Production techniques of pineapple

 

Pine apple

Plant population Spacing (cm)   Per hectare Per acre Plant to Plant within row Row to Row Trench to Trench Yield(t/ha) 43,500 16,500 30 60 90 85 to 105 53,000 21,450 25 60 90 63,500 25,700 22.58 or 22.5 45 or 60 90 or 75

• Suckers of 450g weight and slips of about 350g weight ideal for propagation

Plant crop

• About 12g N / plant recommended under irrigated conditions; 16g N / plant recommended under rainfed conditions
• K2O at 12g / plant recommended for irrigated as well as rain fed crop

Ratoon crop

• About 10g N/ plant for irrigated and 12g / plant recommended for rain fed crop. Nitrogen to be applied in six split doses between 2 and 12 months after planting
• Potash to be applied in two splits 2 and 6 months after planting
• Induction of synchronized flowering with application of 25ppm ethephon in combination with 2% urea and 0.04% calcium carbonate in Kew Pineapple.