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Walnut Leaves
Busy shredding a huge mountain of leaves to use as mulch and mostly in a
huge compost pile. There are a few English Walnut leaves. Now, somewhere I either read or heard that Black Walnut leaves were toxic to garden plants and shouldn't be used for either mulch or in compost. Is that true? Or is the English Walnut a baddie too? Regards, Bill |
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"Bill Litchfield" wrote in
: Busy shredding a huge mountain of leaves to use as mulch and mostly in a huge compost pile. There are a few English Walnut leaves. Now, somewhere I either read or heard that Black Walnut leaves were toxic to garden plants and shouldn't be used for either mulch or in compost. Is that true? Or is the English Walnut a baddie too? Regards, Bill I don't know but a search for juglone may turnip the answer. yeah i said turnip. |
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"Bill Litchfield" wrote:
Busy shredding a huge mountain of leaves to use as mulch and mostly in a huge compost pile. There are a few English Walnut leaves. Now, somewhere I either read or heard that Black Walnut leaves were toxic to garden plants and shouldn't be used for either mulch or in compost. Is that true? Or is the English Walnut a baddie too? The roots of Black Walnut ( Juglans nigra L.) and Butternut ( Juglans cinerea L.) produce a substance known as juglone (5-hydroxy-alphanapthaquinone). Persian (English or Carpathian) walnut trees are sometimes grafted onto black walnut rootstocks. Many plants such as tomato, potato, blackberry, blueberry, azalea, mountain laurel, rhododendron, red pine and apple may be injured or killed within one to two months of growth within the root zone of these trees. The toxic zone from a mature tree occurs on average in a 50 to 60 foot radius from the trunk, but can be up to 80 feet. The area affected extends outward each year as a tree enlarges. Young trees two to eight feet high can have a root diameter twice the height of the top of the tree, with susceptible plants dead within the root zone and dying at the margins. The juglone toxin occurs in the leaves, bark and wood of walnut, but these contain lower concentrations than in the roots. Juglone is poorly soluble in water and does not move very far in the soil. [from Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet HYG-1148-93 by Richard C. Funt and Jane Martin] The Ohio State University Extension and the American Horticultural Society have reported that R. nudiflorum, Pinxterbloom Azalea, and Exbury Azaleas Gibraltar and Balzac will grow near Black Walnut and Butternut trees. -- Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to Visit my Rhododendron and Azalea web pages at: http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhody.html Also visit the Rhododendron and Azalea Bookstore at: http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/rhodybooks.html Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman |
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Bill Litchfield said:
Busy shredding a huge mountain of leaves to use as mulch and mostly in a huge compost pile. There are a few English Walnut leaves. Now, somewhere I either read or heard that Black Walnut leaves were toxic to garden plants and shouldn't be used for either mulch or in compost. Is that true? Or is the English Walnut a baddie too? I bring back leaves from all over the neighborhood, which inevitably includes some black walnut leaves. I've never had any problems. It's my understanding that the roots release juglone. I suspect that the leaves contain minimal amounts (if any). I useThe leaves for mulch as well as composting. -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message ... Bill Litchfield said: Busy shredding a huge mountain of leaves to use as mulch and mostly in a huge compost pile. There are a few English Walnut leaves. Now, somewhere I either read or heard that Black Walnut leaves were toxic to garden plants and shouldn't be used for either mulch or in compost. Is that true? Or is the English Walnut a baddie too? I bring back leaves from all over the neighborhood, which inevitably includes some black walnut leaves. I've never had any problems. It's my understanding that the roots release juglone. I suspect that the leaves contain minimal amounts (if any). I useThe leaves for mulch as well as composting. Great information from everyone on this thread. Thanks muchly to you all! Regards, Bill -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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