Author Topic: Your favorite South Florida Nursery (Read 4996 times)

Mangolover765 · « **on:** October 02, 2021, 08:43:59 PM »

Hi,

Who do you rate as the best nursery in South Florida? And do you know any nurseries that offer the service of planting the fruit trees for you?

FMfruitforest · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2021, 10:41:37 PM »

Quote from: Mangolover765 on October 02, 2021, 08:43:59 PM

Hi,

Who do you rate as the best nursery in South Florida? And do you know any nurseries that offer the service of planting the fruit trees for you?

Fruitscapes on Bokeelia has provided me with more than I could ask for I highly recommend visiting them.
Also echo farms in North Fort Myers awesome nursery and farm.

FMfruitforest · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2021, 10:43:28 PM »

For Miami area I would definitely checkout Lara Farms for Camito, Mameys and much more

johnb51 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 02, 2021, 11:22:17 PM »

At one time Pine Island Nursery was a leading nursery, but I haven't been there in years.

Mangolover765 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2021, 01:33:53 AM »

Thank you so much FMfruitforest and johnb51! I’m definitely going to check these out.

noochka1 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2021, 08:33:21 AM »

Chris at Truly Tropical in Delray Beach and Alex at Tropical Acres in West Palm. I also second the recommendation for Julian at Lara Farms. All 1st class nurseries.

roblack · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2021, 08:59:42 AM »

PIN is still a great nursery with a wide range of stock.

Al's Fruit Trees is another good one.

345 desoto · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2021, 09:58:52 AM »

Everglades Farm in Homestead...

Guanabanus · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2021, 10:47:07 AM »

In the Homestead area, all the nurseries mentioned above are very good. Add AG Farms and Shangri-la Farms.

In the Treasure Coast area, Trees-N-More.

Excalibur Fruit Trees, in Lake Worth, carries many items not found in the other nurseries.

CTMIAMI · « **Reply #9 on:** October 03, 2021, 11:30:08 AM »

Shangri-la Farms does make some nice trees the trees we have gotten from Carlos have had very clean root systems. AG Nursery on 187th Ave. Arturo is a very dedicated grower, nice trees and can handle volume for commercial growers

CarolinaZone · « **Reply #10 on:** October 03, 2021, 11:57:36 AM »

I will definitely put those nurseries on my list. What is any our your opinions about the best time of year to visit Lara or any of the other nurseries?

johnb51 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 03, 2021, 12:33:07 PM »

Yes, I believe Trees-N-More has a very good stock of mango trees.

roblack · « **Reply #12 on:** October 03, 2021, 12:49:39 PM »

+ for Trees N More. Mike has some cool stuff that may not be available elsewhere. Healthy plants. Positive past experiences.

Gottahaveit · « **Reply #13 on:** October 03, 2021, 02:18:27 PM »

+1 for Trees N More

TnTrobbie · « **Reply #14 on:** October 03, 2021, 02:55:04 PM »

Trees N More.

johnb51 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 03, 2021, 04:25:59 PM »

Is it true that Excalibur isn't what it used to be?

canito 17 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 03, 2021, 05:05:17 PM »

Lara farm i the best ! Higly recomended.

MANGOSCOPE · « **Reply #17 on:** October 06, 2021, 05:24:21 PM »

If you need to collect exceptional mango cultivars, try to check out Tropical Acres Farms in WPB and if you want to go for a bulk order within your budget, you've to step in at ZHPP nursery in Lake Worth. At Zills, you need a nursery license to make a purchase where lot of nurseries obtain their plants from around the nation.

johnb51 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 06, 2021, 07:12:37 PM »

Quote from: MANGOSCOPE on October 06, 2021, 05:24:21 PM

If you need to collect exceptional mango cultivars, try to check out Tropical Acres Farms in WPB and if you want to go for a bulk order within your budget, you've to step in at ZHPP nursery in Lake Worth. At Zills, you need a nursery license to make a purchase where lot of nurseries obtain their plants from around the nation.

Do you happen to know what the minimum is for a bulk order from ZHPP? I don't have a nursery license, but I know people who do.

skhan · « **Reply #19 on:** October 07, 2021, 07:29:21 AM »

Quote from: johnb51 on October 06, 2021, 07:12:37 PM

Quote from: MANGOSCOPE on October 06, 2021, 05:24:21 PM
If you need to collect exceptional mango cultivars, try to check out Tropical Acres Farms in WPB and if you want to go for a bulk order within your budget, you've to step in at ZHPP nursery in Lake Worth. At Zills, you need a nursery license to make a purchase where lot of nurseries obtain their plants from around the nation.
Do you happen to know what the minimum is for a bulk order from ZHPP? I don't have a nursery license, but I know people who do.

