Why is it not advisable to plant peach trees together with other fruit trees?
Why is it not advisable to plant peach trees together with other fruit trees? What are the reasons? We also ask fellow gardeners who grow peach trees to help explain. Peaches contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, as well as organic acids, sugars and volatile oils. But peach trees are not suitable for mixed planting with other fruit trees...
Why is it not advisable to plant peach trees together with other fruit trees? What are the reasons? We also ask fellow gardeners who grow peach trees to help explain.Peaches contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, as well as organic acids, sugars and volatile oils. But peach trees are not suitable for mixed planting with other fruit trees, so Zhongdiwang has compiled the reasons why peach trees cannot be mixed with other fruit trees, listed in detail below for fellow gardeners' reference.
Reason one: Peach trees have characteristics such as early maturity, fast branching and a strong demand for light. The canopy of a 3-year-old peach tree is 3 to 4 times that of an apple tree and a pear tree of the same age, which will affect the growth and development of the main fruit trees.
Reason two: When the residual roots of peach trees decay and hydrolyze in the soil, they produce large amounts of highly toxic chemical substances such as potassium cyanide and benzaldehyde, which can inhibit the respiration of other fruit trees' root systems and directly kill the young roots of other fruit trees.
Reason three: Peach trees are drought-tolerant and afraid of waterlogging. Their root systems are shallower than those of other fruit trees, their respiration intensity is high, and their water requirement is relatively low. Therefore, mixed planting with peach trees will bring difficulties to management.
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