MegadethRulz@lemmy.world to Houseplants@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoAfter 5 long years my pineapple plant is finally starting to flower!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down12
arrow-up1264arrow-down1imageAfter 5 long years my pineapple plant is finally starting to flower!lemmy.worldMegadethRulz@lemmy.world to Houseplants@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareMegadethRulz@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYou can try to force it to flower with an apple too. The apple releases some compound when it decays that stimulates flowering apparently. Sorry I’m too lazy to look up the specifics.
minus-squareMegadethRulz@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoRelevant article about pineapple growing. The paragraph about flowering indeed mentions the ethylene gas.
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoNaw it’s okay, i just plant it last month so it would be at least 2 years before it’s necessary
You can try to force it to flower with an apple too. The apple releases some compound when it decays that stimulates flowering apparently. Sorry I’m too lazy to look up the specifics.
Probably ethene
Relevant article about pineapple growing.
The paragraph about flowering indeed mentions the ethylene gas.
Naw it’s okay, i just plant it last month so it would be at least 2 years before it’s necessary