Yes, you can grow a pineapple from its crown. So before you throw away the spiky leaves at the top of your pineapple fruit, consider whether you want to grow your own tree. It's a relatively simple ...

Give a pineapple from the grocery store a second life as a houseplant.

Sweet, tart and juicy, a pineapple is a delicious treat, especially in the hot summer. It is one of my favorite tropical fruits to eat and use to make juice. Originating in tropical South America, it ...

Dear Master Gardener: My neighbor is growing a pineapple plant that she started from a pineapple she purchased at the grocery store. Is this hard to do? Answer: It is relatively easy to grow a ...

It took two years, but my neighbors finally harvested a pineapple they’ve been growing in a container in their yard. I had no idea this was even possible until earlier this year, when they pointed out ...

While pineapple plants (Ananas comosus, in the Bromeliaceae family) are not native to Florida or even North America, with a bit of pampering, you can grow them in Tallahassee in either pots that can ...

A carrot top hits the trash. A scallion root dries out on the counter. A pineapple crown gets sliced off and forgotten. That routine throws away more than scraps. It tosses out potential. With a ...

Growing tropical fruits, such as mangoes, papayas, star fruit (carambola), bananas and avocados, is challenging here -- the possibility of freezes in the 20s or even the teens hangs over us every ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alex Oberg of Whitehorse patiently tended to his pineapple plant for 9 years before it finally bore fruit. When he recently cut ...