Pegi: If you don't ever buy whole pineapple at your local grocery you can ask in the produce department if they by chance have any pineapple tops from when they cut and package pineapple chunks. Most of the time I buy containers of fresh pineapple chunks but on occasion I will pick up a nice ripe pineapple and ask one of the produce employees to peel, core and slice it for me and I also tell them that I want the top to root. The produce folks are always accommodating and within minutes they return with my sliced pineapple in a plastic container and the top wrapped in plastic for me. Even if it never sets fruit, it's fun to grow your own pineapple plant!
