Growing a pineapple plant (Ananas comosus) from the fruit is very simple and can be easy as well, you just have to pay attention to see to the plant’s needs, which is plenty of moist, but also not too much. Pineapples need a lot of water so it’s hard to over water them if you water your plants once a week.

1. If you have the chance, buy an organically grown fruit. If not, any healthy looking fruit from any market will do. Before buying, inspect the leaves well, there shouldn’t be any damage, dryness or traces of mold.
2. Cut the green part with the leaves as you usually do before eating the fruit. Remove all the fruit, the only thing that must be left, is the green part, the leaves. Don’t forget to eat the fruit. 😊

3. Dip the leaves in water. Make sure that it’s really only dipped and not drowned. Use a small glass or make a net to help the plant stand in place.

4 .Very important: change the water daily.

5. In a matter of a week roots should start growing from the cut part.

6. Once the roots are up to 3 cm long, you can place the plant in the soil. I simply used hummus – nothing else.

7. Water once a week, not too excessively.

8. In a month you should clearly see a new plant growing from among the leaves.

Keep up the watering regime. Depending on how large of a pot you planted it in, it might need repotting in the next spring – such is the case with me as I didn’t have a larger pot in stock when planting the little plant.

The plant will probably take a few years in order to produce fruits.