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  • From: Bev & Chuck Henkel <bchenkel AT conpoint.com>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Sawdust as Mulch:
  • Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 20:57:54 -0800





> Black
> WALNUT, on the other hand, should be avoided, be he alive or be he dead,
> because it contains significant growth inhibitors. I'm told these
> growth inhibitors don't affect soybeans, hence the practice lately of
> intercropping black walnut groves with soybeans. But I know these
> growth inhibitors affect a lot of other plants, grass being one type in
> particular (hence, no black walnuts will be going into my pasture -
>

Smooth brome in northeast NE appears to grow better under Walnut than out in
the open.
Perhaps the juglan chemical is more toxic to brome competitors than to the
brome?

Chuck Henkel





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