[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Grace Cangialosi]

And I think I remember reading that can grow a foot a day...

On September 7, 2015, at 11:24 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

But it is also not a vine whereas kudzu is most definitely a vine.  

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On Sep 7, 2015, at 7:50 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:

I believe that Fallopia japonica is often called bamboo because of the distinctive knot that one might associate with bamboo and its rapid growth, but it's not closely related.

Marion, a pilgrim

> On 9/7/2015 8:37 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> I'm not so sure. JN'weed is in the bamboo family I thought.
> Saw my fill of Kudzu driving from MI to TX last week in KY, TN abs AR.
> L
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 7, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> .