After waiting about three years for it to grow, and then about four months for it ripen, we finally got to pick our first pineapple grown from a pineapple! It was pretty exciting to finally get to eat it after watching it grow for so long. We grew it from another pineapple, which is actually very easy to do.

It’s time to pick your pineapple when it turns nice and yellow. Our first pineapple looked a bit wonky, to be honest. It had a great big top on it, but the fruit itself was on the small side and not so pretty. But that didn’t matter as far as taste goes- it was perfect on the inside! Sweet and juicy and extra satisfying because we grew it ourselves.

Check out the video of us cutting down our first pineapple:

Want to grow your own pineapple?

Growing a pineapple from another pineapple involves a process known as “propagation” or “regeneration.” Pineapples can be propagated using the leafy top, also known as the crown, of a mature pineapple.

It’s important to note that while growing a pineapple plant from a crown is a fascinating and rewarding process, not all propagated plants will necessarily produce fruit. Factors such as environmental conditions, care, and the variety of pineapple can influence whether the plant eventually bears fruit. It can also take many years before it ever produces fruit!

Additionally, pineapples are typically grown from offsets or suckers, which are small shoots that emerge at the base of the plant. These are usually more reliable for fruit production than growing from crowns, as they are genetically identical to the parent plant and have a head start on growth.

However, growing from a crown is a fun and educational gardening project that can yield satisfying results over time!

Check out this post with step-by-step directions on how to grow a pineapple from a pineapple top:

A few days after cutting down our pineapple, I noticed a new leafy growth coming out of the old stalk. That’s the “sucker” mentioned in the above paragraph! I didn’t actually know that they did that so it was pretty cool to see a new pineapple already growing from the old one.

We currently have about eight pineapple plants in the yard and are looking forward to our next homegrown pineapple!