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Black Walnut growing in a garden

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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