I had a top in my veggie garden. After reading this link today, I just tossed it.
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should I give this pineapple a chance?
i may have told some of you this story before regarding pineapples, but i'll tell it again! LOL
there was a vacant house down the street with a patch of pineapples situated between two maples. it was mostly shaded with just some afternoon sun. i would walk the dog past this spot and one day i noticed something yellow and went over to investigate. wow-six pineapples in various stages of growth. i picked them as they ripened and let me tell you, they were sugar-sweet and so wonderfully perfect. i couldn't believe that they would grow in the shade like that. we have also had frosts during the winters since i've lived here.
i potted the tops of all six and later transplanted them between 2 cedars (trying to duplicate the living arrangements of the mother plants) and put pinebark mulch around them. it appears that i lost two of them this winter after a fairly hard freeze but the others look good. if they ever produce and the fruit is half as good as the parents, i'll be happy!
I have a friend with a large, 3 acre, garden and she has pineapples stuck all over the place. She has a large GH but these things are too large to bring inside so they live and fruit outdoors year round.
wow Deb, that's a cool story
Alice have you had any of her fruit
I am having fits: I have pressed some button on my laptop which causes the cursor to jump back unexpectedly after typing a few characters. I want to scream!!!!!!!
No, I haven't had any but she says it is awesome and that is what I understand from others. Even GH grown pineapples are supposed to be better than the grocery store varieties.
Don't you just hate it whan a stupid machine can frustrate us like computers can.
does your friend live here???
Yes, she lives on Lady's Island.
nery, turn your computer off, not just re-boot. turn it off and then turn it back on-things should shape up ok then. i did something similar last week. every time i tried to type something, all i got was the top stuff (like my caps were locked). i was going insane! LOL