In this video, Patrick Byers, Horticulture Field Specialist at the University of Missouri Extension, shares insights about the growing, maintaining, harvesting, storage, and marketing of pawpaws. Learn valuable information spanning from site, to cultural practices, harvest and postharvest handling, as well as common challenges and marketing opportunities.
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This video takes you through the decisions of choosing a good site for planting pawpaws, implementing cultural practices, harvesting and post-harvest handling, plus potential marketing streams.
Patrick Byers is the Field Specialist in Horticulture with the MU Extension in Webster County, MO. Patrick specializes in commercial specialty crop production with a strong interest in profitable production of alternative fruit crops. He conducts most of his field research at the MU Southwest Research Center in Mount Vernon, MO.
This video is part of a series called, 2021 Chestnut Roast. Make sure to check out the other videos in this series and subscribe to our KZfaq channel. We also have presentations on pawpaws, silvopasture and elderberry production. As well as a presentation by Hannah Hemmelgarn on mushroom inoculation. Plus, much more! The videos are posted on HARC's Facebook page and website, as well as on the Center for Agroforestry's Facebook page.
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