Is a dream for a
gardener to plant fruits in the garden and harvest bountifully but in reality it is
often not the same as a dream. pineapple is the most common fruit in the backyard
or garden, Humans love this sweet and juicy pineapple, and other animals also love
it, especially squirrels, it's very frustrating when we wait a long time for the
pineapple to bear fruit, but the squirrels "harvest" it before us. So I came up
with an idea to solve this problem without costing a penny.
1. Go to a recycling
centre to get a big plastic bottle, 9.5L more appropriate.
2. Cut off the top
and bottom of the bottle, then cut the sides of the plastic bottle.
3. Wrap it in the
pineapple.
4. Tie the top of the
plastic bottle with a wire
5. To prevent
squirrels from getting in at the bottom, fold the pineapple leaves up and tie the leaves.
Pineapple is a tropical fruit that is quite resilient and can grow well on the ground or in a pot. This plant is very suitable for
planting in the front or back yard. If you use the proper planting method,
pineapples can bear fruit within 12 months, 9 months is the vegetation period,
and the next 3 months are the flowering and fruiting period.
Three methods of pineapple cultivation are used in Sarawak, namely using pineapple crowns, suckers and
tissue culture. I have used all three of these methods, and it was found that the
planting method using pineapple crowns bears fruit in at least 15 to 24 months, and the tissue culture method bears fruit in 24 to 30 months. the cultivation method
using a sucker is the fastest and will bear fruit within 12 to 15 months.
The data above is from my experience and
the way I care for pineapple plants, it may be different for others.
In this article, I share how to grow pineapples
in containers using the sucker method. Pineapple suckers can be obtained from
the mother plant, when you harvest the pineapple fruit, do not "kill" the mother
plant, the suckers will grow after a few weeks from the mother plant, it is
prevalent for suckers to grow before pineapples are harvested
1. Prepare
the plant medium according to the following ratio, cocoa peat: organic
fertilizer (I use chicken manure):
compost: garden soil, 1:2:2:3
2. Mix
all the mediums and put them in a container, I use a 20-litre container, you
can also use a flower pot.
3. Remove
some of the bottom sucker leaves to expose the roots.
4. Plant
in the container that has been prepared, water from the top of the sucker so
that the water can flow through the gaps in the leaves directly into the roots.
for a clearer picture, please
watch the video on youtube.
Growing pesticide-free vegetables in a backyard are the dream of many backyard gardeners, a great challenge of growing vegetables in a backyard without pesticides is insect infestation. many gardeners tried various ways to overcome the problem of insect infestation but failed. I have been using this method for quite some time and have managed to overcome the problem of insects that have been the obstacle to growing vegetables in the backyard. I hope this idea helps. Using the Garden Bed Insect Protection Tunnel, I planted vegetables successfully in the backyard, and each time the harvest is decent.
