[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by cheapstorage

Mine gave me a fruit 2 years later, and sprouted out a new shoot. I would not cut it down. They can give you lots of fruit from what I read and am starting to see.

Two years is about right if it's the top of a pineapple that you've planted. It could take another six months for the pineapple to reach maximum growth, however.

Like all plants in the bromeliad family, when the plant is mature and flowers (or fruits, in the case of the pineapple), it actually begins to die (a pretty long process). Along with the flowering is when new shoots start to spring up, more than doubling the amount of new plants. That's probably what you are talking about. However, the original plant will never flower/fruit again.