pinapple: Does it grow above ground, or below?

Question

How long does it take to grow/ripeen?

Answer 1

pineapples grow on the top of the plant. imagine an alow vera plant with a pineapple sitting on top in the middle. kind of similar to what that looks like. it takes a while for the plant to grow, but when it starts to get fruit it will ripen in a regular season.

Answer 2

Most fruits develop in 3 to 4 months, but pineapples take about 18 months to grow!

Pineapples are grown from the crowns or tops of other pineapples. Each crown isplanted by hand. When the plants are one year old the flowering process begins. The
flower bud is small and pink, and looks like a pinecone. As the bud grows it will become the fruit we know as a pineapple.

Pineapple is one of the world’s favorite tropical fruits. First called “anana”, a Carribean
word for “excellent fruit”, the name “pineapple” came from European explorers who
thought the fruit looked like a pinecone with flesh like an apple.
Christopher Columbus was the first person to introduce pineapples to Europe. In 1493
he was exploring the Carribean islands and found pineapples growing on the island of
Guadalupe. He brought some of these pineapples back for Queen Isabella of Spain who
loved the sweet tropical fruit. So did other Europeans. In fact, Europeans loved the taste
of pineapple so much they tried to grow them in Europe, but the tropical plants did not
fare well in Europe’s cool climate.

Answer 3

above. If you cut the top off a pineapple and plant it it will grow a plant and eventually will start a stem...which willg row a new fruit. The time depends on the soil, weather and other factors.. it's usually a relatively longer growing period. It IS fun to watch, and for some reason the pineapple you grow seems to taste SO much better than a store bought one!!!

Answer 4

Pineapples grow on top of the plant. You should probably prop them up when they begin to develop because they can become top-heavy. Give a lot of sun, I had a plant growing from a top we had planted a couple years before and it wasn't doing much because it was shaded by trees and ferns. When I had the trees trimmed and pulled up the excess ferns - it took off!!

More sun, less competition from other plants and in a few months we had a baby pineapple. I watched it like a proud parent. It was just about ready to be harvested and I took a weekend trip. When we came back, nothing but the top remained. The squirrels had beaten me to it.

At least I was right about it being ready to harvest! :)

Answer 5

The fruit grows above ground.

Answer 6

The fruit itself will be above ground if/when it produces fruit.
I am just not too sure if you need more than one plant to get it to produce. My family's garden has some tops that we have successfully rooted last year, so we will see in the spring/summer. If all else fails, the plant itself is really nice looking.

Answer 7

below, they're a root. fyi, in case you prefer to enhance your person, discover some pots or a patch of airborne dirt and airborne dirt and dust, take a potato from the cabinet thats commencing off to enhance eyes, and cut back the potato so as that each bit has an eye fixed. plant eye area up and water and via the top of summer season youll have potatos.

Answer 8

They are grown above ground. They grow on plants similar to "yuccas".

Answer 9

above