Apple Guilding

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I have three apple trees to plant. They're Zestar! on unknown rootstock from byland nursery's incredible edibles line. Will refine this later.

What will I guild them with? Options.

Red Velvet gooseberry
Pixar gooseberry
Unknown haskap
Ron's rose (thicketing, multipetaled)
Rosa cinnamomea
Clove currant
Rescued gooseberry?
Raspberry - Anne or SK bounty or Hoyne

Valiant grape
La crescent grape
Marquette grape

Mint - groundcover, north side
Sweet ciciley - pollinators, height
Asparagus - I like asparagus, south or west side
Rhubarb - mulcher
Comfrey - mulcher
Skirret? - root
Baby horseradish
Potato or walking onions - insect deterrant


Would need more maintenance: raspberry would need to be kept from spreading too much, sweet ciciley and comfrey a little bit each. Grapes might overwhelm apple tree. Asparagus and skirret would need to be out from the trunk a bit. Asparagus close to comfrey for accumulator/fertility reasons.

For sure use:
mint as groundcover in all (different mints in all, start on north side)
comfrey and/or rhubarb as mulcher - hm, one each?
onions as insect repellent - in all
red velvet (1) pixar (1) and clove currant (1) - one each
ron's rose x2, cinammomea rose (1) - one each
asparagus and sweet ciciley on fringe