Optimizing Fruit And Nut Crop Production With Horticulturist Dr. Eric Thomas Stafne
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Eric Thomas Stafne joins the podcast to discuss fruit and nut crops – and what it takes to enhance them. With more than 17 years of experience as a horticulturist, Dr. Stafne has greatly refined his understanding of fruit and nut crops, enabling him to uncover factors that are creating issues for growers.
Dr. Stafne is an Extension and Research Professor at Mississippi State University and the Coastal Research and Extension Center. Here, he researches Mississippi's primary fruit crops, including blueberries, blackberries, grapes, and muscadines. From breeding techniques to pruning procedures, Dr. Stafne is on a mission to sustainably optimize fruit and nut production…
Join the conversation now to learn more about:
- The fastest growing and yielding crops.
- How crop-yielding timelines can be modified.
- The importance of experimenting with crop optimization.
You can find out more about Dr. Stafne and his work by clicking here!
Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C
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| 0:00.0 | Has anyone been able to figure out how to get fruit trees or nut trees to produce faster? |
| 0:05.4 | Or does anyone understand the clocks that govern, you know, how the tree knows, |
| 0:10.8 | quote, unquote, oh, it's year three. |
| 0:12.8 | All right, it's time to make produce fruit or not. |
| 0:15.2 | Well, some of that is can be modified, okay, through grafting onto a root stock. |
| 0:22.3 | That can modify that time frame. |
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