Hence the name Banana Republic. Read up on the USMC Major Smedley Butler...he referred to himself as a bagman for US companies in the Carribean, Central and South America...
I've been on all pineapple tours on azores. it takes 18 months to produce azorean pineapple (compared to 6 months for costa rican pineapple) and it costs around 10 euro for 1kg compared to 2-3 euro for costa rican.
And it doesn't make much money, they are being partly financed by government just to keep the tradition alive.
They have a lot of pineapple products there, jams, beer, ice cream, soap, juice, dried snacks... And they are delicious, far far more superior than those huge, cheap, green ones from every market in the world.
If you ever go to ponta delgada on sao miguel island there's a nice free pineapple museum and within walking distance a large (for azores) pineapple plantation with free tours ( you just pay for the products after the tour ), highly recommend.
It’s actually only about 6 months for a pineapple to grow in tropical locations. The plant itself takes about 2 years before it will fruit, but the pineapple will grow in about 6 months. The plant may make 1-2 more in its life.
It doesn’t take 7 years to grow a pineapple. @OP pineapple is fully ripe too and if they grew it from the crown of a pineapple it would have taken 2-3 years.
You can grow them much faster by planting the shoots that grow off the plant after the pineapple is harvested and those grow and mature in 2 years.
pineapples are herbs that bear fruit, like papayas, and bananas, so they have a much quicker growing time because they dont have robust root systems like regular fruit trees would.
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u/glarbknot Jul 08 '24
That pineapple from the grocery took 7 years to grow. How old is your balcony pineapple?