My Seeds were no where near that size.
I took some pictures to help see the size and location of seeds that I found in the latest pineapple.
Here is one of my babies with a dime to show size..

Here is a seed I found in the pineapple tonight. Note there is a triangle part then off to the left is a little brown dot.. the dot is a seed. the triangle appears to be where the flower was. this picture is "rind" of the pineapple. I had cut the rind off. some times I find the seeds in the rind some times in the fruit. always around the white triangle part.

Here is a shot of two sections of pineapples. you can see the two seeds on either side.

Here is a shot of a seed. it is just below the straw tip.

If you can't tell I love taking pictures!! LOL
The seeds I got tonight were in a Del Monte Gold Extra Sweet from Costa Rica. I was able to find 10 seeds tonight. The one I got all the babies from had about 20 seeds!!! the second one I found only about 6 seeds in.
I am concerned that they might get to be 4' around! I was anticipating about 2' around or so.
I have been reading that majority of pineapples kept as house plants don't fruit due to lack of Humidity. But there is some debate that they can be "forced" to bloom by putting them in a plastic bag with a ripe Johnathan apple for a week. and should fruit a week after being removed. I'm far from any kind of expert on pineapples. Just learning by readin and doing.
Gina *BabyBlue*

Gina,
Any apple, banana, or other ripening fruit that gives off some ethylene gas will work to force a pineapple to bloom. You can force a 2' plant, but the fruit it produces will be small. "Standard" size plants are, indeed, close to 4' across. We have 4 in flower/fruit at the moment in our collection at FSC.

Other methods of forcing a pineapple:
1. If you have access to calcium carbide (rare, now that miners' lights are battery operated, and welders use bottled acetylene), you can put a pellet of it the size of a split pea into the crown after sunset, pour in a cup of ice water, and let it fizz. Do NOT do this indoors -- the smell is horrible, and it gives off acetylene, so there is an explosion hazard if there are nearby flames.

2. The commercial method is to use ethephon, a chemical that breaks down to become ethylene when exposed to light. It is applied by plane, and can force an entire field to bloom simultaneously.
Malcolm

Thanks for the tip!!
Guess I'm going to have to find new homes for more of these 14 seedling next spring than I was going to. *was going to exchange about half of them at local plant exchange* Any one interested let me know. Oh.. I also have the 10 seeds I pulled out of the pineapple last night if anyone is interested in trying to grow from seeds. I have them refrigerated right now. I'm presuming regular refrigeration will be ok to store them temporarily?
Gina *BabyBlue*

Pineapples were fun to grow, and the fruit that ithey produced was the very, very, very sweetest pineapples I had ever tasted, because they were ripened on the plant and not picked early like commerical fruit are. I stopped growing them because it took way to long, and to much space for the one fruit that they gave. However, if you will post a photo every month or two of your pineapple, it will be fun watching your plant grow. Take care. - Millet

Sure will Millet.. I'll remeber to put something to compair size to in the pics from now on. mmmmm SWEETER!!! I can't wait!!!
Thanks!
Gina *BabyBlue*

In the picture which compares size to a dime -- that's quite remarkable. Those seeds are less than 1/4 the size of the seeds I'm accustomed to seeing. It must be a characteristic of the Delmonte Gold variety I guess??? In any case, they're obviously viable.

http://www.ogtr.gov.au/pdf/ir/pineapple.pdf

here is a PDF page on Pineapples if anyone is interested.
If I find any other good pineapple pages I'll share them here..
here is another page with some good info..
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/pineapple.html

Gina *BabyBlue*

Here is the same seedlings today...

For those wanting to keep posted on their growth.

Gina *BabyBlue*

last week I took some tweezers, dug holes in the soil and replanted the pineapple seedlings. I also removed the larger pieces of wood. I made sure the roots were covered nicely. The seedlings in just a week have put on lots of new growth.. if they keep up this rate I'll have to repot them in individual pots soon. I have been using citrus fertilizer on them but I don't think they have gotten the full effect since they were for the most part on top of the soil..
here are same two seedlings as above..

Gina *BabyBlue*

Wow, they really have grown, nice job. When the fruit the will be approximately 4-ft. across. - Millet

BabyBlue,
Did you do anything to the seeds after you removed them from the pineapple? Also what mixture are they planted in for germination? How long did it take before they germinated?

I bought a couple of pineapples at our local Kroger to try this out. They were on sale for $1 each and I figured it would be fun to try. I have no idea how many seeds were in the pineapple I cut open but there was a LOT.

I also bought a couple pommelos to try starting from seed. These I believe will not be true from seed but for a buck each it will be fun watching it grow and see what it is.
Andi

Andi,
How I handled the seeds was... I placed the seeds in a damp paper towel and kinda gave them a light scrub. I just folded the damp paper towel over and rubbed the two sides together.. I then placed the seeds in another damp paper towel. the paper towel was close to being soggy. I placed this in a mini green house. could substitute a ziploc baggie.. Then kept the seeds at about 80* (I think) till they began to sprout. then I used same potting mix I use for my citrus trees (pine chips, sand, cactus mix, orchid mix, perilite, peat and potting soil.) to line the bottom of the mini green house. the roots had started to grow into the paper towel so I cut each individual seed out of the paper towel and just placed it on top of the soil mix. I spritz the trees with a mist bottle about once a day. I have used fertilizer (rhody/ azalea fert) about once a month on them. the mini green house I keep them in I open every other day and set it in full sun. other wise they get filtered sun.
hope this info helps!! Let us know how it goes for you..
Gina *BabyBlue*

Gina,
Thanks for replying. I am keeping a database of my seed "experiments" including pics. I have most all the ingredients for your "brand" of soil medium and am going to mix up a batch today for the pineapples.

I spent a few years of my childhood in Hawaii and NEVER knew pineapples had seeds. I have seen those little grains of but attributed them to eyes that I didn't get cut all the way out. Thinking about all the seeds I may have eaten is mind boggling.
Andi

Andi,
Sorry I didn't answer you earlier about the germination time.. Had to look through bunch of pictures to determine how long..
It took roughly 6 weeks for seeds to germinate. I started these seeds October 1st. November 10th I saw first signs of germination.
Here is same two seedlings Nov 18th.

Some took their sweet time and didn't germinate till the end of Nov..
I kept a fish tank thermometer in the mini green house with the seedlings to keep track of the temp and used Christmas lights under the green house to keep the temps nice and warm for them.. I have found that 4, 4" pots at each corner turned upside down keep the green house lifted above the Christmas lights enough so it doesn't get too hot.

Gina *BabyBlue*

Ive started and Bought several starts of Pinapple My first baby had a fruit with 3 heads Im now trying to start that LOL wish me luck ..


Keep this thread running i am learning so much here its like wow school witha Twist of fun again ..Tammy

Ill take pic tomarrow