"terryc" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:54:03 +0000, Jonno wrote:


This part would worry me though if you built a garden bed under or near
it
The plants are strongly suspected of having allelopathic properties,
as evidenced by the near absence of understory once a mat of litter
develops around the plants.

Naah, no probs, the chief gardnere produced a crop of spuds under ours
this year. The major problem is you are watering the tree as well as the
garden.

Wouldn't you be doing that if you watered the garden and the roots are
located under the garden?