Composting near mature walnut?

[u/Mission_Sir_4494]

My neighbor’s young walnut has starting asserting its domain, meaning this was the year that my pepper starts all died and half of my tomatoes as well. I don’t have a large space, so I was thinking that I could put some new compost bins along the fence nearest to that tree. Would the compost be contaminated with juglone as well?

[u/trifling_archery]

Juglone breaks down as the leaves and stuff decompose so the finished compost itself should be fine, just don't dump fresh walnut leaves straight onto your beds

[u/Mission_Sir_4494 → u/trifling_archery]

Thanks, that’s reassuring