You will need
  • ripe pineapple
  • - pot
  • soil substrate
  • - a homemade greenhouse out of a jar or package
Instruction
1
To grow in the home pineapple, you need to find a suitable for these purposes, the fruit. The pineapple must be ripe and not be exposed to frost. It is better to buy the summer fruit. A ripe pineapple smells good, its pulp is relatively pliable, the tip can slightly wiggle. That is what you will cut. The flesh at the top of the cutting does not have to leave. On the contrary, remove bottom row of leaves so you are left with a small stump.
2
Hang the top of the stump down in a dry place for 2-3 weeks. It is the need of the plant for wound healing and the transition of nutrients from the leaves to the place of germination of future roots.
3
Fill the bottom of the pot with river pebbles or expanded clay, fill the pot with potting substrate consisting of equal parts of peat land and river sand. Boil water, add a few crystals of potassium permanganate and well pour the soil in the pot to disinfect it. This should be done a few days before planting.
4
Take the prepared seedling, stick it in the ground to the bottom of the leaves, spray top with spray and cover with a jar or plastic bag. Put the pineapple in dark light place but avoid direct sunlight.
5
A month later, the plants are strong enough and will release the first roots. Pour all this time it should be rare, but plenty of very warm water. If germination of the roots you used the little potty, it's time to transplant the pineapple to a larger vessel in which it will grow the next 3-4 years.
6
An adult plant needs a little fertilizer, after which it will bloom and start giving the first fruits. You'll be proud to entertain friends home grown pineapple, and if one of them won't believe you, tell him how it really is simple.