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Best places to buy tropical fruit/seeds in Homestead?
« on: April 04, 2022, 10:16:22 AM »
We are visiting Florida in early May, and plan to go to Homestead to buy some orchids.  Of course, I want to hit some tropical fruit places also! Where is the best place in the Homestead area to get fruit and seeds? 

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Carolyn

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Re: Best places to buy tropical fruit/seeds in Homestead?
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2022, 11:34:46 AM »
Fruit and Spice Park is great for fruit and seeds...If you're looking for trees, check out Lara Farms. All around the area is a whole bunch of nurseries. You could try Pine Island Nursery also, but not sure on availability. From what I heard, they mostly wholesale to other growers.

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Re: Best places to buy tropical fruit/seeds in Homestead?
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2022, 12:41:46 PM »
Fruit (these farms are only open by appointment/webstore):
Sunshine Organic Farms
Three Sisters Farm
Mango Men Homestead
Aloha Redland
LNB Grove (fruit stand)

Fruit Trees:
Lara Farms
Pine Island Nursery
Al's Fruit Trees
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Re: Best places to buy tropical fruit/seeds in Homestead?
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2022, 01:18:13 PM »
You can find a lot of seeds from dropped/rotting fruit at Fruit and Spice park, and there are countless small fruit stands right on the roads along the way.  I came home with a bag full of seeds of all different types. 

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Re: Best places to buy tropical fruit/seeds in Homestead?
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2022, 08:10:50 PM »
Hi what is all the Nurseries on Krome Ave walked to motel from fruit and spice park and there were a ton.
if you could rent a bicycle looks like a nice bike trail (well minus the traffic for your view .)
(but there is a mountain biking trail somewhere in Homestead (or close as well)

any of these on the list.

(not to take over post , but any of those fruit smoothie any good (I think I saw a bar too._

Fruit (these farms are only open by appointment/webstore):
Sunshine Organic Farms
Three Sisters Farm
Mango Men Homestead
Aloha Redland
LNB Grove (fruit stand)

Fruit Trees:
Lara Farms
Pine Island Nursery
Al's Fruit Trees
Ready-to-grow Gardens

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Re: Best places to buy tropical fruit/seeds in Homestead?
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2022, 06:41:57 PM »
d's 18605 SW 88th Rd, Cutler Bay, FL 33157 (expensive but higher end hard to find stuff)
Lyons 20200 SW 134th Ave, Miami, FL 33177 (good selection)
Green-Land 18795 SW 216th St, Miami, FL 33170 (basic stuff at very reasonable prices)


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Re: Best places to buy tropical fruit/seeds in Homestead?
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2022, 11:08:26 PM »
Thanks all!

Carolyn

 

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