The Science of Peony Storage with Dr. Nathan Jahnke

Peony storage is one of those skills any cut flower grower who produces these beauties will try to master.  We were so fortunate to chat with Dr. Nathan Jahnke, about his fabulous recent paper on this topic!   In this episode we refer to his recent scientific paper and his webinare which can be found at the following links Peony Post Harvest Handling Webinare Jahnke, N.,J.M. Dole, B.A. Bergman, G.Ma, P.Perkins-Veazie. 2020.  Extending Cut Paeonia Lactiflora Pall. Storage Duration Using Sub-Zero Storage Temperatures.  Agronomy 2020, 10, 1694; doi:10.3390/agronomy10111694. North Carolina State University has a great resource page on peony production here: NCSU Cut Peonies Page Our theme music was composed and performed by Heather's son Callum, and the challenging job of audio editing done by the uber-talented Laura Eccleston.