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Morning All. Just thought I'd tell you all of something, of which I am rather proud
I have successfully 'grown' a pineapple from the top cut off of a fresh one from last year. It now has as many leaves on it, as you would get on one you would buy.
However, no fruit on it yet. LOLOL
Just prooved to myself, that I could do it.
Have a good day, whatever you are doing.
Julia in Derbyshire

oh Julia.

I have a 2 foot bush grown from a tangerine pip.plus some smaller ones from Satsuma pips..lemon pips,
Ive grown a pineapple top before,,,,

Have you tried sewing peanuts,,

Hi Julia,

Well done, particularly in your climate. Now guard it against frost. Take it inside on cold frosty days and protect it from sunburn when you first put it outside again.

We always have one in the garden. The one OH is growing now is in a large tub but it will grow in a much smaller pot. It can take up to two years to produce fruit.

If you google growing pineapples there is lots of information.

Hi Kay????, I have never grown anything from pip, but when I go to M****sons this morning, I am going to look for some of the 'exotic' fruits, so that I can retrieve the stones, and have a go.
I have never grown peanuts, but last year, they were selling pots of them in one of our local garden centres.
AuntySherlock
At the moment, it is living on my kitchen window sill, where I have been keeping my eye on it, as it grew. Will probably take it outdoors, now we are getting some heat.here. Which part of the world are you in.
I got loads of info off the internet about it, when I started it off.
Best Wishes to you both
Julia in Derbyshire

I have an orange tree in a LARGE pot that lives on the patio all year ,its too big and heavy to move now, i grew it from a pip some 12 years ago. It doesn't like being covered by fleece to protect it so it takes its chance now with the cold winter weather ,a few of the top leaves get frosted but a pruning gets it going again with lots of new growth .It stands about 4 feet tall and has a canopy of around 2 feet.

Hello girls im growing a orange pip, tried for years but nothing then i thought about the climate they grow in and stoped watering it and now i have 3 leaves whoopie, its been indoors but ive now put it in my plastic green house , so now ive planted some apple pips xx

Julia,

If you do a citrus pip......wash it well and let it dry off,good damp compost in a small pot,the roots will be out the bottom before you know where you are,,,,pinch them aswell.....the crushes leaves smell lovely......they drink water like mad in summer.
I use pre boiled water...

Hi
this is how I did it, I split the outer skin of the pip and then soaked it for a week in a cup on the kitchen window ledge. Planted it in compost in a 4inch pot where it then sprouted , gradually potted it into larger pots.
Used to put it out in the summer and bring indoors for the winter. found as it got older it didnt like to central heating too much so would keep it in the enclosed porch.
I have grown several this way that i have given away.

the leaves do smell lovely when crushed plus Harold the tortoise loves to munch them
I do use a summer & then a winter citrus feed on it to keep the leaves a lovely shiny dark green

kay should i be watering the pip every day now then ? xx

no puss,,,,,I put cling film over pot this keeps the compost wet enough on a bright window sill ,when the pip sprouts keep it well damp,and out of direct sunlight till it grows a bit.....then water from the bottom.....they will need repotting lots when they do start growing,,,,,,when the roots come out the bottom.
dont plant the pip to deep,about 3/4 inch,I do anyway,,youll get some that dont grow so put loads in a pot to start with.....

Hi Shirley.. Interesting , Ive never spilt the pip just went in as it was....but gave it a blast of boiling water and soak just before planting,
they hate drafts......

Hi Ladies, back from my foray in M*****sons. I'm afraid the most exotic fruits I got to buy to try and grow, were a lemon,lime and pink grapefruit. The peaches and nectarines were all withered. Still it will be a start, once I have used the fruit.
Many thanks for your tips, and I will use them.
I did, however, get a bag of cherries with about a dozen and a half in, I eat very few sweets, and, bewarned. They were £3.18p for the bag, or £11.99 kg. The till girl warned me before she passed them through. Said they have to warn everybody.
Happy fruit growing

Julia in Derbyshire

Thanks Kay cherries love them Julia xxxxx

~~Julia,

If you try a peach crack it open and use just the nut inside under half inch compost,,,they need heat to germinate...I did have one grow about 7 inches but then it died on me,,,,;}}}}}

what a bout a quacomolie thingy what they called lol big stone in the middle i lurves them lol

puss i only eat normal food,,,,,,,,ha ha,,,,,,

i think you mean an advocado, so yummy when filled with prawns and mayonaise mmmm

LLPC. Are you talking about avocado.

Now a word of warning to all of you who are growing fruit trees from pips, you do realise that there is a possibility you will not have fruit on your trees. Note I say possibility. It is something to do with rootstock and grafting. I am no gardner, so I suggest you google the particular fruit you are growing and read the info.

However the bushes and trees are still a lovely addition in any garden.

Julia. I am in Australia, but in the temperate area not the tropical pineapple growing region.

The year before last i bought a kiwi plant.Didnt do much last year but this spring its going mad and im thinking of setting up a "kiwi fruit" door-to -door delivery service to sell the tons of excess fruit im going to harvest!

Puss, Avodados are easy to grow altho I have never had one flower so no fruit. The best way is to shove it into a tub or pot outside with other things and watch it grow, then you can carefully lift it out and pot it up, or you can do it in it's own pot straightaway. The other way is to stick it over a jar so it sits in the neck and put water in the bottom just touching the base of the stone and roots will form and shoots grow ( a bit like growing a hyacinth in one of those special glass pots, which I suppose will work in the same way)

Have fun.

Lizx