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| I never put 2 & 2 together till today...I have black walnut trees & I know about the toxicity of the juglone.
Knowing this I planted my garden well enough away from the trees. Never taking into consideration this scenario to unfold below.... I also have a very large population of squirrels w/ all the walnuts & acorns about the yard. Well those varmints have been digging @ the base of my Toms & hot peppers.
Well lately there has been a lot of wilting, yellowing leaves & blossoms not setting & such that I was having a time trying to figure & diagnose. Things just weren't adding up I was missing something key to the equation..Soil conditions r good not over or under watering no infestation etc etc. Not till found that nut & went back and found other nuts HAD been at the base of each of the plants affected with these dire symptoms...Am I crazy? Can anyone else confirm my placing blame on those pesky tree rats sabotaging my garden with those toxic green bombs?? Thanks for your time ..
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- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Mon, Aug 20, 12 at 21:38
| Black walnuts are not as toxic as people are led to believe. A full grown tree can have ill effects on plants that are planted underneath them but I never have had a problem with the falling walnuts, or walnuts causing a problem in my garden or with any other plants. I even had a graden that went up under a huge walnut tree several years ago before I even heard about the supposed toxin and I never had any problem what-so-ever. Kt |
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- Posted by breenthumb z5upstateNY (My Page) on Mon, Aug 20, 12 at 22:30
| I don't think its a problem with the nuts either, but more with the digging and disturbing the roots of your plants. |
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- Posted by plantingman 6b (SC KS climate) (My Page) on Tue, Aug 21, 12 at 16:06
| Tell those squirrels to keep their nuts out of your garden. :-) |
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