[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Jay Weigel]

But do I really WANT to?

On Monday, September 7, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can get The Kudzu Cookbook on amazon.
>
> On September 7, 2015, at 11:35 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> I remember the first time I saw it nearly totally draping the landscape
> all along our interstate route headed north our second summer in TX.
> LYNN
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 7, 2015, at 10:30 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> 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
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> But it is also not a vine whereas kudzu is most definitely a vine.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 7, 2015, at 7:50 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> 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
> <javascript:;>> 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
> <javascript:;>> 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 <javascript:;>>
> >>> 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 <javascript:;>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> >>> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 12:18 AM
> >>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>
> >>> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com <javascript:;>
> >>> 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 <javascript:;> 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.
> >> .
>
>