[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Marion Thompson]

Kudzu_is_ Japanese knotweed.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 9/7/2015 4:41 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> Bamboo was the scourge of my parents' backyard in Knoxville. My dad fought
> a losing battle with the stuff. And we won't talk about honeysuckle (which
> I partially forgive because of its sweet scent) or the worst of all, the
> plant that ate the south, KUDZU! When our Adam was in Iraq, we threatened
> to send him some in a care package that he could plant near an oasis. We
> figured if it spread, maybe the Sunnis and Shiites would get so busy
> fighting it that they would forget to fight each other. He said Iraq was
> too dry, though.
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Had J knotweed in Syracuse. It volunteered at the edge of our back lot
>> line and grew into a massive living fence the summer before I went looking
>> to find out more about it. After 8 years living there we never did totally
>> eradicate it
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Haven't seen pokeweed in Vermont. It does exist in Massachusetts, but
>> isn't generally a problem. Now, Japanese knotweed and multiflora rose, OTOH
>> ...
>>
>> Chad Wohlers
>> about to get out his machete and attack the Japanese knotweed in
>> Woodbury, VT USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 12:18 AM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/6/2015 8:30:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> I  worked on clearing the tree sized pokeweed  >>>>>
>>
>>
>> I have not encountered this plant here in Pennsylvania nor in
>> my home Upper Midwest States.
>>
>> Thank God!
>>
>>
>>
>> David Strang.
>>
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