Gardening and Horticulture - starting pineapples from tops/avocados from pits...etc...
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01-20-01, 03:17 PM
Hello!! I would like to get as much information as possible on gardeing exotic plants...and greenhouses...but especially on how you can start your own pineapple tree from a pineapple top...how you can start citrus trees/plants from the seeds you get out of the fruits you buy and eat from a local grocer...and how you can start your own avacado tree/plant from the same(a seed from a fruit that you purchase from a local grocer that you have eaten...etc.)...any and all kind of shortcuts on all those plants plus any and all othes will be more than welcome!!! I love gardening and am going to start my first greenhouse this year...so all help in that direction will be helpful too...Thanks for any and all I help I get(in advance!!)!!
01-21-01, 08:37 AM
To start a pineapple plant, get a top from the grocer or cut one from a whole pineapple that you have. If you live in a climate that rarely experiences a freeze, the pineapple may be planted in the ground. Otherwise the pineapple must be put in a pot so it can be protected when necessary. I dust the bottom of the pineapple top cutting with rooting powder prior to planting. The pineapple plant will bear fruit after a year or so after planting. The pineapple takes a few months to grow and ripen so patience is key. Good luck!
Ladybug
01-21-01, 08:16 PM
For greenhouse information re: building, managing, heating, cooling, growing in, etc. go to your local home store and check out their book section. Also, your local library. Ortho Books puts out a book titled "How To Build & Use Greenhouses" which is excellent. Sunset books also has a good one.
The one thing any home greenhouse owner will tell you is "build it as big as is logically possible for the space you have available"!! First - you'll outgrow it in no time. Second - the larger the unit the easier it is to control heating and cooling.
Also, if at all possible put in automatic vents. A small greenhouse can overheat in minutes with the sun on it - and, that's in the dead of winter.
Have fun, a retired commercial greenhouse owner
The one thing any home greenhouse owner will tell you is "build it as big as is logically possible for the space you have available"!! First - you'll outgrow it in no time. Second - the larger the unit the easier it is to control heating and cooling.
Also, if at all possible put in automatic vents. A small greenhouse can overheat in minutes with the sun on it - and, that's in the dead of winter.
Have fun, a retired commercial greenhouse owner
02-05-01, 09:54 AM
Originally posted by Ladybug
For greenhouse information re: building, managing, heating, cooling, growing in, etc. go to your local home store and check out their book section. Also, your local library. Ortho Books puts out a book titled "How To Build & Use Greenhouses" which is excellent. Sunset books also has a good one.
The one thing any home greenhouse owner will tell you is "build it as big as is logically possible for the space you have available"!! First - you'll outgrow it in no time. Second - the larger the unit the easier it is to control heating and cooling.
Also, if at all possible put in automatic vents. A small greenhouse can overheat in minutes with the sun on it - and, that's in the dead of winter.
Have fun, a retired commercial greenhouse owner
For greenhouse information re: building, managing, heating, cooling, growing in, etc. go to your local home store and check out their book section. Also, your local library. Ortho Books puts out a book titled "How To Build & Use Greenhouses" which is excellent. Sunset books also has a good one.
The one thing any home greenhouse owner will tell you is "build it as big as is logically possible for the space you have available"!! First - you'll outgrow it in no time. Second - the larger the unit the easier it is to control heating and cooling.
Also, if at all possible put in automatic vents. A small greenhouse can overheat in minutes with the sun on it - and, that's in the dead of winter.
Have fun, a retired commercial greenhouse owner