Kudzu

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Advice, Agriculture, Exotic, Fast, Growing, Kudzu, Landscaping, Nuisance, Plants, Spread, Tennessee, Vine

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It's everywhere, and growing. Kudzu was once considered an exotic plant, but now we think of it more as a landscaping or agricultural nuisance. The rapidly-growing vine is a real problem in Tennessee, but UT scientists have advice about limiting its spread.

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  4. Added :03-Jul-07
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  • That is unlikely. ...

    That is unlikely. When something lives in an are long enough, there are always creatures that will adapt and fill the new niches. Of course, this can take hundreds if not thousands of years. We up on Vancouver Island have a similar problem with scotch broom and blackberries.

    By loperspest [Affiliate User] 1225085400
  • A-freakin-men to ...

    A-freakin-men to that!

    By JMein13074 [Affiliate User] 1224705165
  • There are recipes ...

    There are recipes Japan hasn't thought about yet. My kudzu juice and kudzu brownies aren't found in Japan!

    By CharlotteFairchild [Affiliate User] 1220749613
  • Asia doesn't poison ...

    Asia doesn't poison kudzu, and bugs there don't eat it more than here. People eat it, and it is drought tolerant and anticarcinagenic and antileukemic and cuts alcohol consumption in half. Do a search on kudzu kwestions for the citations..

    By CharlotteFairchild [Affiliate User] 1220749516
  • Look up kudzu food ...

    Look up kudzu food or kudzu recipes on search engines. My site is kudzu questions when you do a search.

    By CharlotteFairchild [Affiliate User] 1220749415
  • In the 1970's Jimmy ...

    In the 1970's Jimmy Carter called this the Number one problem facing the rural south. Rather than detroying marijuana crops, we should have them out pulling up this S**t !

    By IFlick [Affiliate User] 1220715106
  • Plants will soon ...

    Plants will soon rule the world

    By pikpikimon [Affiliate User] 1219273951
  • Jackson, ...

    Jackson, Mississippi is thriving in it

    By FireflyL18 [Affiliate User] 1218841999
  • There will probably ...

    There will probably be a day we bless this plant. What other potential food source grows A FOOT A DAY. My family already uses kudzu for food. Collards cost money, Kudzu is FREE. Just be careful where you get it due to poison filled eradication efforts.

    By easyv96 [Affiliate User] 1216028733
  • As a matter of fact ...

    As a matter of fact, a group at GA Tech some 30 years ago figured out how to make fuel from this stuff. Of course, there is the guy in Chattanooga that distills Kudzu Mash (like moonshine) into Ethanol. 7 Million acres that will continue to grow back from a plant that has high sugar and starch content is just the right plant for making fuel in place of petroleum based fuels.

    By jkeelsnc [Affiliate User] 1214162777
  • Oh, but we can, and ...

    Oh, but we can, and we are making fuel from Kudzu. Check out Agro*Gas Industries, Cleveland, TN

    By LechesiaBlue [Affiliate User] 1213838362
  • there is a bug is ...

    there is a bug is japan than eats it i think

    By crandall27 [Affiliate User] 1213454983
  • Deep fried...it ...

    Deep fried...it makes a great "potato chip" type snack. Salt it, though.

    By jet1826 [Affiliate User] 1210250896
  • Great video. Hey, ...

    Great video.
    Hey, my goats love this stuff! Great for increasing milk in them too.

    By WilkersonBricore [Affiliate User] 1205344199
  • You can eat it as ...

    You can eat it as they do in Japan.

    By iwpoe [Affiliate User] 1204743880
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