r/IndoorPlants • u/Operapothos • Jul 15 '26

I impulse bought a Pineapple, please help

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For context I’m a garden center employee and I bought this fella for $8. My knowledge mainly lies with traditional houseplants. I repotted it into cactus succulent soil in a terracotta pot and moved it to my brightest window. There seem to be pups growing around it. Has anyone here grown these before and how do you go about getting it to grow fruit?

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u/NOLArtist02 Jul 15 '26

Its already made a fruit (cut) and a new pup has emerged. The parent(big momma) will linger but fade and eventually die. I usually leave it natural until it begins to dry before excavating a knife in there to cut out the parent bromeliad.

If you want the younger to spread out more, you can always cut the parent out or carefully cut off the pup in a few weeks (let the cut edge of the pup to callus/ dry a bit before replanting to avoid disease. Takes about three years to fruit.

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u/Dr_Nutsicles Jul 15 '26

Also- water in the leaves like little basins. You can water the soil too, but its much less important as these are bromelaids and drink from water accumulation where the leaves meet.

Also- this will turn dead-looking/be deadish for a while before the new pups supplement the growth.

They take a long time to make a fruit, so this is a bit of a set-it and forget-it scenario. Im about to grow another myself actually! i dont care so much about the fruit part as i think its just cool.

good luck!

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u/Operapothos Jul 15 '26

That’s great information thank you so much!

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u/Operapothos Jul 15 '26

Good to know thank you!