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Product availability in Florida Last week we visited several nurseries from all parts of Florida assessing what progress has been made since the hurricane this fall and cold temperatures in January. Unfortunately, my prediction last fall was accurate. There is a definite shortage of most product. Some nurseries continue to ship product that is extremly small, […]
Unfortunately, the rebuilding of nurseries is moving very slowly. There is a shortage of labor and shade cloth. Conservatively, the south Florida nurseries lost 80% of their building structures as well as inventory. Tri State was fortunate that right after the hurricane we were able to ship as much product that was not affected by […]
Update on impact of hurricane on Florida nurseries Bryan and I traveled to Florida last week to visit as many nurseries as possible to evaluate the damage to Florida growers. The biggest issue they have in Florida is loss of electricity and phone service. Homestead did not have electiricty until the middle of last week. […]
Update on impact of hurricane on Florida nurseries The Apopka/Orlando nurseries seem to have incurred minimal damage to crops, with some damage to their greenhouses. They will start shipping as normal next week. The West Palm Beach area was hit and miss. Carter Road Greenhouse was severely damaged, and this was one of our primary […]