Last i checked a nursery license alone doesn't cut it, i no longer make the cut
But its was 50 plants per order 250 a year

May have changed back in the last 2 years though.

MANGOSCOPE · « **Reply #20 on:** October 07, 2021, 12:05:38 PM »

Hello sKhan,
I've been buying from ZHPP nursery over last 15 years or so. The prerequisite for buying would be the "License" probably, not the number of trees, I believe. I didn't meet that quota in any of those years I've been doing business with them.

johnb51 · « **Reply #21 on:** October 07, 2021, 12:16:34 PM »

Quote from: MANGOSCOPE on October 07, 2021, 12:05:38 PM

Hello sKhan,
I've been buying from ZHPP nursery over last 15 years or so. The prerequisite for buying would be the "License" probably, not the number of trees, I believe. I didn't meet that quota in any of those years I've been doing business with them.

Yeah, I know friends with license who have bought from them in the past year, and I'm pretty certain they only bought a few trees at a time.

skhan · « **Reply #22 on:** October 07, 2021, 02:31:26 PM »

Quote from: MANGOSCOPE on October 07, 2021, 12:05:38 PM

Hello sKhan,
I've been buying from ZHPP nursery over last 15 years or so. The prerequisite for buying would be the "License" probably, not the number of trees, I believe. I didn't meet that quota in any of those years I've been doing business with them.

I've bought plenty of trees from them in the past, last time I spoke to them they sent me back a document of their new qualifications or whatever.
So I figured it's one of these policies they use whenever demand is crazy.
I haven't really pursued again since I'm out of the mango game (at least with trees)

weiss613 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 08, 2021, 09:42:43 PM »

If we get a Hurricane we will all be buying again and our choices will be fine tuned by our mango experiences the last few years. I have 270 mango trees with 32 varieties and if I get the chance there is 1 variety that I’d like to be at least 1/2 of my trees.
So this thread I just printed out for when all of us are clamoring for trees!! Thanks

johnb51 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 09, 2021, 08:58:14 AM »

Quote from: weiss613 on October 08, 2021, 09:42:43 PM

If we get a Hurricane we will all be buying again and our choices will be fine tuned by our mango experiences the last few years. I have 270 mango trees with 32 varieties and if I get the chance there is 1 variety that I’d like to be at least 1/2 of my trees.
So this thread I just printed out for when all of us are clamoring for trees!! Thanks

Don't tease us! What variety is it??

weiss613 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 09, 2021, 10:22:43 AM »

Orange Sherbet.

CarolinaZone · « **Reply #26 on:** October 11, 2021, 03:13:36 PM »

Quote from: 345 desoto on October 03, 2021, 09:58:52 AM

Everglades Farm in Homestead...

Their website says not opent to the public.

zands · « **Reply #27 on:** October 12, 2021, 07:27:29 PM »

Quote from: noochka1 on October 03, 2021, 08:33:21 AM

Chris at Truly Tropical in Delray Beach and Alex at Tropical Acres in West Palm. I also second the recommendation for Julian at Lara Farms. All 1st class nurseries.

My neighbor in the same suburban development -- I never asked him where he got this idea about getting a Dwarf Hawaiian mango tree. But last March he asked me where he could buy Dwarf Hawaiian. By some cosmic synchronicity he was talking to someone who knew. I sent him to Chris at Truly Tropical where he got his Hawaiian and a Carrie too. So now he has these two plus a much older tree that seems like Keitt. It is late season for sure.

TREESNMORE · « **Reply #28 on:** October 13, 2021, 02:58:54 PM »

Thank you for listing TreesNMore as your favorite fruit tree nursery.

BQ McFry · « **Reply #29 on:** October 14, 2021, 05:37:11 PM »

I don't have an extensive shopping comparison among them all, but will give a shout out to ANaturalFarm in Howie-In-the-Hills, since this is a Florida thread. I have gotten a few things there, which are not stocked here in N.C. nurseries.

JR561 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 15, 2021, 05:47:25 AM »

Quote from: FMfruitforest on October 02, 2021, 10:43:28 PM

For Miami area I would definitely checkout Lara Farms for Camito, Mameys and much more

I live in Palm Beach County and have bought tons of trees from Lara Farms. Julian is the best person to deal with. Its funny because I live super close to Excalibur and they constantly have diseased plants and rip everyone off with their pricing.

Chris at Truly Tropical comes in a close 2nd for me.

JR561 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 15, 2021, 05:49:10 AM »

Quote from: johnb51 on October 03, 2021, 04:25:59 PM

Is it true that Excalibur isn't what it used to be?

