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Nah dude throw them in whole. If they grow then great, if not then they'll still be putting beneficial chemicals into the soil. Most soil growers recommend adding mycorrhiza to increase root function and crowd out less friendly microbes. Growing straight in the soil, the same mycorrhiza connect many different kinds of plants together. This allows the plants to talk to each other and share sugars and unique chemicals like fungicide. You don't need to add it, it will find your plants.
Plants also communicate by smells, so if you plant plants with a similar terpene profile - like planting lemongrass near lemon haze or lavender near purple strains - some growers swear it increases terpine production and flavour as the plants. Haven't heard any reports of garlic affecting the taste though.
It's better to avoid a pest infestation than treat one, so the idea is to share pest fighting abilities of several plants. Having some sweet flowers nearby will help attract ladybugs, which dine on common cannabis pests. Other strong smelling plants have strengths and weaknesses against certain bugs, so ideally you'll want a few different plants near your weed - just make sure they're far apart enough that roots don't overlap. Put the garlic bulbs between your plants (or 50cm away if you just have one). More info here
Put down some diatomaceous earth at the base to slice the bugs to shreds, but it loses effectiveness once it gets wet.
Really you just have to try, and hope for the best. You'll soon learn what pests are common where you grow and then at least you know what you're up against. Nature can be a cruel bitch sometimes, so it takes a bit of practice to get on her good side.
As for your fruit trees, they have completely different life cycles to weed, and grow much slower, so they need different (slow release) fertiliser. I say just use compost and get your soil healthy and it will ne emough for a year or two. A gardening forum is more likely to have experts to get you started.
