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dyzzypyxxy said:Same here, Pork. Kevin, I would take the one that's rotting and stick it in some damp potting soil.

These plants don't need roots. At all. They need to be fed on the leaves by spraying very weak fertilizer, or compost tea.

If the leaves survive, roots will come along to anchor the plant, I promise. But if the base of the leaves rot from sitting in water you're outa luck.

Here's one I've had sitting outside on my patio table for about a month. This is, in fact, the top from the pineapple in the picture I showed above. It has a few little roots, but the leaves are very happy, and it has put on at least 6 new leaves just sitting in an empty plastic dish. I've been spraying it with my orchid fert once in a while.

Thats a nice healthy pineapple you have there, it can be hard finding pineapples that have nice green healthy tops over here in London most grocery stores sell them unripened so by the time the pineapple is ready to eat the top is almost completely brown