Death of a Pineapple

Do you remember when I decided to start a pineapple from a fruit I bought at the store?

I followed the directions and started planning what recipe I'd use my delicious pineapple for.

Unfortunately I went to check on it the other day and made a sad discovery.
I'm fairly certain that white mold is never a good sign for a pineapple - or any plant really.

I'll make the sacrifice and buy another pineapple and this time I'll try planting it in the soil instead of the water.

Has anyone else tried planting a pineapple this way?

More Fruit!

On the same theme as yesterday, I decided to try a pineapple from scratch. In this case not a seed, but from a nice organic pineapple from Whole Foods.

This technique is based off a collection of YouTube videos, so I'm not necessarily counting on success here, but it's worth a shot.

Step 1: Take a pineapple and cut the top quarter or so off.













Step 2: Cut all of the fruit meat off of the top. If you leave it on, it will just rot.














Step 3: Cut the top off in little slices until you can see the root buds, or whatever the brown things are.













Step 4: Peel off the bottom few layers of leaves.













Step 5: Let it sit out for a few days so it dries out.
This would have been a boring photo.

Step 6: Set it in a glass of water and let it grow some roots.
This photo hasn't happened yet.
Now I just have to wait and see if I get any root action!