Gaining Insight Into The World Of Wine Grape Cultivation With Jim Kamas and Jacy Lewis
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we sit down with two expert agriculturalists: Jim Kamas and Jacy L. Lewis. Both Jim and Jacy reside in Texas, where they lend their horticultural insight to Texas A&M University and various other education programs.
Jim is an Assistant Professor and Extension Fruit Specialist in the Department of Horticultural Sciences, and is stationed in Fredericksburg, TX. He works as a farm advisor to fruit growers across Texas and devotes his time to understanding the needs of both commercial and home fruit producers.
Jacy is the Program Manager in the Viticulture and Sustainable Fruit Lab at Texas A&M and is also stationed in Fredericksburg. She serves the Texas wine industry with her involvement in a number of sustainable research projects for wine grapes and perennial fruit crops.
Tune in now to hear Jim and Jacy discuss:
- What Jacy's lab is doing to control diseases in wine grapes.
- How long it typically takes for wine grapes to come to full maturity.
- Why sustainability is so important in perennial cropping systems.
The science behind wine grape production is fascinating. Want to learn about this subject for yourself? Jump into the conversation now to gain a better understanding of viticulture, and how it informs grape production!
Click here to find out more about Jim and Jacy's work with Texas A&M's Department of Horticulture!
Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | a quick question about growing wine grapes. |
| 0:03.1 | How long does it take to grow them? |
| 0:04.7 | You know, how many years until they bear the fruit |
| 0:07.1 | and are there any interesting intricacies |
| 0:09.1 | of growing wine grapes in particular? |
| 0:10.6 | So that you're allowing the plant |
| 0:11.9 | to put its resources into growing the structure |
| 0:14.7 | and building a strong and healthy plant |
| 0:16.1 | before you start allowing it to divert its resources |
| 0:18.7 | into reproduction, it's possible for a plant |
| 0:20.7 | to actually reproduce itself to death. |
| 0:24.6 | Before we get started, I have a quick favor. |
| 0:27.0 | I've been self-funding the Finding Genius Podcast |
| 0:30.0 | for five years now, done over 3,000 episodes. |
| 0:33.4 | And as you can see on YouTube, |
| 0:34.5 | we're up over a million views on the channel, |
| 0:37.0 | which is fantastic. |
| 0:38.5 | The next thing I really want to push on |
| 0:40.2 | is to get up to 10,000 subscribers. |
| 0:42.9 | Because once we do, we'll be able to put a donate button |
| 0:45.7 | and we'll be able to solicit donations |
| 0:48.0 | to help keep the podcast running |
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