Regardless of when you decide to plant apple tree seedlings – in spring or autumn – you should remember that the plants planted next to them play an important role.
If the "neighbors" are chosen incorrectly, even the healthiest trees will be destroyed.
Even a mature and actively fruiting apple tree will wither if the wrong plant is planted nearby.
This sad pattern is connected with the fact that some crops are capable of secreting certain substances that slow down or suppress the growth of other crops.
For example, you won't get a good apple harvest if you plant apple trees near a raspberry patch. By the way, you shouldn't count on berries in such a neighborhood either.
There is a way out - to prevent plants from oppressing each other, it is worth placing them at different ends of the garden.
The “losers” also include chestnut, birch, lilac and viburnum.
Fennel is also famous for its quarrelsome nature – try to grow it away from apple trees.
