[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Grace Cangialosi]

Just letting the skeptics know there is such a thing! 

> On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:58 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>>>> .
>> 
>>