rest you can eat fresh or prepare delicious recipes with pineapple
Detach or cut the tuft
Cut the crown of leaves with a knife, or, as they taught me, turning it with force so as to tear it only together with a piece of the inner pith.
If you cut it off, you must then remove all the pulp, which would create rot and leave it to dry for a few days in a warm place. Already cutting the crown, you will see small dark circles, which are nothing more than roots ready to grow.
Remove the leaves and place it in a glass full of water
Remove two or three turns of leaves in order to clean the stem as in the image you see below. When it is dry, put it to root in a glass or jar filled with water in a bright place and wait for the roots to develop. You can also use toothpicks to support the tuft a bit like you do with an avocado stone
Transplant the tuft into the jars
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When the roots are developed, prepare pots of soil (the one for succulents is fine) with good drainage at the bottom (put some pebbles so that the water does not stagnate). Plant your clump, which is now a real plant. If you are in a cold place, Agata's advice (one of the green thumbs following me on Fb), who has already successfully tried this experiment, is to cover the plant with a plastic bag, stop it on the pot, and fill it with small holes. with a needle. In this way you will have a micro-earth that will protect your little one from sudden changes in temperature.
Water about once a week, but make sure you don't completely dry out the soil for the first time. It will take about two months for your plant to take root, and after about a year you can repot it to give space to the roots and make it grow ... and maybe, over time, after at least two years, it will give you a small pineapple to taste with satisfaction .
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