Your pineapple tops are planted and doing well, now you need to know how tolook after and multiply your pineapples. Learn how to propagate using slips and suckers and find pineapple growing tips and strategies.
Learning how to grow pineapples lets you enjoy a touch of the tropics at home. Pineapples (Ananas comosus) are tropical plants, belonging to the bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae). These fruiting perennials are perennials in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 12...
How to Propagate Flowering Quince Propagation of flowering quince can be done through either seeds or stem cuttings. Before germination, seeds must go through a freeze-and-thaw cycle, which can be done by putting the seeds in the refrigerator for 60–90 days. After this period, plant the see...
The fruits on crabapple trees are much smaller than apples, ranging from pea-sized to 2 inches maximum. Most crabapples are ornamental and while the fruit is edible, it is not always palatable. What are the drawbacks to crabapple trees? Crabapple trees are prone to sucker growth, which drain...
Growers must select the best and graft their branches onto new trees to propagate each distinct fruit. Farmers have been doing this since we first domesticated the apple some 2,000 years ago. Here's how we developed some of the varieties.Amal Ahmed...
How do you propagate Mayapples? Mayapple can be propagated either byroot division or by planting the seeds collected from the fruit. But seeds can take four to five years to grow to maturity, so root division is the more common and preferred method. ...
While ‘Granny Smith’ apple trees are self-pollinating, applesbenefit from another pollinator tree nearbyfor maximum fruit production. Propagation How do you best propagate an apple variety? To achieve the same genetics as your parent tree, you’ll need to take cuttings from a ‘Granny Smith.’...
Bananas are the fourth largest fruit crop in the world behind apples, citrus, and grapes and are a staple food in some parts of the world.The era of the 'Cavendish' banana may be coming to an end. Over the last few years, a fungal pathogen called Panama disease (Fusarium oxysporum f....
Produce that we can find today in most local grocery stores was at one time considered priceless in many parts of the world. In the 17th century, entire buildings were erected to house and propagate oranges and pineapples. Before they were called greenhouses, the names for these structures we...
A honeybee visits the blossoms of a cherry tree in spring. Honeybees pollinate many fruit crops such as cherries, almonds and apples. The Western honeybee came to the US from Europe in the 17th century. Six otherApisspecies exist in Southeast Asia, suggesting that’s where honeybees originated...