My wifes aunt has strawberries, flowers, apple trees, asparagus and grape
vines within 25 ft of her black walnut tree. I would say that the drip line
would be your boundary, as Bob said.

Dwayne

"zxcvbob" wrote in message
...
Pat Meadows wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:56:43 -0400, "mixter"
wrote:


i recently moved to a home with a few mature black walnut trees. i know
that tomatoe plants can't survive near them. unfortunately, the
literature
i have doesn't say how far away i need to plant in order to get those
nice
ripe jersey beefstakes.

does anyone here have a clue?



I've very successfully grown tomatoes about 75 feet from a
grove of black walnut trees. It didn't seem to hurt them.

I've no experience with closer distances.

Pat


I think you're pretty safe once you get out from under the dripline of
the tree. The juglone is exuded by the tree's roots.

Best regards,
Bob

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