Growing pineapple: important features of planting and caring for an exotic fruit
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Subject to simple conditions, you can grow pineapple at home. The soil for growing pineapple is sandy or sandy loam. It does not need frequent watering, it is enough once every seven days.
Where does pineapple grow and its description
Pineapple is a tropical plant, therefore, its cultivation should take place in a greenhouse or indoor conditions. But not all such plants can take root at home, and this is due to the fact that the soil was chosen incorrectly or watered a lot.
This plant must be fertilized in order to receive further fruits. Its cultivation should take place in conditions close to natural.
Pineapple grows in the south, where the climate is very hot and dry. It is commonly grown in Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Brazil.
These countries are dominated by tropical and subtropical climates. The winds blow for a long time and there is no rain for several months. But the crown of a pineapple can collect rainwater, from above it flows down the leaves into the middle of the pineapple. At the base of the deciduous crown, the root system is being formed. Also, this fruit can take additional moisture from the soil surface with its branched root system. Pineapple roots grow in width, this allows you to increase the area of absorption of moisture.
Growing pineapple: soil selection
To grow pineapple at home, it is necessary to bring the growing conditions very close to natural ones.
We take the soil, which consists of humus and calcined river or sea washed sand. In a ratio of about 30-50% to 50-70%.
Sea sand must be washed to remove excess salt. And river sand is calcined in order to destroy bacteria and insects. These procedures will prevent the pineapple root from getting infected.
Growing pineapple: watering
Pineapple is watered when grown at home, when its earthy clod is completely dry, this allows the roots not to perish. In summer, it is necessary to water this plant once every seven days, and in winter, it is watered once every 1.5 months. Be sure to use room temperature water for irrigation. If you water the pineapple with cold water, then its roots will begin to rot.
Fertilizers for pineapple
Fertilize when growing pineapple at home 2 times a year in the summer. Top dressing that contains a lot of nitrogen is well suited for him. With a complex fertilizer, the composition should be as follows: sixty percent nitrogen-containing substances, twenty percent potassium and twenty percent magnesium-containing substances.
