Re: Kudzu invasion!

Well, then I bet Jim's collection is mighty fragrant!
Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kudzu invasion!


> Well, that makes sense. <DUH> I guess that, if the government arbitrarily
> came on somebody's land here and sprayed stuff, gunshots would ensue.  I
> never knew there was more than one type of kudzu, but then I'd never heard
> of soybean rust before, either.  I do know that kudzu blooms smell like
> grape Kool-Aid.  I like the smell a lot.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kudzu invasion!
>
>
> > Yep, soybean rust made its debut in TN just last fall.  I suppose they
> > feel
> > they must study anything that is new here before ripping it out, but
it's
> > a
> > no-brainer when it comes to kudzu.  I suspect they need to absolutely
> > identify that it is the exact same species that harbors the rust so they
> > can
> > pass some sort of ag-act that will force people to remove it from their
> > lands.  Otherwise I wouldn't think the gov could just come on your land
> > and
> > spray whatever you have growing.
> > Kitty
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kudzu invasion!
> >
> >
> >> I apologize for laughing, but what is there to figure out where kudzu
is
> >> concerned?  After all, it is the plant that ate the South.  If the
State
> > of
> >> TN didn't keep after it, it would cross the highway through our town in
> >> no
> >> time flat.  The upside is constant attempts to control it provide a lot
> >> of
> >> jobs.  I had no idea it had any connection with soy bean rust, and
there
> > are
> >> lots of soy beans grown around here.  That must be a recent
development.
> >> zem
> >> zone 7
> >> West TN
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:00 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kudzu invasion!
> >>
> >>
> >> >I don't know how they decide to do these things.  I suppose they can't
> >> >track
> >> > every stand that pops up, so when they have some identified and
> >> > accessible,
> >> > they'll study it for awhile to help figure out what will happen from
> >> > the
> >> > inaccessible and those they don't find. Still, it will  just keep
> > marching
> >> > on...I wonder how southern Illinois is doing.
> >> > Kitty
> >> > neIN, Z5
> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> > From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> >> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 6:09 PM
> >> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Kudzu invasion!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Man this paper of yours sure is packed full of wonderful news :(
> >> >>
> >> >> Since this plant is so well known for taking over the world and
> >> >> associated
> >> >> other problem...
> >> >>
> >> >> Can some one tell me why when it hit the Indiana border someone
didn't
> >> > spray
> >> >> it with round up ?!? Seems to me it would have been easier to
control
> > it
> >> >> when it first landed there, then now....
> >> >>
> >> >> Donna
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > AP story in today's paper:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "INDIANAPOLIS - Kudzu, that notoriously fast-growing vine that
> >> >> > covers
> >> > vast
> >> >> > tracts of the South, has spread its green, choking blanket to at
> > least
> >> > 28
> >> >> > Indiana counties, posing a threat to woodlands and the state's
> > soybean
> >> >> > industry.
> >> >> > "Purdue University recently began studying some of the more than
70
> >> >> > patches
> >> >> > of kudzu in the southern half of the state after stands of the
> > invasive
> >> >> > vine
> >> >> > in Florida were found to harbor a deadly fungus that preys on
> > soybeans.
> >> >> > "Soybean rust has not yet been found in Indiana, but plant
> > pathologists
> >> >> > believe it is only a matter of time before the fungus shows up in
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > state.
> >> >> > The fungus began devastating soybeans in South America three years
> > ago
> >> > and
> >> >> > reached US fields last fall, spreading as close to Indiana as
> > Tennessee
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > Missouri.  Kudzu's early leafing vines would provide an early
target
> >> >> > for
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > fungus' wind-borne spores to infect before spreading to soybeans
> > later
> >> > in
> >> >> > the season, said Glenn Nice, a weed scientist with Purdue's
> >> >> > extension
> >> >> > service.
> >> >> > "Earlier this month, Nice and his colleagues visited three
> >> > kudzu-infested
> >> >> > sites in southern Indiana as the vines were starting to bud.  Some
> > had
> >> >> > diameters of 2 inches and were intertwined with smaller vines to
> >> >> > form
> > a
> >> >> > dense thicket.
> >> >> > "As part of his research, Nice is interested in whether Hoosier
> >> >> > Kudzu
> >> >> > is
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > same as the vines found in the South and how Indiana's
infestations
> > got
> >> >> > started [does global warming come to anyone's mind? (Kitty)]
Purdue
> >> >> > staffers will monitor some of the state's kudzu stands for signs
of
> > the
> >> >> > soybean rust fungus throughout the season...."
> >> >>
> >>
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