On 03/09/2017 7:37 AM, Kurt V. Ullman wrote:
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The consensus has been that is not a good idea. Wood tends to USE
nitrogen when breaking down and effectively steals it from plants in the
area. One place suggested adding nitrogen and then using it as mulch but
that seemed to be a bit more work than I wanted to undertake.


Here's a link to a guy who's written out what I summarized before along
with some suggestions for how to try to make use of it if you really
want to...he even mentions the walnut issue specifically as well; I
couldn't think of the specific toxin and didn't take time to look it up
then.

http://www.gardensalive.com/product/what-can-you-do-with-sawdust/you_bet_your_garden

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