Garden neighborhood fruit trees and berry bushes. Chemical compatibility and replanting woody plants. Savings and practicality
First of all, you need to understand what is allelopathy. This is the science that studies the compatibility of different cultures. Studying it, you will certainly improve your gardener's skills and get the necessary theoretical base. After all, all plants influence each other, and many gardeners who do not take into account the dogmas of allelopathy soon wonder: why is their garden not growing as well as they expected? Why ornamental plants bloom and smell as well fruit trees wither or vice versa? Allelopathy will give answers to all these questions.
The traditional place to grow fruit is an orchard, a separate garden area that is dedicated to fruit. This has the particular advantage that it can be fully protected in a fruit cage. Scattering fruits throughout the garden means that individual plants must be protected, which can be quite tedious.
What plants can coexist with each other?
However, besides the protection they require, there is no reason to save the fetus. In an ornamental garden, fruits can be mixed with vegetables, trees, and standard bushes, providing visual growth in individual beds. Many fruit trees can be grown along walls or fences, and can be used as dividers or screens between different parts of the garden. If you have a small garden and you want a shady tree to sit, why not plant an apple tree, and not just one species that is exclusively decorative?
So, we come to the main question of our article: is it possible to plant a pear next to an apple tree and other fruit trees? Considering this topic, we will try to answer related questions about the possibility of the neighborhood of other fruit trees, for example, apple and cherry trees.
As long as it grows in your garden, you have nothing to stop you from choosing any fruit color you want. There is a slight complication in the fact that some fruit of the trees need pollinators to make sure that the fruit is set, which means that if you want a particular apple, you might need another apple to act as a pollinator . This may not be necessary if your neighbor has a compatible tree.
Most fruit trees and shrubs are likely to remain in the ground for a long time, so it is important that the soil is carefully prepared. It is especially important that all perennial weeds are removed. If any small piece is left in the ground, it should rise again and it will probably be difficult to extract from the roots of a tree or shrub without digging them out.
Let's start in order. Apple trees are strictly not recommended to grow next to peach, nuts, black viburnum, cherry, elderberry, acacia and rose. But the raspberry, on the contrary, gets along very well alongside the apple tree, and, possibly, will increase its fertility. It is strictly forbidden to plant apples on the place where they were recently uprooted. It is known that they grow very poorly in places where their relatives recently stood. If we talk about a pear, then near it you can not plant the same plants as near the apple tree. In addition, a bad solution would also be to plant a row of beech and barberry. The most undesirable neighbor is juniper - the cause of rust. It is recommended to plant an oak, rowan or poplar near the pear. Also a good option would be grapes.
Another reason to thoroughly prepare the soil is to make sure that there are a lot of organic materials in the roots of the plants. This will help maintain soil moisture and also ensure a constant supply of nutrients until the plants are established. After planting trees and shrubs, any organic material must be applied to the soil surface and destroyed by worms. If possible, double out the soil to include as much of the rotten organic material as possible.
With fruit trees
Take advantage of this opportunity to ensure that all perennial weeds are removed. If the soil is heavy, and it will probably be difficult to remove the weeds by spraying some time before digging, this may be the only answer to cleaning the soil. As long as the weather is not too wet and not too cold, best time for planting fruit trees and shrubs occurs between late autumn and mid spring. If bare plants are supplied when they cannot be planted, place them in the gardener's spare until they are planted in their permanent position.
As you may have noted, there is no ban on the cultivation of pears and apples. It will also be useful to know that cherries should not be planted next to only a few varieties of apple trees, as well as next to apricots, raspberries and black currants. In addition, undesirable will be tomatoes, peppers and strawberries, planted directly under the cherry. Just as in the case of a pear, you can not sit barberry next to a cherry. In general, the barberry inhibits the growth of almost all fruit trees, with the exception of plum. By the way, plum and sweet cherry get along well with the cherry.
A peculiar individualist among fruit trees is apricot. Undesirable neighbors for him are apples, pears, peaches, cherries, cherries, red rowan, especially walnut. In addition, apricot is a southern plant, and most of our gardeners do not know how to plant it properly. Another southerner - peach - especially does not tolerate a pear and an apple tree. Also, it is very hard for him to safely survive the winter.
As you can see, gardening is a rather difficult task. You need to be able to take into account all the factors and know a lot of nuances, and only then your work will begin to bear fruit in the literal sense. Finally, I would like to give advice to all beginners. Before you start planting your garden, imagine an approximate scheme of planting trees, what exactly you will grow. Put your plan on paper and check the compatibility of the trees, using the knowledge gained. Deep knowledge of allelopathy is half the success. Learn something new, search, read, share with newbies and follow the advice of experienced people - and in time all your efforts will pay off and you will get the garden of your dreams.
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