{"id":8247,"date":"2019-04-10T07:49:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=8247"},"modified":"2021-12-07T08:56:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:56:05","slug":"early-pineapples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2019\/04\/10\/early-pineapples\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Pineapples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>
\n

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! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… Continue reading Early Pineapples<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[212,295,214],"class_list":["post-8247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-gardening","tag-pineapple","tag-the-house"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8509,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2019\/08\/27\/pineapple-growing-myths\/","url_meta":{"origin":8247,"position":0},"title":"Pineapple growing myths","author":"leems","date":"August 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"When I first figured out that the huge, sharp, spiky plants that came with our house were pineapple, I went looking online for instructions and tips for growing and harvesting the plants. While I found some really helpful information, like suggestions to move the plants into the sun for better\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190623_112832.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190623_112832.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190623_112832.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190623_112832.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190623_112832.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190623_112832.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8269,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2019\/07\/31\/7-stages-of-pineapple\/","url_meta":{"origin":8247,"position":1},"title":"7 stages of pineapple","author":"leems","date":"July 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It should be of no surprise that I am once again talking about pineapples. I remember our first attempts at yarding after buying the house. I made a hesitant identification of some spiny, succulent like, grasses planted against the house. Based on a theory that they were pineapples, we moved\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190721_104737-84x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190721_104737-84x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190721_104737-84x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190721_104737-84x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190721_104737-84x150.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190721_104737-84x150.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6019,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/05\/14\/proof-of-pineapple\/","url_meta":{"origin":8247,"position":2},"title":"Proof of pineapple","author":"leems","date":"May 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I finally have definitive proof the humongous spiky plants we moved in the back yard are actually pineapples!","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"DSCN0888","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0888-600x450.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0888-600x450.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0888-600x450.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9403,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2021\/01\/22\/pineapple-for-softer-hands\/","url_meta":{"origin":8247,"position":3},"title":"Pineapple for softer hands","author":"leems","date":"January 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Would it surprise you to learn that I am also amassing material to make a zine about pineapples? No, well, you know me so well.","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01291564.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01291564.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01291564.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01291564.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10715,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/07\/27\/spring-garden-round-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":8247,"position":4},"title":"Spring garden round up","author":"leems","date":"July 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Sweet shrub Rain lilies Flame lily Young pineapples Tibouchina Peace lily & bug-on-you memorial plant Panama rose Plumbago Gardinia aka Nanny Bleeding heart vine Young pineapple Clerodendrum bungei Blue vitex Sweet almond Hibiscus","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230411_182244-113x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230411_182244-113x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230411_182244-113x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230411_182244-113x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9581,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2021\/08\/03\/pina-cloth\/","url_meta":{"origin":8247,"position":5},"title":"Pi\u00f1a cloth","author":"leems","date":"August 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Did I mention my obsessive brainstorming for new research zines; have I said that I was working on a zine for pineapples? Well, beyond finding recipes for wine and vinegar, I have also found that pineapple plants, their leaves specifically, are used to make cloth. In the Phillipines, where most\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8274,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8247\/revisions\/8274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}