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Jesssfl27

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Transplanting pineapples with flowers and baby fruit?
« on: April 04, 2019, 11:28:59 AM »
I had a butterfly bush cut down because my neighbor was getting a new fence and it was too close. I didn’t think it would come back so I planted a couple pineapples to fill the space. Well it did come back and I’d like to keep it since it was a really nice and vigorous plant. The pineapples are flowering right now though. Will transplanting affect the fruit? I don’t want to lose the babies  :'( the bush is already starting to engulf one of the pineapples so they need to be moved eventually.

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Re: Transplanting pineapples with flowers and baby fruit?
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2019, 06:15:14 PM »
I haven't ever transplanteed a fruiting pineapple but expect it would be hard on the fruit. If I had the situation I would probably let it continue growing until harvest before moving. The existing plant should make some offsets which can be moved in a few months.

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Re: Transplanting pineapples with flowers and baby fruit?
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2019, 07:00:35 PM »
I had a similar situation with my pineapples, so I tried a rope around the bush, pulled it back and tied it to the fence.