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In the Florida garden, we decided that we wanted a papaya tree, and as they are pretty fast growing, decided to begun from seed.
Now, knowing what the seed success ratio can be, we decided to just throw all of the seed that we pulled out of the fruit, into a small raised bed. We figured we'd get a handful to successfully start. What we got, was a forest of baby papaya.
So, now we are selecting, thining and giving away. It is amazing as to how many of those seeds took. I stopped counting!
Well, we have the final piece for the pineapple that we have been watching.
It was harvested (and I forgot to take a picture....) and was so sweet. Now, the pineapple has finished one chapter and started a new one. The top is now going on to become a plant on it's own.
Checking in on the little pineapple that we have been following on Facebook, it is now actually looking like a pineapple, albeit a "mini me" version. Still a long way to go.
The plant itself is also beginning to sprout "pups" (second pic). These are new little plants forming that will eventually produce a fruit themselves. This plant has 2 "pups starting so far.
A pineapple plant fruits only once.
