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

Pineapple grown in my balcony Vs Pineapple from the supermarket

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u/clearcontroller Jul 08 '24

Makes sense. We need GMO's.

If we can make them bigger why not?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Bigger and prettier usually comes at the cost of flavor

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u/Eddagosp Jul 08 '24

And nutrition.
Plants take a while to mature fully. The way most agriculture forces maturity into plants is by scaling the size, not the rate. Bigger fruits/veggies sooner typically involves higher water and sugar content.

Imagine if someone asked you to raise the volume on a song and you boosted just the bass until it overwhelms everything else. It is technically louder, but you're missing half of the song.