Hi, Mark. I'm a long time subscriber and follower. I'm also a terminal cancer patient with few days left. I'm writing to thank you for all the happiness your work has brought me. You have a magical, fun and informative way of speaking and teaching. I follow many of the leading homesteading vloggers, but I always find you to be exceptionally enjoyable, mostly because of your endearing personality. Thank you for sharing that magic with me, Mark. This world is a more special place because you are in it.

@karenrouth2056

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, I am so happy you have enjoyed this channel... Mark is fun and entertaining and full of information for sure... I wish you many blessings over the coming days and that you feel peaceful and are pain free... with love to you and your family from southern Italy xxx

@ttvphilswifft8682

4 жыл бұрын

I love you Chris

@Sermonator9000

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, I say this with love and compassion, but have you gotten to know Christ? If not, then you should get to know him while you still have time, for I wish for nothing more for you than to see you in the kingdom of heaven my friend. I will be praying for you!

@truthhurtz2793

4 жыл бұрын

Chris, I implore you, if you haven't yet...Please turn to Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your sins. Simply admit that you are a sinner, and ask Jesus to come into your heart, and forgive you of your sins. He loves you very much. I am praying for you and your family, God bless.

@MrDamoski

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking your valuable time to write. Thoughts and prayers are with you 🙏 💗

I did this 2 years ago and actually grew a small, very sweet pineapple !!!

@johnrichardson4411

3 жыл бұрын

Come on tell us how you did it.

Can you please please please make videos for indoor gardening, for all of us who live in small apartments?

@dystopiagear6999

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly all the concepts are the same, except you'll be growing in containers and you will need supplemental lighting. Buy or make a soil mix same as is recommended for raised beds outside. Do not buy the cheapest grow lights you can get! A $200 HPS or LED will be plenty to keep a lot of veg plants thriving in up to a 10' x 10' area. For getting seedlings started until they're ready to go into bigger containers, a cheap $20 fluorescent or LED shop light that one might put over their workbench is plenty. I don't really recommend that new gardeners start out with a hydroponics indoor garden; it's a good deal trickier than it appears and can cost a lot of money if one gets really serious about it. Start with simple 1-3 gallon containers of soil your first season or two. There's a much wider margin of error with soil and it's a lot cheaper to get started. If you do want to try soilless/hydroponics growing, the easiest cheapest way is "the Kratky method"; tons of videos about that are available.

@petrektek1385

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe he doesn't know what is indoor

@zay_rat8942

3 жыл бұрын

@@valeriesanchez3074 well did it take over the house or are you still alive

I'm in Texas and did what you said a month or so ago, chopped the crown off and now I have a pineapple plant growing. Thanks Mark!!

@texasgrayman3492

4 жыл бұрын

@Jon Cocks it did take two tries if that helps. Just keep trying!

@texasgrayman3492

4 жыл бұрын

@@mononokewolf22 that's awesome!!

@dystopiagear6999

4 жыл бұрын

"Organic" on the label in the store refers mainly to how it was grown, not to the plant's genetics. Since you're essentially making a clone of the pineapple, not growing it from seed, I doubt it makes much difference if the original is "organic" or not, or hybrid or heirloom (hybrid plants produce unreliable seeds, heirloom plants produce quite stable and consistent seeds.) I'm not sure there even is such a thing as a hybrid pineapple, the way we have hybrid tomatoes and corn?

@joseortegaa2349

4 жыл бұрын

I'm in Texas too so I'm thinking of trying it

@SebCab814

3 жыл бұрын

What potting soil did you use for it?

G'day Everyone! Thanks, as always, for your generous support! Here's the link to that recipe I mentioned at the end selfsufficientme.com/health/tamarillo-pineapple-coconut-coated-fruit-balls-raw-food-recipe Remember to BE CAREFUL when gardening with pineapples! Cheers :)

@chasingsolutions7060

4 жыл бұрын

I lost mine after I transferred it from glass to pot, about three weeks after the transfer. The roots were eaten up, and the leaves just came off a hollow but soggy core. I'm so heartbroken. I didn't check the soil regularly!!!

