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    Gardening question.

    We had a half dead cherry tree cut down last fall. There's a thriving bleeding heart bush near it. The light in the area is great and I want to turn it into a vegetable garden.

    The question is do the bleeding heart and/or the roots of the cherry tree cause problems for veg. I know that bleeding hearts are poisonous but do either of these stunt veg growth?

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    Hum, don't know. Be interesting to find out.
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    I have no idea.

    Hope it works most veg have small root systems so I would give it a try.

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    I don't think either would be a problem. Any member of the Juglan family could cause problems for a vegetable garden.



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    No it won't hurt your veggies but the Bleeding heart is a shade to part shade plant. So if it's in full sun you might want to move it anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pogie View Post
    No it won't hurt your veggies but the Bleeding heart is a shade to part shade plant. So if it's in full sun you might want to move it anyway.
    Good point. I hadn't thought of that. No more shade from the cherry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by janedoe View Post
    Good point. I hadn't thought of that. No more shade from the cherry.
    There are (at least) two kinds of bleeding heart. The larger one that disappears mid-Summer can take more sun than the smaller daintier one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunDance View Post
    There are (at least) two kinds of bleeding heart. The larger one that disappears mid-Summer can take more sun than the smaller daintier one.
    Thanks. It's huge.

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    The huge ones, no they are no problem. Actually I had one out back, had being the key word. It was actually overgrown and taken over by the other vegetation. I had wondered why everything was cut so far back so I just let it creep in and then was quickly overtaken by raspberries. Its still alive there I see it poke through every now and then but nothing like it once was.

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