In my quest to make a comparison between ratoon and regular pineapple, I think the photo shows it clearly that the ratoon fruit is only about half the size of a normal pineapple. However, it also takes half the time … Continue reading
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I am the great procrastinator. I know that when we harvested our ratoon pineapple last July, I said I was going to detach the sucker that had started growing on the parent plant. I say a lot of things but … Continue reading
It’s really interesting to see how different plants grow. I was lucky to catch the ratoon pineapple just as it began to crown, and this is how it grew from March to July this year… This pineapple was harvested 18 … Continue reading
Last May, we harvested our first pineapple, and I decided to leave one sucker on the parent plant to continue growing. This would give what is known as a ratoon crop. It grows faster than starting a new plant, but … Continue reading