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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Apples are fair game if planted anywhere within up to 100 feet of the end 
run of where the roots of a black walnut might grow.  They are usually the 
first to bite the dust.  And, of course, it doesn't always happen 
immediately so folks are inclined to forget about the "j" factor and walnut 
trees.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>


> Thank you.
>
> I was thinking only vegetables. I hadn't thought about other trees.
> Now I am wondering if that is why an apple tree failed; it was close
> to a large black walnut.
>
> On Jun 8, 2008, at 12:33 AM, Lynda wrote:
>
> > I asked DH (landscaper) about this and he said that it is
> > recommended that
> > no part of the black walnut tree, and to a lesser degree the English
> > and
> > Persian walnut trees, be used in compost to be used on certain
> > plants.  They
> > are:  apple, azalea, white birch, blackberry, blueberry,
> > chrysanthemum,
> > autumn crocus, forget-me-not, grapes, mountain laurel, peony, pine,
> > potatoes, rhodies, thyme and tomatoes.
> >
> > Some plants are definately tolerant of a mulch/compost with the
> > catkins in
> > it:
> >
> > Trees/shrubs that are "tolerant" are:  arborvitae, white ash,
> > barberry,
> > American beech, black birch, boxelder, buckeye, catalpa, black cherry,
> > crabapple, daphne, flowering dogwood, elderberry, American elm,
> > forsythia,
> > fringetree, goldenrain tree, globeflower, black gum, hawthorn,
> > Canadian
> > hemlock, biviscus, hickory, American holly, honeylocust, honeysuckle,
> > hydrangea, lilac, black locust, sugar/red/black/Japanese maple,
> > ninebark,
> > red/white/scarlet oak, pawpaw, callery pear, Virginia pine, privet,
> > eastern
> > red cedar, eastern redbud, sassafrass, serviceberry, Carolina
> > silverbell,
> > Norway spruce, sumac, sweetgum, sycamore, tulip tree, viburnums and
> > witchhazel.
> >
> > Flowers/groundcovers that are "tolerant":  anemone, aster, astilbe,
> > bee
> > balm, begonia, bittersweet, calendula, clemantis, coral bells,
> > Virginia
> > creeper, daffodill, shasta daisy, daylily, evening primrose, fern
> > (some
> > types), hardy geraniums, goldenrod, wild grape, hollyhock, hosta,
> > grape/oreintal hyacinth, siberian iris, ironweed, jack-in-the-pulpi,
> > lamb's
> > ear, liriope, lobelia, may apple, morning glory, mullein, phlox,
> > primrose,
> > black raspberry, wild rose, rudbeckia, scilla, sedum, speedwell,
> > spiderwort,
> > St. John's wort, sunflower, trillium, tulip, violet, wisteria and
> > yarrow.
>
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