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I'll openly admit that until now, I thought kudzu was just the name of a Red Hat Linux command used to detect and configure new hardware....
by jasoneckert 7y ago
I'll openly admit that until now, I thought kudzu was just the name of a Red Hat Linux command used to detect and configure new hardware....
- mc32 7y agoIt's front and center of an REM album cover [Murmur]. I guess it's more of a southern thing thus its appearance on an REM album art.
- AmphibianTree 7y agoREM is from UGA
- Jorsiem 7y agoWell it is referred to as "the vine that ate the south". Where I live anything left alone for a few years will be consumed by it. Its everywhere.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoI'm guessing you've never lived in Georgia.
- nemosaltat 7y agoI was stationed in South Carolina. First thought.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoAs a child, I always heard that it was everywhere because the roots grow six feet deep and it can grow back from the roots. A quick google trying to confirm that suggests it grows twelve feet deep and is edible, among other things. It was everywhere where I grew up, especially covering the ditches, etc alongside highways. http://www.eattheweeds.com/kudzu-pueraria-montana-var-lobata-fried-2/ http://www.eattheweeds.com/kudzu-pueraria-montana-var-lobata... https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/kudzu1.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/kudzu1.htm https://www.freeplants.com/kudzu.html https://www.freeplants.com/kudzu.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/true-story-kudzu-vine-ate-south-180956325/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/true-story-kud...
- gonesilent 7y agoI worked a summer helping clear it and saw it all grow back the next year. I didn't want that job again....the lines tangle up machines so best to attack with hand tools and just cut cut cut.