@issherac

4 жыл бұрын

Self Sufficient Me Thanks a lot for sharing..and those raw food recipe....i love pineapples! i love your garden always! 😊 May you have long life too like your grandfather...😍

Hey Mark apparently you are growing what is called a Rough Leaf Pineapple which is a smaller sweeter pineapple if they have rough spines on the leaves ( I haven't seen them around for quite a while). The Smooth leaf pineapple is still sweet but much larger in size & has ( naturally ) no spines on their leaves, these are the most common now in fruit shops or markets. Cheers Denise - Geebung

@jelatinosa

4 жыл бұрын

I have both growing. I also have one that seems to be something in the middle.

We live in Central Florida and have 350+ pineapple plants in our garden. We twist the tops off the pineapples then take the bottom leaves off to expose the roots. Then stick in the ground. Love your videos.

I'm gonna be honest w u, I thought pineapples were grown on trees . This whole video blew my mind lol

@kellyd3696

4 жыл бұрын

Kind of the way I felt when I found out that vanilla beans came from an orchid, Vanilla planifolia. The only orchid that produces a fruit. So great to learn something new everyday!

@Nilafila76

4 жыл бұрын

@@kellyd3696 What? i didn't know that, thank you. I must grow vanilla now

@timothyneiswander3151

4 жыл бұрын

Wait what? you can grow pineapples? I didn't know you could grow explosive devices.

@dystopiagear6999

4 жыл бұрын

I thought pineapples grew under the sea with a sponge person living in them! :p

@eugenekrabs4016

4 жыл бұрын

Dystopia Gear wait what .. are there not

I love how robust and intimidating the humble pineapple plant truly is

So sorry about your hand. You make me feel so confident in trying to plant my own food. God bless you ❤

Haha coincidentally, I am currently growing one from a couple months ago. I put mine straight in soil and I can tell it succeeded because it grew so large already. This is the only plant I prefer propagating in soil than water. Thanks for the awesome videos, sir.

@blowurn0se

4 жыл бұрын

you and i are like my buttcheeks after all the shit that goes between us we always get back together your name 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@buttcheeksguy

4 жыл бұрын

@@blowurn0se haha :p

I love waking up and watching your videos. Love from California

I've grown many pineapple plants. However I've never had a Pup to come . Thanks for sharing watching from 757 🍍

Are you reading my mind? Every time I think about something I need an answer for, low and behold, I turn on youtube and wah la! You have a video explaining the answer perfectly! THANKS!

How I did it was maybe weird and lazy, but it worked. In a pot, I put some old branches and twigs, then some dry barren dirt, a leftover bowl of hamburger helper, some coffee grounds, a banana peel, and some eggshells, some more dirt on top, then planted a pineapple head I'd gotten from a supermarket pineapple. It's green, growing, and looking great after a couple months.

Great! I usually plant them directly in a pot, works great. I have now 15 of them growing in South France, both indoor and outdoor. They need to be indoor the whole winter, and they stop growing during the coldest days. I'm still waiting to see some fruits, next summer I hope! Thanks for ALL your vids. Cheers from France

It's this guy again! I love coming across this guys videos! First video I watched was on the homemade ginger. Fantastic content, thank you so much for sharing!

You are so enjoyable and pleasant to watch thank you for this relaxing experience

thank you mark.I'm not a plant expert. watching your videos is so meaningful. In my country there is a town called pineapple town .. soil temperature and weather are very good for this crop. The pineapple needs a peat that contains plenty of water all year round. Here are 6 popular types of pineapple.

Great Job Mate !! It really works !! I have done this in the past but didn't survive the Melbourne Winter after few months growth in a pot !! Thank you for sharing !!

