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Chives & Apples

✓ Excellent Companions

✓ Why Chives and Apples Work Well Together

✓Chives may help prevent apple scab
✓Attract pollinators when flowering
✓Perennial companion for orchard

🔬 How It Works (Science)

  • 1.Sulfur compounds have antifungal properties
  • 2.Dense flowers attractive to bees
  • 3.Ground cover effect

📋 Planting Tips

1Plant chives under apple tree drip line
2Allow to flower for maximum benefit
3Chives naturalize well in orchard settings

📏 Recommended Spacing

Chive clumps 12-18" apart under tree canopy

📚 Sources & Research

  • •Orchard IPM research
  • •Apple scab management studies

Other Chives Companions

Tomatoes✓ Good

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