And I’m not talking early in the season, because they are right on time. With a little more rain than usual during the winter, their flowering did not get delayed like last year. No, my early pineapples are first year bloomers!
I swear I am not going crazy. The pineapple plants that came with the house have quadrupled in number over the years and I feel I have gained quite a bit of experience with them. In the past years, whether planting tops or pups, each plant would take about two years before it bloomed
That is not what is happening this year. I have a pretty decent number of two year old plants that are pushing their cone shaped flowers into the air. In addition to this I have at least three one year old plants (one pictured) that are doing the same.
We have 12 blooming pineapples at the moment! Thankfully at slightly different stages of development. I have been attempting population control, but I might have to set up a produce stand by the road!