2 For 1 Pineapples!! If you can wait!

So you buy a nice organic pineapple from the store, cut the top off, skin it, get down to the meat and throw the rest away right? Not so fast! What if I told you that you could grow another pineapple?
Keep reading and I will show you how.

First step is to cut the top of the pineapple off. Give yourself a little room on the top, but you don't need much cause you're after the green top of the fruit.

Then peel your pineapple from top to bottom, using a nice sharp knife. You will want to get the eyes out (they hold the pineapple seeds, yes pineapples have seeds). A tip to cutting the eyes out is to cut a couple at a time on an angle so you don't waste any of the delicious meat. You can core the pineapple if you wish, but I like to eat the whole fruit.

Here is what it should look like after peeling and cutting out the eyes of the pineapple.

The angle cuts you see are from removing the eyes.  Now you want to slice up and enjoy your pineapple as usual, but don't throw out that top! Gently peel the rest of the meat away from the pineapple stem. It should look like the picture below when you are done.

Now taking the stem in you hands begin peeling the pineapple leaves away from the bottom.  Keep going around the pineapple until you have about and inch to an inch and a half of bare stem.  The picture below shows how it should look.

Now you want to put the pineapple stem in a container of water; such as in the picture below.  Change the water out regularly and in a few weeks time you will have roots on the stem!

Once you get to this point its time to plant the pineapple in some soil.  The plant should grow up to make a pineapple of its own in due time.  And then you can start the process over again!  I hope you will save your pineapple tops and try this for yourself.  It's always an accomplishment when you can grow something with your bare hands!