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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:31 PM
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I reported last year that I spotted Kudzu in Denver Colorado
Well, it's back this year at about 5 times the volume as last year. Kudzu is supposed to be a tropical plant.. Denver is a desert.

I'm not complaining, because I like the look of Kudzu and it can only help with global warming, but it's just unbelievable how adaptive and fast growing Kudzu is. It'll probably be in Canada by next year.



Feeeeeed me Seymour!
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:33 PM
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1. It's bad because it crowds out native species
But it sure is tough stuff, isn't it?
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:33 PM
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2. Have they ever found a use for it?
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:34 PM
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3. Supposedly it's a cure for alcoholism in Japan
:shrug:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:44 PM
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5. Hmm, I've heard it causes alcoholism in...
Florida and Georgia farmers and cattlemen!
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 06:07 PM
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12. you mean hiding under the Kudzu to drink..?
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 06:10 PM
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13. No, as in it takes over their grazing and crop land...
Most of the stock won't even eat it.
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 07:49 AM
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16. On Turner South (a Southern cable show)
They did a whole show about what can be done with Kudzu - how you can cook it etc.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 05:19 AM
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20. Cook it? Maybe so the cows can eat it. It's supposed to be sharp.
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 07:50 AM
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19. It was originally imported
as a cheap, renewable cattle food. It got away.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 05:29 AM
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21. Yep, it will weigh down buildings, fences, and telephone lines.
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:36 PM
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4. Thank goodness, I thought the cuttings I planted from Alabama might
have died. :hi:
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:47 PM
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6. You don't want Kudzu. No way. We're overrun by it here in GA.
It is a scary plant. It didn't spread until people stopped widespread farming, plowing and the grazing of cows and goats who kept the vine in check. It was planted to control post-cotton farming erosion. This stuff covers up entire houses and ols homesteads, old cars, trees, you name it.
:scared:
If you go inside the Kudzu patch it's like being inside a huge kudzu basket!
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:53 PM
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8. Yea, I've seen the pictures
I should do some calculations and estimate when it'll cover the entire condo complex. The HOA would probably kick me out of the meeting for being paranoid.

Seriously though, what should I do? Should I tell someone about it? I've looked for local news articles and have found nothing.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 07:45 AM
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15. Call your local county Ag Extension agent and report the Kudzu. n/t
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:52 PM
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7. Good thing Bush** told us global climate change is a myth
Edited on Mon Jun-27-05 05:52 PM by KamaAina
'cause if he says so, it must be true :sarcasm:

I once saw a map titled "Where Kudzu Grows". It traced the outline of the South to near perfection, from east Texas and Oklahoma on through southeast Missouri and the Ohio Valley over to the Virginia coastline. It even skipped the southern tip of Florida (which is clearly no longer part of the South)!

When a plant so well suited to, and so closely identified with, the South turns up in Denver, it's :scared: :scared: :scared:

edit: smileys
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 05:55 PM
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9. Here's the 2000 map


It's coming Seattle.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 06:02 PM
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10. Phuck, the government should have spent a few million...
years ago and eradicated the shit.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 06:06 PM
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11. a tea made of the young leaves will inhibit craving for alcohol.. etc
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-05 06:12 PM
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14. Where can I GET some:)
We have an inclined part of our back yard where nothing grows.. Maybe kudzu is the answer:)
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SCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 07:50 AM
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18. The problem is
The kudzu will not stick to the cute little area or your yard that you want covered.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 07:49 AM
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17. NOOOOOO!!
Kudzu sucks hard. You cannot control it - this was the worst flora import to North America ever. It chokes the trees and everything under them. Farmers burn it to keep it out of their crops - and even then they continually have to do it. It can grow a foot in a DAY!
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