If you want diseased plants and super crazy priced everything they are good for that. I live 3 blocks from them and avoid like the plague.

pineislander · « **Reply #32 on:** October 15, 2021, 06:05:34 AM »

This may have been updated but was the Zill policy in 2020:

QUALIFICATIONS FOR PURCHASING PLANTS WHOLESALE:
Starting January 2020
Regulations & Policy

ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTS:
•   MUST be a registered landscaping company
•   Have a CURRENT Florida Annual Resale Certificate for Sales Tax
•   Groves MUST produce Agricultural Classification from county w/ a minimum of 2 acres or more

NOT ACCEPTABLE:
•   Business Card
•   General Nursery Stock Inspection Certificate w/ residential address.
•   Any other business license not related to agriculture.

johnb51 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 15, 2021, 10:29:26 AM »

Quote from: JR561 on October 15, 2021, 05:49:10 AM

Quote from: johnb51 on October 03, 2021, 04:25:59 PM
Is it true that Excalibur isn't what it used to be?

If you want diseased plants and super crazy priced everything they are good for that. I live 3 blocks from them and avoid like the plague.

That's sad. Thanks for the update. It looks like making the trip up to TreesNMore is worth it.

CarolinaZone · « **Reply #34 on:** October 31, 2021, 05:51:15 PM »

Quote from: JR561 on October 15, 2021, 05:49:10 AM

Quote from: johnb51 on October 03, 2021, 04:25:59 PM
Is it true that Excalibur isn't what it used to be?

If you want diseased plants and super crazy priced everything they are good for that. I live 3 blocks from them and avoid like the plague.

I knew it. I knew I couldn't be the only one who had disease problems with that nursery. That including their bad service is why I quit dealing with them.

yoski · « **Reply #35 on:** November 04, 2021, 07:28:06 PM »

For Mangos Alex at Tropical Acres in West Palm
General purpose nurseries, Pine Island, Als' fruit trees, Lara Farms, Richard Lyon's in the Redlands
Dustin at D's in Cutler Bay is expensive but has top notch stock are rare stuff. Plants are in most excellent condition, the total opposite of Excalibur.
TREES N' MORE near Palm City was a pleasant surprise. Nice selection of healthy trees at very reasonable prices.
Spyke's Grove in Davie sometimes is worth a look.
Those are about my main sources.

Squam256 · « **Reply #36 on:** November 04, 2021, 09:24:38 PM »

Thanks for the mentions everyone. We appreciate the love and trying to crank out as many trees as possible right now.

Lots of great nurseries talked about. Julian Lara is a friend and does great work producing rare tropicals.

Some new ones out in the Loxahatchee area have emerged in the last couple years that will make some noise too.

johnb51 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 07, 2022, 03:55:06 AM »

It seems everyone is pretty dissatisfied with Excalibur these days, but I wanted to report that you can still find decent avocado, sapodilla, and soursop trees there in 3-gal. size.

CarolinaZone · « **Reply #38 on:** January 08, 2022, 12:51:36 PM »

Define decent

. I'm just asking because I bought from them for 15 years and I thought that the issues I had were me. I'm not hoping to ruin these people's business at all. I finally figured out that I had to spray the hell out of everything I bought from them for scale and fungus and definitely change the soil. Nothing I have bought from A Natural farm has had those problems. Nothing from Pokey's has had those problems. None of the stuff I got from Florida Nursery Mart had those problems. None of the stuff that I brought back from Cali or Phoenix have had those problems. The list could go on. I want to support them but they have to tighten up. They have to tighten up. They used have everything and now not so much. It's like Pine Island Nursery. Years ago, if it was on their website, they had it. Now it's very hit or miss. Pro-tip if you are vendor and you see this. Customers hate having their time wasted. If it ain't in stock don't have it on your site or have it listed as "not in stock". Just Fruits and Exotics does a great job of that. I will definitely buy from them again.

BTW I love this FORUM!!!!!!

Lara Farms! I will be back. I need more caimitos and a red cherimoya.

johnb51 · « **Reply #39 on:** January 08, 2022, 02:10:19 PM »

Quote from: CarolinaZone on January 08, 2022, 12:51:36 PM

Define decent

So I bought three trees recently, and they all look healthy, as did their row mates. I never had disease or pest issues with anything I bought from them back several years ago. I'm sorry you did, and it's good you're letting us know.

Moving on, kudos to Truly Tropical for having the best selection of mango trees at the present time!
https://www.facebook.com/TrulyTropical/

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Author Topic: Your favorite South Florida Nursery (Read 4996 times)