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Sun, Sep 14, 14 at 9:24
| We just moved to North Carolina. Love our new property but I'm having trouble finding enough sunny spaces to make gardens. Every place that has any sun at all also has English walnuts. ( not to mention the millions of volunteer seedlings that I need to remove). I plan to have the worst situated trees cut down and hopefully, can find somebody that would pay for the lumber because I have a lot! However, I understand that even chopping the trees down won't take care of the roots. How can I make raised beds that don't allow contact with the roots of the walnuts? |
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| this is english walnut, so low juglone. The root system will be an asset to your garden, once it is well dead and decomposing. A decent way to kill the tree is to cut it flush with the soil, then paint Round Up around the cambium. I would even suggest that you bury whatever branches are left, or save the wood chips for mulching in future years. Build the beds on top of the stumps. The juglone will disappear quickly once they are dead. You could also buy a wood stove with catalytic converter, and use the wood ash to fertilize your beds (only add nitrogen). Walnut wood is high quality, probably there will be someone willing to pay for it. |
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