Vegetable garden and conifers?

Question:Hi,
I am just ovening up a part of my garden for a vegetable garden and as we have issues (such as far reaching roots from a rowan tree) I was going to exten a raised bed which already has conifers in it.

However a friend advised me to check and see as she believes that vegetables are affected by conifers, this was all she could tell me, I was wondering if there is any truth in this and if so what?

Many thanks in advance

Michael

Answers:
Conifers drop their needles and the needles add acid to the ground. Making an acidic soil it limits what you can plant. I don't think veges would grow if it is in the area where the needles would drop.