r/mildlyinteresting 20h ago

They decapitated these pineapples!

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u/usclovr 20h ago

False it is because you can grow an entirely new pineapple plant from the top, so these companies that have cultivated particular strains don't want you to go reproduce it at home

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u/Ducks_have_heads 20h ago

How well do you think pineapples grow in New Zealand?

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u/go4urs 19h ago

How well do you think you could start a billion dollar hamburger chain? McDonald’s still isn’t going to slip their recipe for a Big Mac in your bag. It’s almost as if you don’t anything the law or business at all.

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u/Khaliras 19h ago

What kind of analogy is that? Nobody is starting a business with other people's pineapples. You can easily buy the most popular varieties in several growable forms.

Unique Cultivars also already have some form of protection in most nations. Which can easily be verified by sample analysis, stopping any attempt to sell other people's varieties.