You bring me some sort of nostalgia, i wish i could i hug you for 5 mins straight or10, am crying why am i crying i really love your garden work. you happy camper kisses to the bobo. Enjoy that delicious pineapple 😖😭 Me and my mum got a pineapple on a bucket we both water it plant to grow more. Its beautiful thanx. 🤧🤧

Marc, love the videos!, your show really inspired me to get into vegetable gardening. Would love to see you do a series on gardening for every day families that live in Cities like Brizzy or Sydney that don’t have acreage. 15-20sqm backyard courtyards, how you plant crops and the types for temperate environments, so that they can have a continual harvest without the need to go to coles or woolies for fruit n veg.

Loving the fresh trim marko

Beautiful video. I have an ebb and flow system system and plopped the top of one of the pineapple I grew in my control bucket and it took. I found you had a video on this when I was searching to see if people ever grow these hydroponically. Great bit of information because I didn't know they got pups like palms do. I've had mine five years and not got a pup, so I transplanted my other two into the ground from pots. Thanks for the video!

Love the video! It brought back some happy memories of a holiday in the Southern Hemisphere where the coach took us to a pineapple plantation. They actually grow their fruit just the way you describe, straight into the ground. They had oblong patches for different varieties of pineapples. I had only seen the typical yellow type until that day, there are quite a few different coloured fruits. We were invited to try some samples off a large platter. It was an experience I would love to repeat! If I can find a shop who sells with the tops still on, I will give this a go and report back if I ever get to the stage where I have a fruit to eat. Thanks again.

Great video! Thanks, Mike for those great tips.

Mark, I absolutely love this video. You have a wonderful open and friendly manner. I subscribed and look forward to learning more from you. Thank you for your work. Best wishes, Dennis

You can easily twist the tops off, pull some leaves back, and good ro go. 😊 You have a beautiful garden! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks men for video interesant idea

Chris, it's awesome you find joy in the things that matter to you, sometimes in a selfish way, at least you have time for closure, to most of us it will be a surprise. Hoping for a change on next prognosis, Lots of LOVE frome my family and I.

I saw your 50th Birthday cake on your you-tube video and I happily laughed - it was so original - the baker that made it did a great job, it even looks like you! I recently discovered your you-tube videos and web site and am an avid student learning everything I need to know about gardening in my climate. Thank you so much for this education! A happy viewer Lena M

I couldn't keep pineapples outdoors all winter in my area, but I've seen several videos where folks raise them in containers so they can bring them inside. Nice little winter project to start.

@empress2423

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know which temperatures are too low? I have outside in our balcony, a pineapple plant growing in a glass for 3 months, at it is looking great, but now we are into winter, and I think that I may plant it in a pot which allow us to bring it inside, as in the winder at night, temperatures can be 9 C degrees at night (if the winter is call in special, then even 4C degrees at night) and 17C degrees during the day. Can this call kill our pineapple plant? I'm wondering

Thank you for posting this wonderful video clip.

I love doing this!! Thank you so much for sharing such a great video!! I have about 3 of them now that I grew from this way

You are really great to watch...thank you Mate! Cheers

Thanks for sharing your knowledge about planting and techniques and many more.. I really learned a lot from Self Sufficient me.

Good evening Mark I really enjoy watching your videos. There's always much fun. I've never thought how easy to grow pineapples. Thank you very much.

Thank you that is a lot of knowledge for me to finally grow my top that has been in a glass growing roots

because it is winter now in europe i decided to grow it in a glass of water until spring :). Btw i really love your videos and enjoy watching them.

Thank you for the information. I will definitely try go grow it this weekend.

had to pot all mine an bring indoors for a few months, just had our first freeze of the season but they are huge!

Love your channel , you just added a new subscriber from Arizona🙋🏻‍♀️🌵 trying to learn all I can from channels like yours to start growing my own food garden. 🌞🍍

I would really like to see these develope, keep us updated!

