How to Grow Pineapple in Pots: Water Propagation Rooting Time and Nutritional Value Explained
There are many fruits whose leftovers can be used for planting after we finish eating the flesh. For example, after you eat a Perfume Pineapple. If you want to grow a pineapple, how do you do it?
Growing a pineapple is super easy——from a whole pineapple bought from a fruit shop or supermarket, as long as it still has those green leaves on top and has not been frozen (because pineapple is a tropical plant, and freezing will kill it), cut off the entire crown on top, remove the bottom few layers of leaves, and then soak it in water. It is best to use a transparent cup so you can easily observe its condition. Change the water every day, and it will take about a week to root.
After that, you can plant it in soil; ordinary potting soil will do. In about one to two months, it will already have become an independent plant; the original crown leaves will grow longer and longer, and new leaves will also emerge from the center.
If you use a six- to eight-inch pot, it will still grow very well, but it will only be an ornamental plant. If you want it to produce a pineapple, it will take two to three years, and by repotting into a pot one size larger every six months and adding organic fertilizer every month, a new pineapple will grow out from the center. How magical!
Besides being rich in vitamin C and sugar, pineapple flesh also contains quite a few organic acids, such as malic acid and citric acid. It also contains an enzyme called "bromelain," which can break down protein. If you eat it without first soaking it in salt water, this enzyme has an irritating effect on the delicate lining of our oral mucosa and lips, giving us a tingling, stinging sensation.
Salt water can inhibit the activity of bromelain. Therefore, when we eat fresh pineapple, it is best to first soak it in salt water for a while; this can inhibit the irritation of bromelain on our oral mucosa and lips, and at the same time the pineapple will taste sweeter, because the sodium ions in salt are cations of the first main group and have the effect of suppressing bitterness.
