Can you plant peach or nectarine trees near almond trees?

Suburban Pioneer
Suburban Pioneer Posts: 339 ✭✭✭
edited October 2020 in Fruit

I have three almond trees in our orchard. I'd love a couple of nectarine or peach trees on our property, but I read a paper somewhere stating that if the peach or nectarine pollen drifts to the almond flowers, the resulting almonds will be bitter and inedible. Does anybody know if this is true? I have three apricot trees in the orchard as well, but have never read anything about apricots spoiling almonds. This will be the first year we've had almonds to harvest, as I'm hoping I didn't make a mistake with planting apricots, too. Anybody with experience mixing almonds with peaches, nectarines or apricots?

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