These young pineapple plants cover the main stages: At right is a stem rooting in water. At left is a fully rooted stem that's been planted in a 6-inch pot. And in the center is a shoot from a 'mother plant,' growing in an 8-inch container.
If you thin out the stems when they are about 3" tall, you can use those cuttings. Some gardeners cut a small piece of tuber with each shoot to increase the chances of the stem rooting, ...
to width rations of 1:1, and with parallel margins stellate hairs: hairs with more than 5 rays in more than one plane stereomorphic: flower shapes that are radially symmetric; 3-dimensional flowers stolons: above ground stem rooting at ...
runner search for term- n. (AS. rinnan, to run) a specialized stolon consisting of a prostrate stem rooting at the node and forming a new plant which eventually becomes detached from the parent plant as in a strawberry plant.
See also: Plant, Soil, Water, Stem, Spring
 
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