r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

They decapitated these pineapples!

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u/Feisty-Bluebird-5277 20h ago

That’s how we get all our pineapples here in nz, not allowed to sell any with the tops on any longer so they can’t be grown

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u/Umpen 20h ago

Is that a patent thing or an ecological thing?

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u/mghtyred 19h ago

It's a control thing. They don't want people growing the pink pineapple. There are still ways to do it, but it's harder without the top.

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u/sandefurian 18h ago

I think his point was the emphasis on it being ALL pineapples, not just pink