How close do you plant next to fruit trees in greenhouse?

[Paulieb]

Fairly self explanatory really.

How close can I plant up to my peaches trees in the gh. I've got a good idea about how close to go in terms of restricting light, but was wondering how close people go regarding the rootzone. I would assume you could put some lettuces in closer but not 6/7 ft tomatoes, for example?

[orangepippin]

It depends a lot on the rootstock, but maybe about 3m apart?

[WendyC]

It depends a lot on the rootstock, but maybe about 3m apart?

I think the peaches are already planted and the question is about underplanting.

[Paulieb]

Thanks. To clarify........ I have 2 peaches planted back in Jan in 2 separate greenhouses. One on VVA-1 and one on St Julian A.

I am interested to know how close other people plant their other greenhouse crops....toms, chillis, etc.

So would you not plant anything at all in the suggested spacing (2.5m for vva and 3.6m for St J A) or would/do you plant other crops closer and how close?

I know it won't be good to plant tall tomatoes which may shade the young trees too much, but surely lower peppers, aubs or rambling melons and/or cucs would be okay planted closer.

[Kristen]

I have no personal experience but the issues as I see it are Light, Water and Nutrients.

On the TV Gardening programs they seem to have greenhouses dedicated to fruit trees, and advice on planting trees (in general) outside seems to be along the lines of "Keep area around the base weed / grass free to reduce competition for nutrients and mulch to conserve moisture"

I would also question if the ventilation requirements for, e.g. Tomatoes, would be different to the fruit

I can't see a problem with running a crop of lettuce along the bottom of them - but it won't be long before greenhouse is on the hot-side for Lettuce. Tomatoes too big for sure ... so what about intermediate things like Peppers ...

With unlimited space and money you would have separate houses for each - like the stately homes did in Victorian times. Back in the Real World I'm not sure where to draw the line for a compromise.

Buy a winning lottery ticket perhaps?

[Paulieb]

I have no personal experience but the issues as I see it are Light, Water and Nutrients.

On the TV Gardening programs they seem to have greenhouses dedicated to fruit trees, and advice on planting trees (in general) outside seems to be along the lines of "Keep area around the base weed / grass free to reduce competition for nutrients and mulch to conserve moisture"

I would also question if the ventilation requirements for, e.g. Tomatoes, would be different to the fruit

I can't see a problem with running a crop of lettuce along the bottom of them - but it won't be long before greenhouse is on the hot-side for Lettuce. Tomatoes too big for sure ... so what about intermediate things like Peppers ...

With unlimited space and money you would have separate houses for each - like the stately homes did in Victorian times. Back in the Real World I'm not sure where to draw the line for a compromise.

Buy a winning lottery ticket perhaps?

My thoughts exactly.

At the moment the path in my 8ft wide greenhouse is offset....so the peach has about a 2ft 6 border, then 2ft of path, then a wide border the other side for toms, etc.

Just wondering how close I can go to the peach.