It's hard to believe, but still some one and a half centuries ago pineapple on the table served as one of the signs of a high income of the owners of the house. Moreover, he often bought something for this purpose - to emphasize the highest level of admission and repeatedly used to decorate the table, until completely rotted and moved to the cesspool. Today, pineapples have lost their status of "delicacies for the elite." And although you can buy this fruit in any supermarket at any time of the day or night, not everyone knows how to grow pineapples in nature.
Do pineapples grow on palm trees?
In children's cartoons and books, you can often see palm trees bending under the weight of pineapples and banana bunches. That is why, many surviving to quite venerable years, are confident that pineapples and bananas grow in nature no differently than on palm trees. But in both cases, such a visual series remains entirely on the conscience of the not-so-blown fantasy of the multiplier. In fact, both pineapples and bananas are fruits of herbaceous plants that grow on the ground.
In what climate are pineapples growing?
In order for pineapples to grow normally, develop, bloom and bear fruit, they need to be warm and damp around. Such conditions are generously provided by nature in the tropics. Initially, pineapples were found only in the tropical forests of Brazil , where they were part of the diet of local residents. In addition to the fruit itself, the Brazilian aborigines have found application to other parts of pineapple, for example, they used leaves to produce strong fibers. Over time, from the Brazilian forests, this plant migrated to other tropics. Today, pineapples are grown with great success in Argentina, Cuba, Hawaii, Guinea, Mexico and Australia, and this is only a small part of the countries where this process is put on stream. Moreover, in the conditions of greenhouses and greenhouses pineapples can be grown practically in any corner of the globe.
How do pineapples grow in nature?
Familiar to all the large, juicy, so similar to the giant cones, the fruits in natural conditions are unlikely to be met. Wild pineapples, in contrast to their cultivated relatives, are more than modest in size and almost unobtrusive. Their mass rarely exceeds 1 kg, and the taste only remotely resembles a habitual exotic delicacy. In other respects, pineapples both grow in the wild and on the plantation absolutely the same. These are herbaceous plants with a powerful root rosette of leaves, in the middle of which, under favorable conditions, a flower spike with a paniculate inflorescence is formed. The color of the flowers in the inflorescence can range from bright red to dark violet. Each of the flowers eventually forms a berries, which are fused together, and form a familiar fruit - pineapple. In addition to varietal characteristics, the taste of each fruit and fruit in general is affected by whether the flower was pollinated or not. According to experts, the seed formed as a result of pollination of the flower significantly impairs the quality of the fetus. Therefore, one of the most important operations in the industrial cultivation of pineapples is to protect them from pollinators. In the course are various covers, worn directly on fruits, scarers, etc.
How does pineapple grow at home?
If possible complications do not scare you, but only provoke, then it is not superfluous to find out how pineapple grows at home. For the establishment of this exotic handsome does not necessarily have to knock down his legs in search of seeds, it is enough to buy at the nearest store a vintage pineapple. He needs to cut off the top, remove excess leaves, dry the cut and only then place in a container with water for germination. After the appearance of the roots, the seedling can be planted in a pot with a light nutrient soil. With proper care, after two to three years after planting, you can submit to the table pineapple from your own window sill.