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I_UndergroundPanther

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70. When I had my house

Fri Nov 26, 2021, 09:33 PM

Nov 2021

I had some mulberry trees (I love mulberries)

And a beautiful high fruit producing mulberry in my front yard was attacked by a kudzu plant.

I pulled out all the vines it was exhausting. Than I found where the root of the vine was. It was right next to the tree.I dug and dug until I had dug out the entire root of the kudzu.

Than I burned it in my firepit. Cursed all kudzu to die if it comes near my yard. It never grew back and I never had another kudzu in my yard after that thankfully.

All my milkweeds and poke and other native plants were again safe.

Kudzu sucks. I wasen't about to let that damn vine kill off my delicious white mulberry tree.

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A Tree That Was Once the Suburban Ideal Has Morphed Into an Unstoppable Villain [View all] Demovictory9 Nov 2021 OP

Thought this world needed more trees to combat climate change? KS Toronado Nov 2021 #1

Native species do a better job of sequestering carbon NickB79 Nov 2021 #5

Thanks for the info. KS Toronado Nov 2021 #23

Japanese Honeysuckle MuseRider Nov 2021 #32

Cutting won't do it. Has to be pulled out by roots. n/t yagotme Nov 2021 #34

Never going to happen here then. MuseRider Nov 2021 #38

That really sucks. yagotme Nov 2021 #44

When I had my house I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2021 #70

Congrats. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2021 #72

My problem is multiple growths throughout the yard, yagotme Nov 2021 #73

You absolutely need to use herbicides on the cut stumps in fall NickB79 Nov 2021 #51

In the fall! MuseRider Nov 2021 #61

I got rid of a bunch of Honeysuckle once KS Toronado Nov 2021 #68

Sorry not true...species like the pear tree do help with the environment just as well as a native Demsrule86 Nov 2021 #49

Not even close NickB79 Nov 2021 #50

Your are off base. Non native invasive plants really hurt our biodiversity, the supportive capacity Botany Nov 2021 #8

Bradford Pears are not what we need. There are plenty of native trees that ms liberty Nov 2021 #14

agreed, can't stand bradfords. Amishman Nov 2021 #18

Humans, like other animals, disperse seeds and cuttings of plants, etc. Klaralven Nov 2021 #2

And when trees are under threat, they have ways to luvtheGWN Nov 2021 #27

They are evil. luvs2sing Nov 2021 #3

And they break really easy. nt leftyladyfrommo Nov 2021 #4

Yes. They tend to split very easily once they grow large peggysue2 Nov 2021 #6

They do and sometimes after the main trunk breaks radical noodle Nov 2021 #16

This reminds me of the guy who used to live across the street from me who removed all the pine trees GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #55

Don't buy Bradford Pears, but there are worse! LeftInTX Nov 2021 #7

All Callery Pears are bad. Bradfords were sold as sterile but they produce viable seed when ... Botany Nov 2021 #13

Mimosa trees too n/t radical noodle Nov 2021 #17

I didn't know that. Marcuse Nov 2021 #36

No relation! LeftInTX Nov 2021 #58

Bamboo, as well. GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #57

+1 llmart Nov 2021 #29

Norway Maples aren't a problem in Texas 🤣 LeftInTX Nov 2021 #35

The idiots who built my house planted Ligustrum as a foundation plant. GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #56

Don't South Carolina and the South have a kudzu problem? Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #9

Goats have helped with kudzu. greymattermom Nov 2021 #11

Cool. Glad to hear it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #12

Yes, we still have kudzu. It's a curse. n/t ms liberty Nov 2021 #15

The entire south, but it's overrated.... paleotn Nov 2021 #20

Cool. Thanks for the context! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #40

A rule of thumb VGNonly Nov 2021 #10

And he goes "Hmmm" - Aren't ANY trees invasive at one point??? packman Nov 2021 #19

If mom nature does it, sure.... paleotn Nov 2021 #22

Kick dalton99a Nov 2021 #21

There was a big one growing next to the veg garden when I moved to this house Siwsan Nov 2021 #24

When we moved up north.... paleotn Nov 2021 #25

As alien invasives have always been my personal enemy Mossfern Nov 2021 #26

+1 llmart Nov 2021 #30

You can plant American Bittersweet but not the Oriental Bittersweet Botany Nov 2021 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Klaralven Nov 2021 #46

Thanks for the extended list Mossfern Nov 2021 #47

You can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good Botany Nov 2021 #64

Thanks Mossfern Nov 2021 #71

Actually, even though there is a native bittersweet, it's still invasive. llmart Nov 2021 #65

Nursery/Garden Center I worked at sold Edelweiss, Mt. Laurel, some types of azaleas, and sourwood .. Botany Nov 2021 #69

Brazilian Pepper trees also very invasive and it's now illegal to plant in Fl. Fla Dem Nov 2021 #28

They're ugly too! Along with Australian Pine! LeftInTX Nov 2021 #37

Looks pretty. 800$! Pricey!! Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #39

I did landscape labor in the 1980's when I was in college. We planted a lot of these. Gore1FL Nov 2021 #31

We don't have an invasive tree problem here, but we do have an invasive plant. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2021 #33

Will goats eat it? Some folks hire out herds of goats for weed control. nt Hekate Nov 2021 #41

I was wondering that myself. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2021 #42

I haven't personally seen them in action, but I keep reading about them & love the thought... Hekate Nov 2021 #60

.... and then there's the deer Mossfern Nov 2021 #43

A landscaper told me they grow fast but have relatively weak branches gulliver Nov 2021 #48

In Southern California, in my youth, The "Tree of Heaven," MineralMan Nov 2021 #52

"Invasive tree of heaven more like a tree of hell for some" Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #53

Exactly. It's very productive of seeds, and also commonly spreads MineralMan Nov 2021 #54

The squirrels plant them all over my yard Retrograde Nov 2021 #62

I have been blessed for 30 years with a worse Japanese invasion Doremus Nov 2021 #59

Eucalyptus globulus Retrograde Nov 2021 #63

Sounds like a great candidate for BONSAI in a pot and cultured. TigressDem Nov 2021 #66

I wonder if it's ok for pollinators. jeffreyi Nov 2021 #67