Hala-kahiki keiki (pineapple baby)

We're back in Hawaii...yipppeeee....for 2 whole months.  It's always fun to see how the yard has grown while we're away...and I was pleasantly surprised to see my first pineapple has really grown.  It's so easy to grow one...but I still got a bit of satisfaction seeing it there waiting just for me!

If you live in a warmer climate (Ca, Fl or Hi for instance)

I think this would work well.  Seriously, this is stupid easy.

Buy a nice pineapple at the market...

Cut off the top

and then...put it in the ground! Seriously.

You can get green thumby and soak it in a 

root stimulant for a few days...but I just scoop out a

 bit of soil, lay the pineapple top in and cover the 

cut section with the scooped out dirt.  Water a bit...then

let the sprinklers, the sun and nature do the rest.

These start to root after a couple of weeks, then after a 

couple of months the baby pineapple forms at the top amid 

the leaves...VERY exciting...

and when we got here Thursday this is what I found

now, the biggest worry...when to harvest