White pine and black walnut

[Spruce85]

Does anybody have any real experience planting these two trees together? I have a stand of black walnuts and was wanting to make some screening in the area with white pine. I’ve read some conflicting information.

 

[rocksnstumps]

No direct experience but just a few days ago was reading an article of a family that has been involved with forestry over many decades. Been planting since 1975 with black walnut the preferred variety and using red pine, white pine, and tamarack as trainers for the walnut. Fella worked as a DNR forester for over 30 years before retiring so you would think he knows a few things and that "trainers" are usually planted every other row not to far away so juglone must not kill them. However assume the goal was to grow walnut really well and how slow or whatever growth the pine got was not a factor. Hopefully someone else has more direct experience for you.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

I have no experience with white pines and black walnuts, but white spruce does not do well next to black walnut.

One property I hunt has a significant number of red cedar growing next to walnuts and they don't seem to be negatively impacted at all.