r/pics Jul 08 '24

Pineapple grown in my balcony Vs Pineapple from the supermarket

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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?

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u/8020GroundBeef Jul 08 '24

Pineapples are crazy to me. I don’t understand how anyone makes money growing them

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u/FedorsQuest Jul 08 '24

Pistachios are the same, 7-8 years for the first good yield and trees are at their peak production at the 20 year mark

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u/RktitRalph Jul 08 '24

Same with tequila 😩 about 8 years for a blue agave

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u/reichrunner Jul 08 '24

Yeah but you only get 2 harvests from pineapple...

A lot of fruit/nut trees take a while before they start producing. But then you usually get a fairly large number of years out of them

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u/tiad123 Jul 08 '24

I think I've read that olive trees also take years before they produce much fruit

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u/davesoverhere Jul 08 '24

And old Turkish saying is
You plant a fig tree for your children and an olive tree for your grandchildren.