Thumbs up, as always! 😍👍🏼👍🏼Thank you Mark.. I planted a few pineapple in pots and they are doing good.

Your pineapple patch looks awesome. The pup looks so healthy . That pineapple you cut looked so sweet 😊

The best gardening channel on the tube

The tool you used to dig the holes looks good!

Got a pineapple plant from a store this spring, went good other than all the cats in my house LOVED eating all the leaves, just got the pineapple a few weeks ago, was really tasty and the top was so massive so I replanted that it it is doing awesome!

From here in the UK.... Your lovely climate - we are very jealous of it. I once got one growing but with no room in the greenhouse I had to get rid of it. Pineapple is supposed to get rid of floaters in the eye so I've eaten a few lately. Very sweet = premier gold from Costa Rica. I've just put a top in a glass....... I'll try to keep this one this time....| great educational video from you thanks much appreciated.....

Be careful I have 50 pineapple plants now been doing this for 4 years.

@blowurn0se

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff Riffel I’ve just started! I hope it’ll pass by quickly lol

@azulcielo382

4 жыл бұрын

Hey what happens if the top that I just planted start getting yellow. Like all the leaves are brown/ yellow. I planted the top two days ago

@jeffriffel4364

4 жыл бұрын

@@azulcielo382 Some big farms are drilling out the center of the tops so they can't be grown. You put it in water?? Treated city water can be problematic. Try bottle water or better distilled or rain water. If you pull back 6 layers of the bottom leaves and get into water it should grow. They dont need much. I've left them (accidentally) with no water for days and they were fine. My neighbor dug up her pineapples and threw them out to the curb. I went out and got them 2 days later at night and then forgotten about them for 2 weeks, they sat on top of soil. Its really hard to kill them but if you have chemicals in your water then maybe. Hope this helped.

@azulcielo382

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffriffel4364 omg, I went today to buy another pineapple (in case the one I planted dont work) and I notice that the fruit was looking very strange in the middle of the top, 😱 I did not know some farms remove that part so it cant be planted again. That is terrible omg. Thanks for telling me... the first one is already in the soil, I did not put it in water... hopefully it would work

@jeffriffel4364

4 жыл бұрын

@@azulcielo382 I do prefer to have roots on them first. I live in Florida it's hot. It should work for you. Good luck.

Awesome video 😁! We are in the process of buying a homestead in Florida. I will definitely use these tips!!

Loving the haircut mark!! Love the videos as well.

Once we get roots, we pop it into ground. Two to three years later WOW. The taste, nothing like it. We leave "parents" to "pup" out also.

A machete and a small shovel like yours are among the most useful tools one can have around the yard & garden. They're also inexpensive! I have two machetes, one with a short 14" blade & one with a longer 22" or so blade for more reach.

@veganchiefwarrior6444

6 ай бұрын

Come in handy for self defence aswel, the gardener's sword 🗡️ let's just hope we never have to use it 😉

Makes so much sense

New to your videos.. just planted my first pineapple 🍍😋.. thank you here from Florida

Thanks dude, great video!

