What Is Going On With My Pineapples

[amh]

I have two pineapples that are s'pose'da be Kona Sugarloafs, but the resulting fruit is small with excessive crowns.

Is this a fertilizer or light issue? Wrong cultivar? Has anybody growing pineapples had similar issues?

[aussiearoids]

They do need high fert' and high light for good big fruits ,, also a suitable warm climate.

I buy mine for $3-4 each and only grow the attractive variegated cvs.

 

[amh]

  On 9/16/2022 at 5:58 AM, aussiearoids said:

They do need high fert' and high light for good big fruits ,, also a suitable warm climate.

I buy mine for $3-4 each and only grow the attractive variegated cvs.

 

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Do you think light was the issue?

The plants were attacked by deer, probably had half day sun, and daytime temperatures were 100+ for most of the growing season.

[Fishinsteeg234]

From the looks of it, it appears the fruit was laying horizontal for awhile and the plant started to produce pups from the crown. Pineapples are a type of bromeliad, and bromeliads reproduce from new offshoot “pups”. I am guessing the pineapple laying sideways caused the plant to put energy into the new pups to instead of the fruit. You can probably cut those pups off at the growth base and replant them, or get them to root in water. Hopefully deer won’t knock the fruit over next time around.