Fruit growing advice

The municipal orchard advisory service provides advice to citizens interested in orcharding, whether they have just one fruit tree, a small garden or several hectares of orchards. You can find out about proper care by phone, e-mail or in a course.

Information from the fruit growing advisory service

Again and again the same questions arise regarding fruit cultivation:

Which fruit variety that is not very susceptible to disease should I plant?
Which type of fruit is suitable for my plot?
What should I pay attention to when planting a fruit tree?
How do I grow my fruit tree correctly?

For this purpose, we have prepared several leaflets that will give you useful tips. The leaflets are intended to support and reinforce the courses.

Leaflets

Cutting courses

The local fruit and horticultural associations in the city also offer winter and summer pruning courses every year, which are run by the city's fruit-growing advisor. As a rule, these courses are free of charge and you can take part without registering.

You can find the current course dates here:

Fruit growing course winter 24PDF-File 87,56 kB

Winter pruning course in the teaching garden

If you want to learn more about the art of pruning fruit trees, the Fruit Growers' Advisory Service offers a comprehensive winter course. In the practical part of the course, you can also do your own pruning!

The following topics are covered:

professional pruning of all types of fruit trees and tree shapes
the right choice of variety for the respective garden
recognizing pests/diseases and their prevention and control
appropriate fertilization

The winter course comprises four evenings (always on Wednesdays in November) on which theory is taught. There are also four practical days (twice on Friday/Saturday) in and around the training garden in S-Mühlhausen. It costs 97 euros per participant. The current course dates will be posted here in good time.

Please register informally by e-mail.

For clubs the following fees apply:

Lectures or cutting courses: the first hour 51 Euro, each additional hour 35 Euro
Travel allowance (within Stuttgart) 20 Euro
Pruning in allotment gardens: per garden 35 Euro

If you are a commercial orchardist and would like advice, please contact the orchardist personally.

Orchard meadows

Flowering trees stand on a meadow orchard.

Orchard meadow in full bloom.

Orchard meadows are a typical component of our cultural landscape. While in the 18th and 19th centuries this form of fruit cultivation was still promoted by the authorities, a change began in 1956. In climatically favorable locations, commercial fruit-growing switched to more intensive low-trunk fruit-growing. In this way, the growing import pressure was countered with marketable varieties of corresponding quality. What remains are the orchard trees for the hobby and self-supply fruit growing on less suitable locations (slopes, poorer soils or cooler locations).

Unfortunately, with the steady improvement of the economic situation, the interest decreased significantly. The tree stands are aging, untended meadows are overgrown by blackberries and are becoming increasingly overgrown with bushes. Today, it is important to preserve this unique cultural landscape with all its important functions for microclimate, soil and water, as a habitat for many animals and plants and, of course, for recreation.

Many associations and also the parties in the municipal council are striving to preserve the scattered fruit trees in and around the state capital.

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