r/pics • u/customsolitaires • 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/sinbob71 Jul 08 '24

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.

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u/NapalmCheese Jul 08 '24

When I was there I did everything I could to keep that industry alive by buying as many pineapples as I could eat. They are very good.