Feb 17 2009
The ultimate garden pest . . . KUDZU
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It’s made inroads into the northeast as well. I met kudzu when I lived in Roanoke, and didn’t expect to see it up here in Massachusetts - but it has certainly arrived. A couple of summers past, I was sitting in my living room having a coffee at 5 a.m. (my favorite time of the day - before anyone else is up) when I heard a loud *crack* and then a crash outside. I opened my front door and - there was a tree blocking it. There wasn’t a breath of wind - but the tree had been a favorite anchoring point for the local kudzu - the local agricultural extension service said his guess was that it had succumbed to the weight and the pull of the vines that wrapped around ever limb and branch.
OMG . . . I was under the impression it was confined to the south with our heat and humidity . . . it is adapting and mutating. Not only pesky, but very destructive plant.
Back in the late 1990’s, Kudzu had attacked Fort Wilderness, the campgrounds at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Through the years, they had to clear out the camping areas, as the Kudzu was killing the trees. I’ll have to do some research so I’ll have my facts straight.
The feel of the campground was never the same after that, although it is still an awesome place to go camping.
WOW that is an awesome webpage on Kudzu . . . thank you so much for the link
I’ve added it to many of my pages at DonitaWorld!!
You’ve given me some food for thought . . . although I would hate to be responsible for introducing the pest to another part of the country!!
Love those kudzu baskets . . .
Thanks for visiting and commenting . . . come back soon
Gina
I’d love to have some kudzu down here in Northern New Mexico. It won’t grow as big because of the arid conditions, but it would make a nice pasture plant for the horses to eat. We probably would be able to control it better here also since we are in a deep freeze for several months in winter. I’ve just never found any place that would sell or trade me seeds for it.