I was asleep at the wheel when making this video!! I forgot two important facts. Black walnuts are grown in Zones 4 - 9. Also, they should not be grown near vegetables Black walnut trees contain juglone, a chemical that's toxic to many plants, including tomatoes and apples. For the most part, we are planting a black walnut away from other plants just because they are a tall shade tree. Thanks for watching!
Very good content, I like how this is useful for both foragers and more traditional gardeners/permaculture enthusiasts. Hope you keep up the good work.
Thanks for the video! I have an unfortunate situation with black walnuts. I was excited to be harvesting them for free from a neighbor's tree; then they suddenly cut the tree down. 😢 I don't need to buy trees because squirrels are planting them and they are growing- in my flower beds, around my magnolia tree, in my hedge.... They are tough and keep growing back when cut to the ground. My land is only 1.75 acres and it's surrounded in the back by eastern white pine which is slowly falling down. I would like to have a black walnut tree, but don't want it to shade other fruit and veg I want to grow in my backyard. Do you think I could transplant a small black walnut tree in a space in that line of pines? The black walnut would get full sun eventually; would it survive between the pines until they fall down (pines were probably planted around 1955 when the house was built)?
Pines are usually pretty long lived - is there a reason they are coming down? Is it possible to put the baby black walnut about 20 feet from the pines? Black walnut do well near cedar and juniper who they eventually tower over. They do grow best where they can get some dappled sun.Sorry the tree next door got cut down. Thanks for watching!
@@foxruneec The pines get blowen over by wind or parts (sometimes large parts) come down with ice. We do our own clean up, and they're averaging 1 tree or one very large section per year. I like them up for the environment, but won't mind more sun getting to my backyard, so I just leave them and let them fall naturally. I'll have to measure the 20 ft to see. I think it could be possible towards a corner.
@@foxruneec You are good at adding that and I could have google it, but I thought you might want to add it to the description. There are some places up here that are zone 6, 7 and 8 but I am in zone 4b, so maybe.
Thanks! @@RusticByNature Yes, I should put in the description. Alaska is tricky because there are so many zones and microclimates. Ill remember your zone ;)
I was asleep at the wheel when making this video!! I forgot two important facts. Black walnuts are grown in Zones 4 - 9. Also, they should not be grown near vegetables Black walnut trees contain juglone, a chemical that's toxic to many plants, including tomatoes and apples. For the most part, we are planting a black walnut away from other plants just because they are a tall shade tree. Thanks for watching!
Very good content, I like how this is useful for both foragers and more traditional gardeners/permaculture enthusiasts. Hope you keep up the good work.
Im glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching!
Thanks for the video! I have an unfortunate situation with black walnuts. I was excited to be harvesting them for free from a neighbor's tree; then they suddenly cut the tree down. 😢 I don't need to buy trees because squirrels are planting them and they are growing- in my flower beds, around my magnolia tree, in my hedge.... They are tough and keep growing back when cut to the ground. My land is only 1.75 acres and it's surrounded in the back by eastern white pine which is slowly falling down. I would like to have a black walnut tree, but don't want it to shade other fruit and veg I want to grow in my backyard. Do you think I could transplant a small black walnut tree in a space in that line of pines? The black walnut would get full sun eventually; would it survive between the pines until they fall down (pines were probably planted around 1955 when the house was built)?
Pines are usually pretty long lived - is there a reason they are coming down? Is it possible to put the baby black walnut about 20 feet from the pines? Black walnut do well near cedar and juniper who they eventually tower over. They do grow best where they can get some dappled sun.Sorry the tree next door got cut down. Thanks for watching!
@@foxruneec The pines get blowen over by wind or parts (sometimes large parts) come down with ice. We do our own clean up, and they're averaging 1 tree or one very large section per year. I like them up for the environment, but won't mind more sun getting to my backyard, so I just leave them and let them fall naturally. I'll have to measure the 20 ft to see. I think it could be possible towards a corner.
What zone do they grow in?
Thanks for asking - and I can't believe I forgot to say! Zones 4-9 - so probably not Alaska hardy.
@@foxruneec You are good at adding that and I could have google it, but I thought you might want to add it to the description.
There are some places up here that are zone 6, 7 and 8 but I am in zone 4b, so maybe.
Thanks! @@RusticByNature Yes, I should put in the description. Alaska is tricky because there are so many zones and microclimates. Ill remember your zone ;)