- A pineapple plant will live for up to four years producing shoots. - The general rule for pineapples is 24 months from propagation to fruiting. Once the fruit reaches full size, it takes three to five weeks for it to ripen. Pineapples can be picked before they’re ripe but they won’t be better for it. They will sweeten on the counter but not develop good flavor. Pick a pineapple when it is 1/3 or more yellow. - A pineapple is ripe when the spines flatten out, and the fruit turns from green to yellow or bronze. This process begins at the bottom of the fruit and works upward. Getting the Pineapple Ready 1.) Pick out a fresh pineapple. Look for one with firm, green leaves that have not turned yellow or brown. The skin on the fruit should be golden brown and firm to the touch. Smell the pineapple to see if it's ripe: it should emit sweet, heady smell indicating that you've chosen it at just the right time to start a new pineapple plant. ▪ Make sure the pineapple isn't underripe. It needs to be ripe in order to produce another pineapple. ▪ Check to make sure the pineapple isn't too ripe by tugging a little at the leaves. If they come right off, the pineapple is too ripe to plant. Be gentle. ▪ Make sure the pineapple doesn't have scale insects around the base of the leaves. They look like small grayish black spots. 2.) Twist the leaves off the top of the pineapple. Grasp the body of the pineapple with one hand and use the other to grab the leaves at the base and twist them off. This method ensures that the base of the leaves will stay intact. It will be attached to a minimum amount of fruit, which you don't need in order for the plant to grow. ▪ If you're having trouble twisting off the top, you can slice off the top of the pineapple. Slice off the excess fruit around the root. ▪ Make sure the base, the very tip of the area where the leaves join together, stays intact. New roots will be sprouting from this, and without it the plant won't grow. 3.) Strip off some of the lower leaves to expose the stem. This helps the stem sprout roots once it is planted. Strip until a few inches of the stem are exposed. Cut away any remaining fruit without damaging the stem. 4.) Turn it upside down and let it dry for a week. The scars where you made a cut and removed the leaves will harden, which is necessary before you take the next step. ▪ At this point, you can plant the crown into the soil, if you would like. While some people prefer to soak the pineapple crown first, it is not necessary. Soaking the Pineapple Crown 1.) Fill a large glass with water. The mouth of the glass should be large enough to fit the pineapple crown inside, but small enough so that you can prop it up to keep it from getting completely submerged. 2.) Stick a few toothpicks into the pineapple crown. Place them across from each other near the top of the stem. Push them in just far enough so that they'll stay in place. These toothpicks are used to suspend the pineapple crown in the glass of water. 3.) Put the crown in the warer. The toothpicks should rest on the rim of the glass. The stem should be submerged in the water, and the leaves should stick out the top. 4.) Place the glass in a sunny window and wait for the roots to sprout. It should take several days or up to a few weeks for white roots to poke out and begin to grow. ▪ Keep the plant away from extreme temperatures. Don't let it get too hot or too cold. ▪ Change out the water every few days to prevent the growth of mold. Planting the Pineapple Crown 1.) Prepare a pot of soil for the crown. Fill a 6-inch pot with light garden soil that has a 30% blend of organic matter. This has the right blend of nutrients for the pineapple plant. 2.) Plant the pineapple crown in the pot. Plant the crown when the roots are a few inches long. Wait until they've gotten long enough to take root in soil. If you plant the crown too early it won't do well. As you plant it, make sure that the base of any remaining leaves are just above soil level. Press the soil firmly around the base of the crown without getting any soil on the leaves. 3.) Keep the plant moist and warm. It needs a sunny, warm and humid environment where the night temperatures won't drop below 65ºF. If conditions are dry, mist the plant regularly. ▪ You can keep the pot outside if you live in a warm climate. If you have cool winters take it indoors during the winter season and keep it in a sunny window. It's important for the plant to get a lot of sun all year round. ▪ To help the rooting process, you can slip a plastic bag over the top of the pot. This will create a mini-greenhouse effect. 4.) Give the plant food and water. Water the soil lightly once a week. Fertilize the plant with half-strength fertilizer twice a month during the summer. 5.) Look for flowers. It can take several years, but eventually a red cone should appear from the center of the leaves, followed by blue flowers and eventually a fruit. It takes about six months for the fruit to fully develop. The pineapple will grow from the flower, above ground, in the center of the plant.

@chezzapie

4 жыл бұрын

Levi Walton Brilliant, thank you.

@khwhi1

2 жыл бұрын

Great directions. So the pineapple needs to dry a bit before you propagate it?

@chinedulydia1437

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Amazing. Great video. Thank you.

