| Joseph Meehan 2006-04-30, 11:21 am |
| nospambob@vcoms.net wrote:
> We moved into a home in Grovetown, GA on a large lot with lots of
> trees. Fortunately only a few of the more mature trees have a vine
> that apparently sticks its thorns into the bark and climbs up the
> trunk. Root structure is large clump of tuberous like globes and the
> vine travels an amazing distance to find a tree.
>
> We've seen the Kudzu trees in N.C. and S.C. and this doesn't appear to
> be the same vine. We didn't see anything like this in California and
> wonder if anything can be done as home owners to control it. Presently
> we're digging the glob of tubers out when they are found and pulling
> as much of the vine out of the tree and following the runners under
> the ground and cutting off when we can't do anything else.
>
> We'd like to know the name and if there are any steps for us to take
> to control this vine.
I'll bet a call to your local County Extension office will not only help
you identify it, but will also give you the best solution to it and it is
free and most important, they are not trying to push some commerical
product.
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Joseph Meehan
Dia duit
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