Maturity and postharvest management – webinar recording

March 2025 | Presented by Dr Hannah James | Future Orchards® webinar recording

This webinar recording accompanies Dr Hannah James’s presentation on maturity and postharvest management. It connects orchard maturity assessment with the decisions made after fruit enters storage, helping growers understand why harvest timing remains one of the strongest determinants of storage outcome.

The session discusses the use of maturity indicators and the need to match fruit condition with intended storage duration and market pathway. It also places cooling, atmosphere and ethylene-management tools within the broader context of variety-specific disorder risk.

The recording is particularly useful for growers, packers and advisers wanting the spoken explanation behind the March 2025 slide deck and a practical framework for linking harvest maturity with postharvest quality management.