Re: Kudzu - planting

Catherine Greene (cgreene@intserver.econ.ag.gov)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 17:54:34 -0400

Kudzu infests approximately 7 million acres of land in the U.S., mostly in
the South, and is on the Federal Noxious Weed List. The Federal Noxious Weed

Act [7 U.S.C. 2801-2814] "provides authority for a regulatory system designed
to prevent the introduction into or through the United States of noxious weeds

from foreign countries. The Secretary is authorized to initiate control and
eradication actions against incipient infestations of noxious weed that are
introduced into this country."
(http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/weeds/nwauthor.html)
I have been working extremely hard for years removing Kudzu--and
enlisting the help of neighbors, civic association, city officials, landscape
architects and federal grants--in a bid to keep Kudzu from taking over the
tiny city park/wooded area near my home. I see Kudzu killing trees everywhere

we go when I visit my siblings in Georgia and South Carolina. New evidence is

emerging that it may be spread by seed. Why plant Kudzu when the selection of

non-invasive forages and ornamental vines is plentiful?

Cathy Greene
Alexandria, Virginia

mike richardson wrote:

> Okay children, draw near and listen well. For those that do not mind
> incuring the ridicule and wrath of neighbors, here are planting
> instructions for establishing kudzu.

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