@Bamb00Stix First of all It takes awhile for the plant to root so I would advise you to just leave the bottom leaves as is for now. There are some others who have rooted pineapple by various methods. The thread below yours has a lot of information which you might find useful.
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
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