A Method for Propagating Multiple Pineapple Plants from a Single Top

You’ve planted a pineapple top before – but did you know you could turn one top into at least four new pineapple plants?

About eight months ago, I watched this video:

We gave the method a try with a pineapple top from the grocery store.

The greenhouse was too cold through the winter, as you might imagine, and we also left the pots in full sun… and yet…

…check this out:

That’s one quarter.

And here’s another one:

It works!

Of the four pieces we planted, one rotted, one is still green but has not sent up any new shoots yet, one gave us a single new shoot and the last quarter gave us two.

So instead of just planting one top and getting one plant, we got three plants (so far) from a single top.

They’re beautiful. We’ll definitely do this again. I can’t stop telling everyone.

“SO THIS IS HOW I FIGURED OUT HOW TO TURN ONE PINEAPPLE INTO, LIKE, A BUNCH MORE, BECAUSE I SAW THIS ONE GUY’S VIDEO AND THEN HAD THIS TOP FROM THE GROCERY STORE SO I DID THE SAME THING AND CUT IT INTO QUARTERS, YOU KNOW? YOU WOULDN’T THINK IT WOULD WORK BUT IF YOU TAKE OUT THE CENTER GROWTH NODE IT BREAKS APICAL DOMINANCE, SEE, AND IT ACTIVATES SECONDARY BUDS, AND…”

If you want to learn more methods of pineapple propagation, check out Randy’s video:

And, of course, don’t forget about Free Plants for Everyone: The Good Guide to Plant Propagation, which teaches you how to grow thousands of dollars of free plants in your backyard.