A pineapple plant takes about 18 to 24 months to actually produce a single fruit. That's almost two years of waiting for one pineapple. Meanwhile I get impatient waiting for toast.
A pineapple isn't one single fruit. It's actually dozens of individual berries that fused together around a central core. Every one of those little "eyes" on the outside used to be its own flower.
Unlike bananas or avocados, pineapples stop ripening the moment they're cut from the plant. So that slightly underripe one at the store is staying exactly that underripe forever. Pick wisely.
Small fact-finding missions like this are honestly one of my favorite ways to take a break from coding for twenty minutes. If you know any more pineapple facts, I'd love to hear them.
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