Use suckers (500–750 g) or slips (350–450 g). Dry suckers for at least 30–35 days, strip the scale leaves at the base and give a slanting cut before planting. Plant in double rows in beds or trenches, staggering the second row: 90 cm between trenches, 60 cm between the two rows and 30 cm between plants. (A fungicide dip is also listed — ask your officer.)
Pending expert review
Source
Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Pineapple – Spacing; planting, p. 30
