whats a kudzooo?? please!

It's a terrible fast growing vine that takes over once it gets started. It was brought to one of the Southern States(Georgia?) from Japan I think, to maintain land erosion. It's made its way here. They say you can only kill it by attacking the main root ball. It literally grows to the top of giant oak's-across roads and it grows fast.

It looks like a blanket of ivy over those trees.

Love all your pictures, Bird.

there are counties in Wv that actually help land owners fight this vine, and fine ppl who deliberately plant any. It's that prolific lol.

Why would anyone want to get it started, it takes over. It could crawl in your window overnight. Indiana has laws about having running roses and other things that spread-wonder what they'd do if this showed up?

Love these pictures, please keep them coming.

whooooweeeeeee!!!! careful what you wish for bird, im sure, if the powers that be are that afraid, that there is a way to stop it dead in its tracks. There is however a price to be paid. Agent Orange comes to mind! We wont even contemplate the biological agents that could be used. Id start with a mutated roundup. lol. good ol oil and vinegar.. just a thought!!

A few years ago they said scientist had made something wsith it to treat alcoholics-not sure what happened after that.

It's actually spelt Kudzu, also called Japanese arrowroot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu

Is this where you live?

Yes, but it's not actually in my back yard but all over the county where I live and it just keeps spreading. It can climb and cover a power pole or tree in no time. I was just noticing it yesterday while driving with my grand kids. Being from Florida they didn't know what it was and thought it was kewl, lol. I'll take some more photos of it next time I'm out.

Hmmmm interesting, does it root in a jar of water, or by root?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu#Food_and_beverages

That's how it's looking around here. I once heard that they had made a concoction to cure alcoholics from the plant but nothing recently. I can't imagine how many gravesites it has covered-gives me the willies!

YOU WERE NOT KIDDING ABOUT KUDZU COVERING CEMETERIES!

HOW MANY GOATS WOULD IT TAKE TO EAT THE VINES?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fOTV44LcZeo/Vck8ON4SS1I/AAAAAAAACOk/xoCe1UkQHuE/s1600/kudzo.jpg

I could try to get you a root or two but the stuff gets so out of control it'd probably crawl thru your windows at night. I once heard that someone in one of the Southern States brought it here for the purpose of shading his porch for his wife.

I WOULD LOVE TO TRY 2 ROOTS, BUT I DO NOT KNOW THAT I WOULD BE PERMITTED TO RECEIVE IT THROUGH POSTAL MAIL HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I THINK IT IS A SEA STORY THAT KUDZU GROWS THROUGH ANY WINDOWS DURING THE NIGHT. OUR MOONLIGHT IS INSUFFICIENT FOR NIGHT GROWTH OF THIS VINE. I HAVE NOT CHECKED SAN DIEGO COUNTY NURSERIES FOR IT YET..FRESH PLANT PARTS ARE REGULATED WITH REGARD TO THEIR IMPORTATION INTO MEXICO DEPENDING UPON THEIR ORIGIN AND...

Regulated Imports
Regulated imports may be brought into Mexico according to their origin and manufacturing process and they have fulfilled the importation requirements.

My house is so old...but it would make a lovely hedge fence, I wonder if it would make it thru the winters here, hmmmm? What do you think Bird. What is it called?

Colorado don't care, we will be safe as long as it doesn't try to grow out of the box, as it's being sent to us.

It actually looks worse then our Silver Lace Vine, and those grow to be hard wood and can look like big trees. With beautiful little white flowers... I'll try to send you a picture. It would grow bigger but I cut it down like a hedge.

Jenni.
Check out the Wikipedia link Peach Wine sent about Harvest For Food & Beverages. Very interesting.

OK, Thx Bird...