Elite Gold Pineapple for Sale - Buying & Growing Guide

Planting and Care

by John Haryasz | Horticulture Writer and Landscape Designer – last update on March 23, 2022

Planting instructions

Since the pineapple is a tropical plant, it requires a relatively warm setting. The location in which you grow this plant should maintain an air temperature above 60 degrees Fahrenheit. In zones 9 through 11, you should have no problem growing this plant outdoors in a typical planting hole.

Those who live in colder regions can grow this plant as well but must bring it indoors when the temperature drops. Fortunately, this pineapple can adapt well to containers as long as they are large enough. A container with a diameter above 10″ will work best.

Watering and nutrients

Elite Gold pineapple plants have high water needs. These plants enjoy soil moisture so much that you should consider watering yours about once per week. Consistent moisture is most important during the growing season, and in winter, you can reduce watering to about once every two weeks.

This plant also enjoys getting plenty of fertilizer. You should give your pineapple fertilizer about once every two months during the first year. Be sure to use a slow-release fertilizer with equal amounts of the three primary macronutrients.

Pollination

For most fruiting plants, pollination is crucial to flower and fruit development. However, this is not the case for Elite Gold pineapples. Surprisingly, an Elite Gold pineapple plant will develop healthy fruit without pollination.

In fact, pollination may be something you wish to avoid with this plant. When an Elite Gold pineapple is pollinated, its fruits will grow with many seeds inside. Unfortunately, these seeds detract from the experience of eating the fruit. Pineapples that form without pollination lack seeds and are more enjoyable.

Pruning

Elite Gold pineapples don’t necessarily need a lot of pruning to maintain their health. Instead, pruning is typically performed on these plants to maintain their appearance and control their spread.

The ideal time to prune one of these plants is a few months after the harvest. You can remove parts of the plant that show signs of damage or disease during that time. You can also eliminate any suckers that the plant has produced.

Pest, diseases, and animals

Most of the problems that a pineapple plant will face are bacterial or fungal infections. Issues such as black rot, white leaf spot, bacterial heart rot, fruit collapse, and butt rot can all arise in one of these plants.

Some of these problems come up when the air and soil have remained too wet for too long. While the pineapple loves moist soils, too much water can also be an issue. The best way to remedy these problems is to remove the diseased parts of the plant as soon as you recognize them.

Harvesting

The harvest time for your pineapple plant can vary depending on where you are growing your plant and when you started it. However, there are some visual cues that indicate your pineapple fruit is ready for picking.

When an Elite Gold pineapple plant is ready for harvest, its fruits will take on a fairly consistent golden color on the outside. Typically, Elite Gold pineapple plants take about five months to produce a viable harvest.

Achieving maximum results

Since commercial pineapple plants won’t produce seeds most of the time, you may be wondering how to create new plants. If you’d like to propagate more pineapple plants from the one you own, you’ll need to begin by harvesting a mature fruit.

Once you have a fruit, remove the top portion that holds the leaves. Place the bottom of that piece into water and wait for roots to develop. When you see healthy roots spreading in the water, you can plant your new pineapple plant in the soil.

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