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want something to grow and be green (in summer at least)
the amazing wonderful KUDZU! A north carolina favorite for generations. grows in sun, grows in floods, grows in shade, grows in drought! No fertilizer necessary, it grows EVERYWHERE!
mind you, it will overtake every house in your neighborhood given time, kill trees, cover yards and be a general nuisance ... but it is also EATABLE!
so you can have green, and eat- no fear of you eating it faster than it grows- a herd of goats couldn't keep it cut back!
But thats not all folks.....theres no killing it! Ohhh you can hack at it with an ax, rent a bobcat and plow it up, spray weed eater on it...and it might go away...but it lives...ever lurking beneath the depths of our wonderful red clay...just waiting for the right time to POP up out of the ground!
You don't even have to buy it. Take a leaf of it with a little bit of a stem (trust me, no one will care if you cut a bit off of theirs!), stick it in the ground and within a month your thriving new landscaping will be spreading its fibrous roots allllll over!
guess what I found back in the orchard today??????? lol
I like the way it smells when the flowers bloom. I hope it was rather new not prexisting and thankfully you caught it if you plan to get rid of it before summer.
I wonder what it would do to a city if you put Miracle Gro or fertilizer on it..
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Oh, man, musicalzoo, but I am so happy for you -- that you can laugh! Like others have said, I hope you caught a new plant trying to establish itself.
It's a shame it can take over 1/2 the world overnight because it really is a rather attractive plant. I know I read once how/when/why it was brought from Japan to the the Southern US, but I still ponder 'what were they thinking?' Seems to me it had to be just as invasive in its native land, no?
My husband and I like looking at the 'shapes' it makes on stuff -- sort of earth-clouds, and we look for the elephants, and the bunnies, and the dragons. The 'Stephen King' in me can't help but worry about those plants underneath it, screaming for their poor lives. It can't take stuff l-o-n-g to suffocate beneath a growth a kudzu.
I battle the kudzu in the orchard every year... the round up brush concentrate works decently (do NOT dilute it) but those friggin tendrils spread beneath the ground and you'll have it pop up a quarter acre away from where you last saw any! lol
I know I read once how/when/why it was brought from Japan to the the Southern US, but I still ponder 'what were they thinking?' Seems to me it had to be just as invasive in its native land, no?
Mmmm.....maybe that was the idea? Terrorism by Kudzu, and toys with lead paint.
I know I read once how/when/why it was brought from Japan to the the Southern US, but I still ponder 'what were they thinking?' Seems to me it had to be just as invasive in its native land, no?
In Japan kudzu grows normally like any other plant. But in the American South it met its perfect climate and grows like crazy.
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Terrorism by Kudzu, and toys with lead paint.
