Program

11.30 Welcome coffee / Welcome snack / Registration / Arrival

13.00 Welcome, trends, company presentation

• NuPiWi: Strengthening nut production through knowledge transfer, Birge Wolf and Thorsten Michaelis, University of Kassel
• Overview of current trends in German hazelnut cultivation, Herbert Knuppen, Bonn
• Growing hazelnuts in the north is feasible! - Farm presentation, pruning, further processing, Britta Stechmann-Schuhmacher, Mittelkirchen

Impulses

• Fertilization in hazelnuts - the strategic tool for plant robustness: timing - fertilizer - strategies, Peter Hilsendegen, DLR Rheinpfalz
• Current status of rootstock breeding, fertilization, pollination, Dr. Thomas Wöhner, Julius Kühn Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit
• Plant protection - what is possible? - An overview, Lukas Myrzik, DLR Rheinpfalz
• Hazelnut borer - new results, Natalia Riemer, University of Kassel

15:15 Coffee break

15.45 Exchange & impulses

• Discussion stations on the 4 impulses
• Highlights from the discussion stations in the plenum
• Current trial results on hazelnut from TLLLR Erfurt, Dr. Martin Penzel, TLLLR

17:45 Coffee break

18.00 How do hazelnut trees develop? Different development of a grafted hazelnut tree in connection with different planting methods, soil cultivation and pruning measures. Andreas Gauch, Niederwil (CH)

18.45 Closing of the day - outlook

19.30 Dinner: Backhaus der Brauerei Schinkel, Walburger Str. 46, 37213 Witzenhausen

08.00 Welcome coffee / Registration / Arrival

08.30 Welcome, impulses

• The hazelnut situation in Piedmont - artificial fertilization - premature fruit harvest, Dr. Alberto Pansecchi, cultivation consultant for the Piedmont region (I) (translation by H. Knuppen)
• Hazelnut cultivation on three different continents - field trip reports from the USA, Balkan countries and China, Dr. Martin Penzel, TLLLR Erfurt

10.15 Coffee break

10.45 Impulses

• The calculation of a hazelnut plantation, Claudia Kuhaupt, TLLLR Erfurt
• The nut is harvested and now? Cracking, roasting, sale (direct - online), Charlotte Böckenhoff, Raesfeld
• Hazelnut requirements from the marketer's perspective, Gina Ortlieb, Ortlieb company
• Summary: Herbert Knuppen, Birge Wolf and Thorsten Michaelis

12:30 Lunch

13.30 Departure to the SollingNuss farm (Lindenstraße, 37170 Uslar-Schönhagen)

14.45 Excursion to Hendrik Hoffmann's farm , SollingNuss

• Tour of the hazelnut fields
• Final coffee in the wood hall
• Outlook: Herbert Knuppen, Birge Wolf and Thorsten Michaelis

17.00 End of the event