Where do pineapples grow from? i was watching spongebob with my baby cousin and i saw that spongebob plated a seed thingy when he lost his house. so the pineapple grew from the ground. So do they grow from the ground? or off a tree/bush?
2006-08-09 03:32:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Ground. There's no tree. I used to live in a tropical island (Réunion island; they actually talk about it in Wikipedia! see: the Victoria pineapple), so I saw a few pineapples. It is a plant and a fruit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple
Scroll down a little, and you'll see a plantation.
2006-08-09 03:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by Offkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pineapples, you may be surprised to find, grow on top of the plants, nestled in the spiny leaves. They are the fruit of a low growing plant called a bromeliad and look for all the world like some kind of joke--like a jackalope or those spaghetti trees they show every April Fools Day.
Fields of pineapple plants look like the spiky moussed and twisted hair of a punk rocker. The fruit's name comes from the resemblance to pine cones that European explorers noticed, along with the slight apple flavor the early fruits had.
Pineapple is an American native and has been cultivated for at least 1000 years. European explorers found them well established when they arrived in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Heres a little tip
Buy a pineapple,cut the top off,just below the growth. Place somewhere very warm to completely dry out,wait til it goes completely brown. plant in good quality soil,keep warm. Ware very occasionally,bearing in mind they are a tropical fruit and like to remain relatively dry. After a couple of weeks,you should see some growth appear. Keep in a warm place,mist the air around it for humidity. Two years time,you will have a pineapple grow! try it! My pineapple is in the process of growing!!
2006-08-09 10:43:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been on pineapple plantations many times in Hawaii and the Philippines. Pineapples grow on low to the ground plants, not on trees.
2006-08-09 10:37:33 · answer #3 · answered by Larry 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They grow from a ground-based bush or shrub. The fruit blooms from the center of long, blade-like leaves, similar to the leaves on the top of the fruit. Check out Wikipedia's article.
2006-08-09 10:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by jmskinny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It grows from a pineapple plant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple
2006-08-09 10:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think a tree
2006-08-09 10:36:37 · answer #6 · answered by Danny 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
maybe it's a tree
2006-08-09 11:17:09 · answer #7 · answered by Savvanah 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