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Default Leeks. The poor man's asparagus?

On 4/16/2016 2:50 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 4/16/2016 4:15 PM, Je�us wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:54:09 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, the previous owner had planted a row of black
>>> walnuts near the garden. They were doing very well and after a few
>>> years the garden failed and I discovered that black walnuts are toxic
>>> too gardens.

>>
>> Are they? I wonder if they make the soil acidic or what.
>>

> Their roots produce a substance called juglone, which is toxic to many
> (but not all) plants.


You're addressing someone who lives on spinifex acres, lol.

http://www.alicespringsdesertpark.co...spinifex.shtml