Last time I went to my house, it wasn’t ready. But due to circumstances, I haven’t been lately, and my neighbour sent me a picture of it looking very ripe. Rather than have it be wasted as I can’t go for a few more weeks, I let my neighbours eat it, as long as they showed me a picture. Glad it was sweet! Sad it wasn’t me!
Marinus007
My neighbors have banana trees and they dedicated one bunch hanging over our fence to us. After months of watching them grow and ripen, the neighbors cut them and gave them to us when just about ready to finish off inside.
We were able to eat one each (on a bunch of ~20) while all the rest were green before we went out of town for the weekend. Upon return they were all rotten. 🙁
nina_gall
Oh the joys of gardening. It’s just an expensive hobby, unless you have over 2 acres to work, and then you have to spend 10hrs a day in order to actually save money at the grocery.
We’re all insane, yay!
OksanaAlberta
thats so nice of you❤ I would also let my neighbors take my veg and fruits. Better that way before it goes to waste
Chromattix
Same here. Mine recently came off the plant on its own after the same amount of years and it’s about the size of a tennis ball. It sucks because the summer where it finally decided to fruit was the gloomiest, greyest, rainiest one we’ve ever had on record so we on several occasions went weeks at a time without even seeing our shadow… in SUMMER. Chose a really bad year to finally fruit.
DistancingSocially
Hey look at the bright side, at least you got to eat some of it.
I had mine stolen just as it was ready to pick. 2.5 years I’ve watched it, and overnight it disappeared. Not an animal, no trace of it at all.
Edit: punctuation
FlyWtMe87
At least it didn’t go to waste. A success nonetheless
cindiepharmd
2 years?
Fit-Rest-973
I grew pumpkins this year. I moved to New Mexico, so gardening is different. I got eight pumpkins. Lots of pumpkin seeds. It’s all a learning curve, and I enjoyed the growing process
mildlyconfused25
It doesnt actually look like it was 100% ready
Informal_Dot_6952
Pineapple takes 2.5 yrs to grow?
Nightshade_Ranch
They even did it good justice with the cut.
hydrazi
I recommend growing 500 at a time. Does take a little more room though.
SuperEnthusiastic
Back in Renaissance Europe you could have sold that for like $2,000
People used to *rent* pineapples to put on their dining tables during parties and not even eat them.
opera_boat
What a beautiful pineapple and text chain
Easywintergardening
Just crazy to me that pineapples take so long to grow but are so abundant in the grocery. My dad replants every pineapple he buys and they still are out there in the garden growing
Gaylellen69
Beautiful… That’s how I learned to peel a pineapple when I was a kid in Viet Nam. I loved watching our cook doing it 😍 and then handing me a slice ☺️
pimpedoutmonkey
But was it fun to grow is the real heart of it.
Farmer808
Nice thing with pineapples are the next generations always take less time and grow bigger than the original. The shoots and suckers from this plant will yield dividends into the future.
fruitgamingspacstuff
Yeah f*ck pineapples for this reason. Makes you wonder why they don’t cost a fortune to buy. Pick em up for a quid.
NerfHerder4life
My dad grows them not as large but they are soooooo sweet you can can smell them 25 ft away. If he let’s one Fermint it’s extra spicy!
4skinner1987
My roommates knew how much I loved my garden, and didn’t touch it all through summer while I was away. Trust me, seeing someone eating food you grew is 100x better than coming home to see a mountain of good veggies gone to waste to the elements. You sid the right thing
ProKnifeCatcher
Looks very cute and delicious!
jadbronson
I’m in the same boat . My first pineapple was eaten by a raccoon or opossum the night before I was going to pick it. Then my second one a whole year later was the same size as yours. But it was good and I have about 9 growing all at different stages.
mattmo910
I get way more dopamine for food I *actually* worked for. Gardening is a solid hobby for ADHD if you can make yourself a morning/before bed routine. I grew squash way too big to eat and sunflowers that were 8′ tall that I know would never pollenate in the mountains of new Mexico, but…. damn was I proud to have a garden that, although less useful, was substantially lusher and greener than my dad’s (my grandpa was a corn farmer, so it meant something to me to beat my dad at that)
str4ngerc4t
My dad grows pineapples and they get bigger asks the plant gets older. He got a few medium sized ones finally this year…and some softball sized ones from the newer plants. Keep it up and show us what you grow next year!
