
How to grow black walnut
Juglans nigra
When to plant black walnut
NC State Extension says black walnut has a very deep taproot that makes it difficult to transplant, so it is best established young. It gives no planting date; set out dormant bare-root stock in early spring while the soil is workable.
Black Walnut is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 600 to 840 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
Common problems
- thousand cankers disease
- anthracnose
- bacterial blight
- walnut caterpillar
- aphids
- juglone toxicity to other plants
Sources
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