Where do most pineapple producers get crowns for planting?

I have to put together a pineapple production system plan for growing pineapples and need to know, when it is time to plant a new pineapple crop, do most farmers buy crowns to plant or do they use crowns from their previous harvest?


Please, no assumptions.

Where do most pineapple producers get crowns for planting?
They use some crowns from a previous harvest and will often have their own greenhouses to force new crowns from quartered plants.





Three parts of the pineapple can be planted: the tops (the crown and leaves); the slips (offsets that grow from the stem); and suckers (offsets that grow from the base of the plant). Every plant produces suckers and these eventually produce a second or ratoon crop. The first and second crops, each of which take 22-24 months to mature, usually produce the commercial yield of a plant. Planting can occur year-round and because there is some choice of planting materials, pineapples can be produced every month of the year.
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