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Am I the only person that is concerned about this invasive vine or is this a concern for others too? Every time I drive by an area where there is Zudzo I get so aggravated and wonder why nothing is being done to control it. I was just wondering if I was the only one.
I actually saw a program on kudzu 30 years ago,OP.
It was a problem then....it appears to be a problem now.
What global warming really kicks in...
THEN you'll really see some kudzu!!
I would like to thank everyone for joining in on this thread, even if we don't agree . I am very passionate about this because I am trying to look at the big picture here, our childrens great, great, great grandchildren . Like with everything else, oil, pollution, it's all so important we need to think about the distant future.I hope I didn't offend anyone, that was not my intention.
OK I am getting off my soap box and going to bed. Good night!
I would like to thank everyone for joining in on this thread, even if we don't agree . I am very passionate about this because I am trying to look at the big picture here, our childrens great, great, great grandchildren . Like with everything else, oil, pollution, it's all so important we need to think about the distant future.I hope I didn't offend anyone, that was not my intention.
OK I am getting off my soap box and going to bed. Good night!
G'night, Miss SSD!!! It was a good discussion and I hope offered some solutions for folks dealing with kudzu.
Also, I hope folks will try some uses for kudzu! I am now gonna find out more about NASCAR and the possibility of using kudzu for fuel. I am excited to know I am not the only person who has wondered about a constructive use for kudzu!
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Kudzu is like cockroaches . . . they both adapt to their environment. Who is it that said one day man would be gone from the planet but the cockroach would still exist.
Well, add kudzu to that.
Goats are the most efficient method to control the growth (in my experience). Other than that - real eradication - is nearly impossible and as SB has outlined . . . it takes lots of chemicals and repeated us of them over many years. That is why I would like to find a real use for the stuff, such as biodiesel . . . as it is prolific and hardy. If we can't rid ourselves of it, we need to figure out how to USE it.
Just as a sidebar . . . I find the invasion of asian carp a very real concern, as their introduction into our north american ecosystem has affected other fish and plant life. To me, the comparison to kudzu is valid, b/c both lead to destruction of ecosystems - one with eutrophication of lakes and the other with destruction of plant life.
The only thing to do about Kudzu is try to minimize it from spreading. We can use goats to keep it at bay - and chemicals to kill it metabolically.
We can make wine and jelly out of it - and I do believe it could be used for biodiesel (anyone wanna give me a grant to prove that? LOL!!!)
I don't find anything strange about anyone being concerned about kudzu. As Sunny said, it has been used for erosion, but NC State University has been studying erosion in this state for many decades, and has developed much better plants for erosion control.
Here is info from a researcher at NC State on his search to find a way to control kudzu in the South:
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I would like to thank everyone for joining in on this thread, even if we don't agree . I am very passionate about this because I am trying to look at the big picture here, our childrens great, great, great grandchildren . Like with everything else, oil, pollution, it's all so important we need to think about the distant future.I hope I didn't offend anyone, that was not my intention.
OK I am getting off my soap box and going to bed. Good night!
Thanks for posting the thread ssd. I think it's a good thread.
I actually saw it featured at restaurant in Atlanta that had it on the menu. A cross between spinach and greens. Also, was used in some sushi dishes as a filler.
Sunny, I live in the country too and don't have those fancy drainage systems either, just a husband who has worked very hard to fix our erosion problem. There are other types of plants that can do this and I have seen more and more recently so I am pretty sure us "outsiders" are not the only ones who are concerned about this.
You are not an "outsider". You belong here just as much as anyone else.
Funny you should mention the kudzu. I took a drive through Gaston County last week and noticed the kudzu went nuts right over the Mecklenburg/Gaston county line on Route 74. Kudzu covering everything. Remembering the spouse and I thought it was very pretty when we first lived in the Mooresville over 6 years ago. And then learned it was uncontrollable. Interesting thread.
Its funny how I never noticed it until I saw this thread a couple weeks ago.
The darn thing is EVERYWHERE....the thing is there are so many remote places that have it, that years from now I can see this becoming a huge problem....
I have noticed it the heaviest at the corner of Tryon and Harris Blvd. It amazed me last year how it seems to go away with the cold weather, then just pops back up again the following year.
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You are not an "outsider". You belong here just as much as anyone else.
Funny you should mention the kudzu. I took a drive through Gaston County last week and noticed the kudzu went nuts right over the Mecklenburg/Gaston county line on Route 74. Kudzu covering everything. Remembering the spouse and I thought it was very pretty when we first lived in the Mooresville over 6 years ago. And then learned it was uncontrollable. Interesting thread.
I'm starting to think that the goats aren't a bad idea Jim. I think that Gaston, Cleveland, & Lincoln Counties should go together & get a herd of angorra goats. Hire some goat herders & give them removeable fencing & let the goats have at the kudzu. They can milk the goats & sell the goats milk. Shear those kudzu lovers once a year & give a spinning mill some work & then sell the yarn. As the goats multiply, each county could have their own herd, & maybe they could get into the cheese business too. That would be cheap kudzu control & the by-products could help to pay for it.
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. I am very passionate about this because I am trying to look at the big picture here, our childrens great, great, great grandchildren . Like with everything else, oil, pollution, it's all so important we need to think about the distant future.I hope I didn't offend anyone, that was not my intention. 
