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You'll want to cut it fairly close the the bottom of the new fruit. If your pineapple plant has shoots on the sides, you can allow them to grow and produce another fruit, but the original plant will not be likely to make another fruit.

Be sure to save the top of this newly harvested fruit so you can continue to grow more. Enjoy your pineapple!

-- Contributed by: Kathleen Roberts

My pinapple plant has a pineapple that is now golden in color. How do you recommend that we harvest it? Would you cut close to bottom or down a bit on the stalk?

-- Contributed by: Monica

Tk6, Pineapples can be grown anywhere, and if it is cold where you live, keep them in a pot indoors.

-- Contributed by: Charlotte Gerber

i didn't know it took that long to grow a pineapple!

-- Contributed by: cassy

Can you grow pineapples anywhere, because I live in Alaska.

-- Contributed by: tk6

Hi Bruce, there are a few things you should check. First, does your plant have proper drainage and have you increased watering it? If so, cut back on the watering and perhaps add perlite to the soil mix to aid in drainage. Second, when is the last time you fertilized your plant? A little fertilizer for tropical plants, either pelleted or liquid may perk the plant back up. Finally, your plant could be outgrowing the pot- a problem easily remedied.

-- Contributed by: Charlotte Gerber

We have 2 pineapple plants that have been doing fine for the last year. This month I noticed both plant were turning a yellow-green with some ferns with brown tips. Any ideas?

-- Contributed by: Bruce Kingsley

You can also peel off the bottom seven or eight layers of brown leaves and a few green to expose the dry roots.

-- Contributed by: Paul

It should be around 24 inches tall or so. Pineapples grown commercially in Hawaii actually get around six feet. Your in a pot will not get this large so the fruit they produce will be smaller as well.

-- Contributed by: Kathleen Roberts

How tall will the plant be after 1 or 2 years?

-- Contributed by: Karen
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