How to prune smooth cayenne pineapple

After the main fruit is harvested. After harvest, cut the fruited main stem down to soil level or leave it to die back naturally. Select the largest, healthiest ratoon (side shoot) growing from the base and remove all others with a sharp knife or secateurs, cutting flush with the parent stem. The retained ratoon will produce the next fruit.

Once per fruiting cycle — after each harvest. Pineapple plants (all Ananas comosus cultivars) do not need pruning in the conventional sense. Each plant fruits once from its central stem, then dies back. Remove ratoons (side shoots or suckers) selectively — keep one strong ratoon per plant for the next fruit cycle, and cut the rest off at soil level.

After harvest, cut the fruited main stem down to soil level or leave it to die back naturally. Select the largest, healthiest ratoon (side shoot) growing from the base and remove all others with a sharp knife or secateurs, cutting flush with the parent stem. The retained ratoon will produce the next fruit.