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I have a constant battle with Kudzu every year. I wish we could find an easier way to kill the stuff, or transform it into something else. That being said, goa
by calebio 2y ago
I have a constant battle with Kudzu every year. I wish we could find an easier way to kill the stuff, or transform it into something else.
That being said, goats will dig down and eat the hell out of the stuff.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoIt's edible if you want to go through the trouble. It's a variety of arrowroot which has a lot of uses in east asian food traditions. I like the tea.
- ddfs123 2y agoMy recent most favourite quote is "Anything is edible at least once".
- dpflug 2y agoUnless you get them very young, eating the leaves is reminiscent of chewing sandpaper. Now you have me wondering if it would be palatable juiced, maybe as part of a smoothie.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoYeah I've only ever eaten the young shoots. It was fine I never went out of my way to eat it again though.
- NikkiA 2y agoAnd often used as a digestive aid/folk-medicine
- nemo44x 2y agoDoesn't Roundup control it effectively?
- greenie_beans 2y agono, not at all
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoI have English ivy around my house, which isn't quite as invasive as kudzu, but still a major nuisance. Roundup does basically nothing. The leaves are thick and waxy and so don't absorb herbicide effectively. Supposedly, applying a more concentrated formula on a weekly basis for a month can work, but I don't like the idea of spraying that much glyphosate.
- tastyfreeze 2y agoIf you have to use poison you can use way less by pruning and putting a dab of glyphosate on the stump. Even dishsoap straight to the vascular system will kill many plants.
- susiecambria 2y agoMy husband swears by painting the leaves with the herbicide. Time consuming, though.
- devilbunny 2y agoThis is the only way I was ever able to kill English ivy in the back yard of my old house. I bought glyphosate concentrate, some disposable plastic cups, and a disposable foam paintbrush. I painted it on every damned leaf in the yard. It works. It may take several applications to do so, but it works.
- Angostura 2y agoTop tip. Rubber gloves with some woollen gloves over the top. Soak the woollen gloves in glyphosate and then you can lovingly stroke the plants you want to kill. It’s a bit quicker
- SoftTalker 2y agoGoats sounds like a good idea. And once they eat all the kudzu, you can eat the goats.
- thfuran 2y agoBut would they taste good of all they've eaten is kudzu? Maybe they should feast on sage and rosemary.
- sweettea 2y agoYes, kudzu is incredibly good forage and produces some of the tenderest, sweetest meat you'd ever taste.
- Centigonal 2y agohumans can eat kudzu, too. It doesn't taste bad
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoSalt, mulch, barriers, and/or poisons like glyphosate.