Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What's up with this red pineapple plant?, 1 by gsytch

gsytch wrote:
Your Pineapple has frost damage. I suspect it was in an area where frost. more than actual cold, got it - unless there was moisture present. Our last cold snap hit you guys on the east coast real hard first, with the last night hitting Tampa Bay harder due to radiational cooling. Here in West Pasco (New Port Richey) my yard where exposed - the broms are toasty! Looked this way last year, too. It hit 29f here, and was below freezing 8 hours with HEAVY frost. Any Brom under canopy is fine. They are very hardy if kept away from frost. I have over 100 varieties growing everywhere in my yard, and the open exposed areas, hit hardest by the record cold of Dec., will come back, too. But, it will take a few months. Broms do not need to come in unless it gets near 32f. I never do, only perhaps cover areas if I can. I even have them growing up trees with minimal damage despite 6 freezes this Dec! Greg Sytch in New Port Richey (zone 9b)
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