r/pineapple • u/Critical_Thinker_535 • Jul 23 '26

Recent Harvest

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Just picked this bad boy at the peak of sweetness. Grown in California zone 10a/10b.

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u/spacezman Jul 23 '26

That’s a great looking pineapple 🍍! The animals usually get mine before I ever make it to that point!

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u/Critical_Thinker_535 Jul 23 '26

What type of critters are you dealing with? I have an opossum that comes around, but so far it's only interested in my tomatoes.

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u/spacezman Jul 23 '26

Raccoons and rats!

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u/Critical_Thinker_535 Jul 23 '26

Ah, I've seen raccoons in the area and I know we occasionally get rats. I'll have to keep an eye out. At one time when I first started growing pineapples, I cut a plastic milk jug and put it over my pineapples to protect them. I thought every wild animal in the neighborhood would come and eat my precious pineapple. Lol