I love this I grow 🌱 lots of veggies & this is a Amazing idea 🍍

Thanks, I will try to do this in a glass up here in Norway

@smason4794

4 жыл бұрын

Go for it lad

@DeathcrushTV

3 жыл бұрын

I got the roots growing in a glass. One year later the plant lives well in my living room up here in cold Norway.

Love from India....explained in easy way...thanks

Definitely going to grow my own tomatillos and make those fruit balls this summer!

Very interesting. I'm going to give this a try :)

Mark, I love your videos. I live in the US, Northern Arkansas to be exact. Please consider making a video for growing pineapple in a container. Our winters can get on the single digits ferenhight. Much appreciated

This video was very informative. Ive trying to grow pineapples, and couldn't figure out, why i was unsuccessful. Thank you. Thumbs up!

very nice... thanks for sharing.

learning so much from you... thank you so much

Hello Mark, I am watching your video on planting pineapples in a glass of water, I have just started this , and have 5 tops in water and every morning I check them out , lol, I am so struck on this , thanks for your diff videos

Brilliant, that’s got me going with mine.

Thanks Mark!

This is how we grow them. Just started the other year. Here in Cold Sweden we grow em indoors by the window. I take them outside in summertime. Hoping to harvest my first homegrown pineapples soon! Edit: might add it took a couple of tries since started with storebhought pineapples and god knows how long since they were harvested!

Loved the video!

I did what you mentioned with putting it in the ground or dirt. Transplant it to a container big enough for it for the winter and put it next to my banana trees

@jelatinosa

4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't even need that big of a container. Just big enough not to topple over. I have one in a 5 gallon and one in a 2 gallon and they both grew and gave fruit and pups.

Great tips thanks!👍

Also, would love to get your thoughts on grafting in an upcoming series, if you’ve done it before etc. cheers for the vids thanks so much for your efforts

Im growing pineapples at home in Maryland USA. I saw they had spikes and was surprised. Got my first homegrown pineapple fruit forming right now, hopefully the plant develops some pups!

that's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

I've been wanting to do this for some time now... perhaps today is a good time to start....

@hbug13_62

4 жыл бұрын

Lyn Utermark My mom always did this to get free house plants, but then I grew up in Alaska.

@lynutermark1454

4 жыл бұрын

@@hbug13_62 I am a big grow a tree fan... Avocados, lemon, mango's.... Where I live we have very sandy soil.... i believe in tree's we can eat...

Hi Mark, thank you for your tips in growing mini pineapples. Here I Sydney we pay double the price to buy a pineapple with tops than topless ones . Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you and your family. Rosemary @ Sydney

I love this dude

This is amazing

Nice video ... For colder climates a greenhouse works ...

Thank u for this

I'm in Lamar Colorado And I have had mine sitting in a wine glass for a year and 4 months now growing really well I know it's probably not going to produce any fruit indoors but we still love it as a plant....

I’ve done this very thing! But I’m in Michigan USA 😳🤔 I grew it in a pot over the winter(-25 at times) and then put it outside in the summer. I even got a baby pineapple after 2 years! And I had a few near death cuts as well! Lol

It works and pineapple grow well as house plants!!!

Thank you

wow, thanks so much

Hi Mark, friend of mine in Eumundi has been growing pineapples successfully in a glass for a few years.

Amazing

Thank you Sir!

need to learn more..so i sub.. cheers bro!

cut myself on the aloe yesterday, lines on my arms now, geesh, I put my pineapple with my aloe, they look pretty together

@catherineairadion5275

4 жыл бұрын

I did the same with plus some cactus

@dystopiagear6999

4 жыл бұрын

Well... the good thing about cutting yourself on an aloe is that you have fresh aloe available to help heal the cut! :D

Superb

"Pineapple leaves sharp" got it!

I’m going to have to buy a pineapple and have a go now. 👍🏼

I love pineapples 😊

I'd love to see the comparison of how each of the planting techniques grows - is there any difference between the quality of plants from topped pineapples or pups?

Thanks so much