Product Description

5-6 lbs, white flesh with no woodiness in the center. Cylindrical in shape, it has a high sugar content but no acid. An incredibly delicious fruit and easy to grow houseplant! DESCRIPTION Growth Habit: The pineapple plant is a herbaceous perennial, 2-1/2 to 5 ft. high with a spread of 3 to 4 ft. It is essentially a short, stout stem with a rosette of waxy, straplike leaves. Foliage: The long-pointed leaves are 20 - 72 in. in length, usually needle tipped and generally bearing sharp, upcurved spines on the margins. Fruit: The oval to cylindrical-shaped, compound fruit develops from many small fruits fused together. It is both juicy and fleshy with the stem serving as the fibrous core. The tough, waxy rind may be dark green, yellow, orange-yellow or reddish when the fruit is ripe. The flesh ranges from nearly white to yellow. In size the fruits are up to 12 in. long and weigh 1 to 10 pounds or more. Adaptation: The pineapples is a tropical or near-tropical plant, but will usually tolerate brief exposures to 28° F. Pineapples are drought-tolerant and will produce fruit under yearly precipitation rates ranging from 25 - 150 in., depending on cultivar and location and degree of atmospheric humidity. They are successfully grown in southern Florida and coastal areas of southern California. The small plant adapts well to container and greenhouse culture and makes an interesting potted houseplant.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #180266 in Lawn & Patio
• Brand: Hirts: Fruit Plants

Features

• Mature plant will be 2.5 feet to 5 feet tall; 3 feet to 4 feet wide
• Pineapple fruit will be 1 to 10 pounds
• White flesh
• Very sweet, low acid
• Adapts well to a pot; makes an interesting foliage plant

Customer Reviews

Still suffering from transit/transplant shock
10/31/07

I received the live pineapple plant (about 8" tall in a 4" pot) well-packed in excelsior with masking tape over the top & sides of the pot to keep the soil from falling out. The very tips of some of the leaves were extremely brown & dry, but, otherwise, it appeared to be in very good shape. I trimmed off the brown tips & transplanted the pineapple by itself into an 8" pot & spread glass rocks over the soil as mulch. The pot is sitting on my back porch -- southern exposure/full sun.

11/27/07

The plant started fading to a sickly yellowish-green & the leaves that I had trimmed were dying way back, so I drastically cut back on my watering, since the soil seemed to be retaining far too much moisture. The pineapple hasn't completely recovered, but the center leaves have retained their shiny/green color & there appears to be new growth. So here's hoping ...

Live Pineapple Plant
Our pineapple arrived just three days after we ordered it and was in great condition. It looks hearty and we plan to plant it this weekend.