Pineapple II

My aqua culture experiment with pineapples went well until it didn't - a week or so after my last photo I noticed the stem around the roots had begun to rot! Careful dissection showed nothing could be saved; I'm unsure of my mistake, perhaps I left in the the water too long (or placed it too deep).

So I started with a new pineapple but this time directly into the soil (which is also possible).