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
> 5 years. The Himalaya blackberry fills that "niche" as a really noxious
> invader. Well, noxious except for the very tasty fruit.
> ----------
> >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
> >
>
> >
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, David Drexler wrote:
> >
> >> Last week I brought up the tree Paulownia and it was labled invasive and
> >> called a pest tree.
> >>
> >> As a member of the American Paulownia Association I raised the issue to
> >> compare it to Kudzu.
> >
> >Paulownia couldn't be worse than wild mulberry which extends runners
> >deep underground everywhere, like persimmon and wild plum.
> >
> >I posted this to a permaculture list:
> >-
> >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).
> >
> >Question: What is the best way to propagate it?
> >tuber, runner, vine (layered), seed?
> >
> >Lawrence F. London, Jr. -+|+- Venaura Farm
> >london@metalab.unc.edu lflondon@worldnet.att.net
> >http://metalab.unc.edu/london, /permaculture, /ecolandtech
> >EcoLandTech -+|+- InterGarden -+|+- Permaculture
> >
> >
> >
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