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Muffy, that does break a "rule", because blackberries are the most 
susceptible to the juglone.

In the past I had to do some observing of what will & won't grow under 
b.walnuts, for gardening/ landscaping.  I noticed 3 interesting things: the 
better your soil, the more of the "won't grow" list WILL grow well under 
your b.walnuts; because b.walnuts leaf out late and drop leaves early, you 
can push the envelope on shade tolerance of what you want to grow under 
them; some years ago a study was published about the number of different 
plants growing under b.walnuts in the woods (wild)-- higher diversity under 
the b.walnuts!


----Original Message Follows----
From: "bluestem_farm>
To: nafex@
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Planting near a walnut tree
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:36:10 GMT

The tangle under our un-maintained black walnuts contains black raspberries 
(wild), blackberries (ditto), and strawberries, as well as nettles and 
various grasses and weeds.  I suspect that red raspberries would grow there, 
too, but they haven't planted themselves and I haven't planted them either.
Muffy
Baraboo, WI zone 4


    David Hausmann asked, wanting to plant near a walnut tree:
"I have read that blackberries
will not survive planted too near
a walnut tree."