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Last time I went to my house, it wasn’t ready. But due to circumstances, I haven’t been lately, and my neighbour sent me a picture of it looking very ripe. Rather than have it be wasted as I can’t go for a few more weeks, I let my neighbours eat it, as long as they showed me a picture. Glad it was sweet! Sad it wasn’t me!
My neighbors have banana trees and they dedicated one bunch hanging over our fence to us. After months of watching them grow and ripen, the neighbors cut them and gave them to us when just about ready to finish off inside.
We were able to eat one each (on a bunch of ~20) while all the rest were green before we went out of town for the weekend. Upon return they were all rotten. 🙁
Oh the joys of gardening. It’s just an expensive hobby, unless you have over 2 acres to work, and then you have to spend 10hrs a day in order to actually save money at the grocery.
We’re all insane, yay!
thats so nice of you❤ I would also let my neighbors take my veg and fruits. Better that way before it goes to waste
Same here. Mine recently came off the plant on its own after the same amount of years and it’s about the size of a tennis ball. It sucks because the summer where it finally decided to fruit was the gloomiest, greyest, rainiest one we’ve ever had on record so we on several occasions went weeks at a time without even seeing our shadow… in SUMMER. Chose a really bad year to finally fruit.
Hey look at the bright side, at least you got to eat some of it.
I had mine stolen just as it was ready to pick. 2.5 years I’ve watched it, and overnight it disappeared. Not an animal, no trace of it at all.
Edit: punctuation
At least it didn’t go to waste. A success nonetheless
2 years?
I grew pumpkins this year. I moved to New Mexico, so gardening is different. I got eight pumpkins. Lots of pumpkin seeds. It’s all a learning curve, and I enjoyed the growing process
It doesnt actually look like it was 100% ready
Pineapple takes 2.5 yrs to grow?
They even did it good justice with the cut.
I recommend growing 500 at a time. Does take a little more room though.
Back in Renaissance Europe you could have sold that for like $2,000
People used to *rent* pineapples to put on their dining tables during parties and not even eat them.
What a beautiful pineapple and text chain
Just crazy to me that pineapples take so long to grow but are so abundant in the grocery. My dad replants every pineapple he buys and they still are out there in the garden growing
Beautiful… That’s how I learned to peel a pineapple when I was a kid in Viet Nam. I loved watching our cook doing it 😍 and then handing me a slice ☺️
But was it fun to grow is the real heart of it.
Nice thing with pineapples are the next generations always take less time and grow bigger than the original. The shoots and suckers from this plant will yield dividends into the future.
Yeah f*ck pineapples for this reason. Makes you wonder why they don’t cost a fortune to buy. Pick em up for a quid.
My dad grows them not as large but they are soooooo sweet you can can smell them 25 ft away. If he let’s one Fermint it’s extra spicy!
My roommates knew how much I loved my garden, and didn’t touch it all through summer while I was away. Trust me, seeing someone eating food you grew is 100x better than coming home to see a mountain of good veggies gone to waste to the elements. You sid the right thing
Looks very cute and delicious!
I’m in the same boat . My first pineapple was eaten by a raccoon or opossum the night before I was going to pick it. Then my second one a whole year later was the same size as yours. But it was good and I have about 9 growing all at different stages.
I get way more dopamine for food I *actually* worked for. Gardening is a solid hobby for ADHD if you can make yourself a morning/before bed routine. I grew squash way too big to eat and sunflowers that were 8′ tall that I know would never pollenate in the mountains of new Mexico, but…. damn was I proud to have a garden that, although less useful, was substantially lusher and greener than my dad’s (my grandpa was a corn farmer, so it meant something to me to beat my dad at that)
My dad grows pineapples and they get bigger asks the plant gets older. He got a few medium sized ones finally this year…and some softball sized ones from the newer plants. Keep it up and show us what you grow next year!