5 minute freewrite 2232 prompt stimulation

This is my post for #freewriters 2232 prompt stimulation hosted by @mariannewest and @daily.prompt

I am not sure how many pineapple plants I have, but it all started with one pineapple, we ate it and I said I was going to see if I could grow one. It was a few years ago, I can not remember how many, but I got my first pineapple, and now I get pineapples every year.

I give a pineapple stimulation with love and food. The only food I have for them is the fertilizer that we give the areca palms but they seem to like it. I keep the weeds away from them and if no one is around, I might even talk to them.

Most have a single crown, but some plants put off new plants plus the crown on the one I picked, this is how I get more plants.

I have grown them with a double-crown

This one is the same as the first photo, it has lost most of its reddish color and has a multitude of crowns, I have never had one with this many.

Now all of the red color is gone and I can not count how many crowns it has. The pineapple is also the biggest one that I have grown and it is still growing. I had to brace it to keep it from falling over.

I like to let them get fully ripe before picking. This one fell over but I did not think it was on the ground, I wanted it to get a little riper. I checked it a few days after taking this pic and it had gnats flying around it. The other side was on the ground and had rotted. I was upset that I let this happen. The crown was even rotten and I do not see another plant on the mother plant. This is disheartening.
photos are mine