mmiller@pcsia.com wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> >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
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Help hold back the next ice age, plant more kudzu. I wonder of any
> >pollinators benefit from the deliciously fragrant kudzu blooms?
> >
> >> 5 years. The Himalaya blackberry fills that "niche" as a really noxious
> >> invader. Well, noxious except for the very tasty fruit.
> >
> >
> >Any kin to the common wild blackberry we have here in the Eastern US?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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