The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hello, my name is Nick and I am a tropical fruit grower in Pahokee, FL.  I have a good microclimate next Lake Okeechobee that keeps things warm.  I haven’t been below 40F in a few years.  I’ve been farming fruit since 2009.  I grew sugarcane and vegetables as part of my day job from 2005-2016. My specialty has been bananas and plantains, but I have dabbled in avocados, mangos, papayas, and pineapples.  I am expanding this year by planting a few more acres of plantains and more late season avocados.  I make my actual living as a food safety and social responsibility auditor, since I got hit pretty hard in 2016 and 2017 by hurricanes.