The pineapple is a very special fruit for its different properties, its scientific name is Ananas comosus, and it is native to South America, this plant was brought to Spain when boat trips began to be made, from one continent to another.
This fruit is well known throughout the world and delicious recipes, smoothies, juices and aphrodisiac drinks are prepared with them that will raise your vital energy. One of the best known drinks is the famous piña colada, which is very refreshing and relaxes a lot to the people who enjoy it.
It should be noted that they contain a large number of vitamins such as: vitamin A, D, C. and a number of minerals and special characteristics that will offer great benefits to your health, it is also a powerful digestive that helps you prevent and combat stomach upset, acidity, and poor digestion.
One of its important characteristics is that it has large amounts of bromelain, which helps digestive enzymes a lot, to dissolve the strongest and heaviest foods we have consumed. It is also a powerful diuretic that cleanses and purifies the kidneys of excess salts and acids that are in our body.
It is widely used in treatments to combat arthritis and osteoarthritis, as it is a powerful natural anti-inflammatory. Although there are already many laboratories that are producing processed medicines, with pineapple, with proven medical and scientific effectiveness.
The central part of the pineapple that is like a trunk, is used a lot liquefied with water and a little sugar, to reduce and burn a little fat that is more in our body. Take a glass every morning when you wake up and ready to help you burn fat naturally.
It should be noted that its fibers help a lot to activate the intestines and, in this way, it fights a lot of constipation that affects so many people today because of industrialized foods and low in natural fiber.
In this article we explain how to plant pineapple.
In the market you can buy pineapple at low cost, but how wonderful it was to have at home all these benefits and a few bushes of this wonderful fruit, in this article we will give you many tricks, so you can plant pineapple at home and also in some larger space.
It is not very easy to produce pineapples at home, but it is not impossible either, since despite being a plant of warm climates, it has adapted very well to the changes in climate of Spain and the European continent. You just have to provide them with the necessary care and ready you will have the best pineapples in the world and with Spanish quality, how about it…
On the other hand, with the shells of the pineapple you can make a divine fermented chicha, if you take baria shells of the pineapple that are well ripe and chop it into pieces, then you place it to boil with half a kilo of rice, and add sugar to your liking, for half an hour until the rice is very soft, Then you liquefy it and with a strainer you strain it, this will be a special food and when it is fermented after 3 days it will be exquisite, try it and you will see.
It is important to note that many people also use it as a cure for conjunctivitis, since sumo, they take it to clean the infected eyes for its antiseptic and anti-inflammatory characteristics, with a wet cotton wool with the sumo you clean your eyes, at least three times a day and you will see that the pain in the eyes and irritation will disappear very quickly.
So go ahead and plant pineapple in your home and in a very simple way with our recommendations and practical advice. You just have to be a little patient and persevering since to harvest it is more or less about 18 months with the ideal conditions. But it is worth this wait and enjoy this wonderful fruit that God did not give.
Instructions for and when to plant Pineapple
- Try to get a pineapple as big and beautiful as you get, you should also verify that it ripens not so much.
- You can buy pineapple in any supermarket, but you have to verify that it has its crown, since in some parts they remove the crowns so that people can take them more easily and avoid being caught with their thorns.
- Take a knife that has a good edge and carefully cut the crown of the pineapple, then gently remove the small pieces of pineapple meat that remain at the base of the crown, this is because sometimes fungi can occur and the plant dies.
- Verify that the crown is alive, that its color is light green, because if it is brown or blackish it is already murta and will not work.
- If you have only some crown leaves that are brown and the rest green, then put on cloth or leather gloves and gently pull the crown leaves that are dead.
- After this procedure, place a container of clean water and place the crown.
- The water level should only be 3 centimeters, you can cover the entire crown because if it does not drown and the plant will die.
- Place the plant near a door or window but that it remains in a covered place, so that it does not hit the sun’s rays directly.
- If the sun’s rays hit it directly, it will burn and the plant will die.
- The best time of year in Spain to plant pineapples in autumn and summer.
- If planting in winter it is very likely that it will not be born, but if you place it with lamps that generate heat in a room with temperatures of 10 to 29 degrees Celsius then if it can be born.
- After this, two months in the water, you will notice that the roots begin to come out.
- Try to measure that the roots are more or less than 8 centimeters so that at that time it can be moved to a pot.
- Place sand in the pot, but make sure it is moist but very loose so you can plant the plant without mistreating the roots.
- Place the crown in the pot with sand, with the wet sand and then add a little more water, eye, the pot has to have some holes at the bottom so that excess water can come out.
- When the plant is already three months old in the pots, you can transplant it to the soil, this will make it grow bigger and the fruits are sweeter.
- After it is in the ground, water it only as necessary because watering it with a lot of water can generate the appearance of bacteria and damage the plant.
- And ready you will have the best Spanish pineapples made with great pride in your own home, success and a lot of encouragement.
What do you need for and when to plant pineapple?
- A pineapple.
- A sharp knife.
- Leather or fabric gloves.
- A pot.
- A container with water.
- Sun and water.
Tips for and when to plant Pineapple
- The first tip is that the water you put on the crown cannot be direct water from the pipe. It contains a lot of chlorine.
- Try to use boiled water or mineral water as it is free of chlorine and other chemicals used to make it drinkable.
- Use sand with organic fertilizer or fields so that you have large and delicious fruits.
- Be very careful with the roots, when transplanting, from the pot to the mainland, the most memorable thing is that you wet the sand of the pot well so that it softens and does not break the roots when removing it.
- Finally, be patient at 18 or 20 months, you will be harvesting and happy to have this wonderful fruit.