Suitable for canning. About 97 per cent of pineapple holdings in Malaysia is on peat soil. Some microelement deficiency may be observed on virgin peat. Slips are formed from the base of a fruit, the number varying from cultivar to cultivar. Suckers are plantlets arising from the main stem or from the ground and are responsible for the ratoon crop.
Crowns are propagules found at the top of the fruits.
Propogating materials can be stored for up to six months after harvest and remain viable for planting. Plants from suckers and slips take about 18 months to mature compared to about 2 years for those from crowns. Suckers are used for the cultivation of mauritius. The sedentary soils are ploughed and harrowed and planting is done using a sharpened end of a pole to make holes large and deep enough to insert the suckers. The planting distance is 120cm x 60cm x 30cm in double rowed beds.