Here's an interesting one for you.

I found some pineapple seeds in a fruit I recently purchased. Not too common from what I've gathered on the internet. Even less common are instructions on how to cultivate them.

According to the few instructions that I have found, I have placed them on cactus/succulent potting soil that's kept moist but not wet and have them in a heated "incubator" (~80 F).

Anybody have experience with growing pineapple from seed? Just curious if anybody has some knowledge in the area. Don't really care if I get fruit, but just want to see what they'll do. (Isn't that why we all do this?)

Gina has posted her photos & experience with them from seed. Have a look here. link

I sprouted some after seeing Gina's post, but I did it in the fall and did not keep them warm-- most have died, but I still have a few hanging on. It took quite a while for them to sprout on top of my hot water heater-- I probably should have left them there.

Thanks for the info. That's a great thread that Gina had going on her pineapples. That's still cool even though they didn't make it.

i have a top I twisted off and rooted last summer- one rotted.

i kept the other more dry, and its survived the winter, but looks a bit sad....

This topic got me to register on this very interesting citrus forum via Google.

I have one pineapple plant grown succesfully from a pine apple top. Took about 1/2 year to set good roots, haven't had a flower on it yet (it's nearly 2 years old).

In New Zealand they have been cutting off the pineapple tops since last year, because of biosecurity reasons.

Today my wife noticed some seeds in a pineapple hence my reply.
Maybe because of the topping off the tops the pineapple is triggered to set seed as a last resort to propagate itself.

I got 4 seeds and will give it a go to propagate them on a hotbed.
I will keep my results posted on this forum for other members.

Regards
Raymond