Planting Under Walnut Trees

 alt.home.lawn.garden    Post an article   get this group's latest topics as an RSS feed add this group's latest topics to your My MSN content add this group's latest topics to your My Yahoo content add this group's latest topics to your Google content
Subject Author Date
Planting Under Walnut Trees RJS 06-04-2006
Posted by RJS on June 4, 2006, 3:27 am
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Hi,

Our backyard has about 8 huge walnut (Juglans L.) trees. We want to create an English
style garden within this area which obviously is quite shady. We've heard
that walnut (Juglans L.) trees poison the soil and not everything can grow in this area -
would someone offer suggestions as to what would be good to plant in this
garde?

Thanks.....

Randy.



Posted by Tom J on June 4, 2006, 12:10 pm
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
RJS wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Our backyard has about 8 huge walnut trees. We want to create an
> English style garden within this area which obviously is quite
> shady.
> We've heard that walnut trees poison the soil and not everything can
> grow in this area - would someone offer suggestions as to what would
> be good to plant in this garde?
>
> Thanks.....
>
> Randy.

I don't have walnut trees, because every time I see 1 sprout up, I dig
it out by the roots. I do a lot of camping & every campground that
I've ever stayed in that had a walnut grove had nothing else growing
there except a few weeds.

Tom J




Posted by frOg on June 4, 2006, 12:24 pm
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options

> Hi,
>
> Our backyard has about 8 huge walnut trees. We want to create an English
> style garden within this area which obviously is quite shady. We've heard
> that walnut trees poison the soil and not everything can grow in this
area -
> would someone offer suggestions as to what would be good to plant in this
> garde?

I have a huge English Walnut and yes, it is difficult to get even grass to
grow under it. My riding mower has great suction and I mow frequently to
keep the debris cleaned up so my grass will grow. If you plant anything
else, keep in mind the maintenance of cleaning up the walnut debris.



Posted by RJS on June 4, 2006, 9:29 pm
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Yes you're correct about that. It seems like there's about 4 stages to the
crap that falls from the trees. First in the spring there's long thin seed
type things that fall along with thousands of little balls (seeds?) then in
the fall there's long thin twig type things that fall along with the walnuts (Juglans L.)
(the size of golf balls) and the leaves.


>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Our backyard has about 8 huge walnut trees. We want to create an English
> > style garden within this area which obviously is quite shady. We've
heard
> > that walnut trees poison the soil and not everything can grow in this
> area -
> > would someone offer suggestions as to what would be good to plant in
this
> > garde?
>
> I have a huge English Walnut and yes, it is difficult to get even grass to
> grow under it. My riding mower has great suction and I mow frequently to
> keep the debris cleaned up so my grass will grow. If you plant anything
> else, keep in mind the maintenance of cleaning up the walnut debris.
>
>



Posted by frOg on June 4, 2006, 9:51 pm
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options

> Yes you're correct about that. It seems like there's about 4 stages to the
> crap that falls from the trees.

Only four? Geez, this monster is dropping crap all the time!

Ok, so it 'pauses' sometimes while it gets ready for the next batch. :-)



Similar ThreadsPosted
Black walnut trees can be grown from seeds as well as saplings October 18, 2006, 11:04 am
apple trees gone? cherry trees coming? November 17, 2006, 10:43 am
Walnut tree for sale July 5, 2006, 5:45 pm
Walnut tree prices July 26, 2006, 10:54 am
new planting care? October 10, 2005, 8:47 am
well area planting February 23, 2006, 1:01 pm
planting winter rye January 2, 2007, 8:44 pm
More planting today May 8, 2008, 3:58 pm
Tomato Planting June 2, 2008, 2:43 pm
Tree planting noob July 28, 2008, 5:06 pm

The site map in XML format XML site map
Contact Us | Privacy Policy