All this green stuff is coming out the trees!
Maple trees finally getting green leaves while the red tips and seeds are out. Got some black cherries or something with long white flowers too. However I noticed some purple kudzu flowers from neighbor’s… do they not own a flamethrower?
@thendrix The fragrance of Kudzu flowers is really lovely. A flamethrower won't work as well as suspected. It comes back without anything else competing with it for nutrients and sunlight. I think the best way to get rid of it is to eat it or black mat the area and add a few inches of topsoil.
The world: we can't grow food. Kudzu: takes over the south better than the Federalist invaders. I believe it is edible too. I don't recall it having any poisons in it. I think the leaves are edible but I'm not an expert. Spraying it with blue Kool aid made from crystals will get rid of it. If purchasing the blue crystals is not wise, copper and Epson salts should make the solution in an electrolytic cell.
As with everything in the South, no just means find or develop another way.
Then again people used to cook with the powdered root… times are different. It was brought to America to prevent soil erosion, but it is famous for thick growth covering the forest floor and trees in a tangled mess for those that didn’t know.
@thendrix It was for the railroads especially in the south. There was a time when we tried to keep trains from coming off the rails.
Kudzu League is also a thing.
It’s normally poisoned in modern times, but it used to be common to burn the vines to make it easier to root.