Kudzu Down in Dixie
We have lots of it growing around here, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This is one continuous patch, 2 miles from my house. This patch is about 1/4 mile long and 400 feet wide.
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it sure is one very invasive plant
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Another " I'm from the government and here to help you" Imported invasive weed/vine from China to control soil erosion in the 30s But hey it worked!
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Tutorial on how to grow kudzu:
Throw seeds............run!!
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Time to call in the 🐐 goats
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Small patch. Start chopping now!
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Dammm, thankfully we don't have that here
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It's slowly working it's way north
The Old movie the blob is being realized by the kudzu on the natural folage
At one time the wonderful goverment encouraged the farmers to plat it evey where and as normal for the goverment its out of control and back fired
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Talked to a friend a while back from down below the Mason/Dixon line and he said that if you try to eradicate a patch like that, it can take years. Most poisons don't work and those that do never get all of the deep roots, so you have to treat the same spot year after year. Burning leaves the roots behind as well so that doesn't work. Glad it isn't up here in Michigan yet, but we do seem to be getting way more poison ivy than ever before. 😖 Bob
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Goats will eat it and clear it out over time . Roundup and similar herbicides will kill it with Repeated applications
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Goat's seem to be the good answer from what I have seen on the internet about it
30 yrs plus ago I remember seeing it. for the 1st time in Georgia
Yes it did make good over crop and the road sides look nice bit the cost is too great to the natural plants
my departed BIL Gave me the info on the gov experiment gone wrong and it was just going to keep spreading
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Talked to a friend a while back from down below the Mason/Dixon line and he said that if you try to eradicate a patch like that, it can take years. Most poisons don't work and those that do never get all of the deep roots, so you have to treat the same spot year after year. Burning leaves the roots behind as well so that doesn't work. Glad it isn't up here in Michigan yet, but we do seem to be getting way more poison ivy than ever before. 😖 Bob
It is very aggressive, but can be beaten. You have to keep it cut. Have to cut it weekly and over time it will die. Takes months, but it works. If you ever let it grow out of control again, then you gotta start all over.
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Thinking about it
Its like the welfare system out of control and no way to get rid of it
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it sure is one very invasive plant
Silly Americans imported that from Japan. Carp from China jumping in those water ways. At the end of the day you know what to do with them. Eat them. If harris get her 4 years we'll be lucky to be able to eat them without paying for them.
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Weed/brush control using goats may be a bigger problem than most understand. First there's the fencing to hold them in the area. Second is maintaining a water supply for the goats to drink. Third is keeping predators from eating the goats before they eat the vegetation.
It's not like the cartoons present it.
Get a drone to spray the crap. If the powerline folks get hissy, demand they send ground crews to spray it.
Repeat until the area is bare dirt and reseed with something less invasive(and resistant to whatever chemical controls later regrowth of the kudzu).
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Glyphosate is your friend
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"Glyphosate is your friend"
and apply both generously and frequently. Far better to spray that stuff early in the growing season.
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