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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

It is my understanding that juglone is in all parts of the tree, so as 
the leaves and fruits fall and decompose, you release limited amounts of 
it into the soil, with the heaviest concentration logically under the 
tree.  I'd bet that only downwind/downslope plants are affected, where 
the leaves fall..  probably in very windy locations, there is minimal 
effect, only from roots, and that might be why some folks don't seem to 
have as many issues as others.  I have black walnuts in my pasture and 
grass grows under them the same as the neighboring poplars.  There is a 
persimmon which always fruits heavy within 20 feet of the walnut..what 
plants again did you say were affected?

B

Gene GeRue wrote:
> Something for you to put into your thought mix: we would not want to  
> kill the trees but it would be highly useful to cause the soil beyond  
> their drip line to repel root growth.
>
>
> On Jun 10, 2008, at 6:11 PM, EarthNSky wrote:
>
> > Well, after looking at the structure on the Wikipedia page, I'd say  
> > that
> > juglone probably is toxic because of a chain reaction that generates
> > free radicals/peroxides as the aromaticity degrades so the key to
> > counteracting would be to stop that cycle.  How, I really don't know.
> > Sorry to disappoint ya..  At work, we have a similar problem with  
> > resins
> > at work(resins/sap-same same)---as they age, they start to break down
> > and free radicals form, causing a lot of foaming, bubbling-well, it's
> > peroxides..so you get that..
> > Let me think about it for a while, okay?..no guarantees though, after
> > all, it would seem to me that someone would have done this before if  
> > it
> > were easy.  At work, we have to throw away certain unsaturated/ 
> > aromatic
> > resins if they are more than 6 months old..that's not promising for
> > dealing with free radicals in the soil, but perhaps some kind of
> > nematode or bacteria would help?
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