So I just read a couple months ago that you can reuse a pineapple top to grow a pineapple plant. I’m attempting to do this myself at home and I started rooting it in water on May 9th. It’s looking ready to be transferred to soil in a pot. I’ve got the clay pot, I have soil, I bought a pH tester for water and soil to make sure the pH levels are on point. How often should I be watering starting out and also when should I be fertilizing? I’m growing indoors with a grow light in a controlled temperature climate.
Any steps I can take or missed that I should do, tell me what’s up.
Update 6/17/2026:
I potted the rooted pineapple crown in soil. I’ll keep posting more updates here as I patiently wait for my plant to grow me a fruit.
My current routine right now is I’ve been using a 1 pint mason jar to fill with distilled water until it just touches the base before the leaves. Changing out that water every 2 days since May 9th. I’m going on my 6th week this coming Saturday the 20th and the roots have gotten pretty long. I use a grow light on the warm setting with a 9 hour timer that comes on 10 minutes before 9am and goes off just before 6pm. I make sure that the room temp is at least 71-74°F and the humidity is at least 60%. Living in TX I feel like it’s too hot to keep it outside since the range for pineapples should be 65-85°F and it’s been in the 90s and going to be 100 soon. I could start keeping it outside at night since it only drops down to mid 70s, but my controlled climate seemed to do pretty good for rooting in water.