However, if youâre at all like me, sometimes ya just get the urge to bake something without a plan in place. I often find myself in this situation and it can be a real bummer if the recipe youâre using calls for room temperature items such as butter, eggs, and cream cheese.
If you have bought a sapling from the nursery, then you can wait for at least a year for the orange tree to grow to about four feet. This is an ideal height for the tree to start producing fruits. However, for oranges to come on a regular basis on the tree, it takes at least four years from its birth. Oranges start as a flower and they take about eight weeks to mature into a ripe fruit. However, people who grow oranges put in a lot of effort throughout the year to make the oranges juicy and pulpy. For an average person, who is just growing the plant, the product might not be so great.
Pineapples are easy to grow as houseplants, and you can start one with a pineapple crown from your own kitchen. Rooting takes a couple of months, and itâll likely take 2-3 years to get fruit, but in the meantime you can enjoy the spiky tropical foliage and the fun of growing a tropical treat. Growing More Pineapples: All of those new pineapples can be rooted to make more plants. 2  When you harvest your pineapples, look at the base of the fruit for small baby shoots. 3  Harvest your pineapple carefully, leaving these shoots to grow a little. 4  They can then be gently removed and planted in their own pots.