Re: Paulownia vs Kudzu

Lon J. Rombough (lonrom@hevanet.com)
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:19:01 -0700

Summer rainfall is definitely a factor in kudzu spread - I have seen it here
in Oregon where summer is dry with low humidty (surprise!) and it makes a
fairly large plant, but never spreads. This after watching it for at least
5 years. The Himalaya blackberry fills that "niche" as a really noxious
invader. Well, noxious except for the very tasty fruit.
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>From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@metalab.unc.edu>
>To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
>Subject: Re: Paulownia vs Kudzu
>Date: Mon, Aug 16, 1999, 5:01 PM
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>On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, David Drexler wrote:
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>> Last week I brought up the tree Paulownia and it was labled invasive and
>> called a pest tree.
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>> As a member of the American Paulownia Association I raised the issue to
>> compare it to Kudzu.
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>Paulownia couldn't be worse than wild mulberry which extends runners
>deep underground everywhere, like persimmon and wild plum.
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>I posted this to a permaculture list:
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>I am interested in propagating KUDZU to plant in certain areas
>that can benefit from its role as a nitrogen fixer and in other areas
>where it can engulf and shade out other weeds (Bermuda grass and Johnson
>grass). Upon harvest it could be used as livestock feed, mulch and as
>an ingredient in compost.Somehow I am convinced I can keep it in check.
>If I can control Bermuda, Johnson grass, crabgrass and pigweed I should be
>successful with kudzu. Bamboo, no way to control it permanently
>(if its growing from a neighbors land into your fertile tilled fields).
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>Question: What is the best way to propagate it?
>tuber, runner, vine (layered), seed?
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