Re: Paulownia vs Kudzu

mmiller@pcsia.com
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:56:12 -0500

Before you plant kudzu please, please take a drive along I-20 between
Birmingham and Atlanta to see what a non-native plant can do to the
enironment. Whether it is purple loosestrife in Wisconsin or multiflora
rose in Iowa the results are the same. Once you open that Pandora's box,
you cannot change your mind and your neighbors will not even have a say in
the havoc you can bring to bear on their land. I would love to get ahold
of the jerk who introduced multiflora rose to Iowa to replace cattle
fences. Even if you think you can control the plant, remember there are
bird and other seed carriers that you cannot control. Mike Miller

At 21:58 16-08-99 -0600, you wrote:
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>On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Lon J. Rombough wrote:
>> 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
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>That was the exact reply I was hoping to get. :-)
>I could plant it in open fields subject to drying in summer, no trees
>nearby to "hang out in". Lots of compost, weed eradication and harvestable
>tuber, not to mention nitrogen fixing plus soil tilth improvement from
>shading and cooling by the kudzu. I wonder if it could co-exist with
>lespedeza, also a very vigorous grower, and drought resistant.
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>Help hold back the next ice age, plant more kudzu. I wonder of any
>pollinators benefit from the deliciously fragrant kudzu blooms?
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>> 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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>Any kin to the common wild blackberry we have here in the Eastern US?
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