Tips on removing this pineapple ratoon safely? #pineapple
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There are four types of propagation material on pineapple plants: suckers, slips, crowns, and ratoon suckers. Slips grow from the fruit itself or along the stalk below the fruit, while crowns are the leafy tops of the fruit. To remove a ratoon, grasp it at the base and twist it gently from the mother plant, and plant it in a 4 gallon pot filled with moist, well-draining soil. Pineapple plants may produce up to two fruits, the plant crop and the ratoon crop. After harvesting the first fruit, remove all suckers and hapas but one.