The chain of the Kudzu by Thomas Vodovnik

Understanding the Kudzu problems it causes

29thomasvodovnik — 2023-11-13 15:46:09 UTC

wreaked environmental and economic havoc by modifying ecosystems, damaging crops, threatening native species, and serving as hosts to pests and viruses it spreads everywhere too.

The problems it does to the environment

29thomasvodovnik — 2023-11-14 15:20:32 UTC

fast growing as kudzu out competes everything native grasses, fully mature trees, an shading them from the sunlight an the loss of native plants harms other plants insects and animals that adapted alongside them leading to cascading effects throughout an ecosystem

The Kudzu attacks the cites

29thomasvodovnik — 2023-11-14 15:30:21 UTC

monstrous green vines climbing telephone poles and trees on the edges of our roads and towns and attacking the houses there is nothing it will not eat besides the obvious things.

A invasive vine but grows fast so you can make it a edible appetite

29thomasvodovnik — 2023-11-14 15:45:40 UTC

many recipes maybe eat chopped kudzu leaves raw in salad or cook them like spinach leaves Cook kudzu roots like potatoes, or dry them and grind them into powder. Use kudzu root powder as a breading for fried foods or a thickener for sauces so much possibility only limited by what you can think of that's good food

REMOVING THE KUDZU

29thomasvodovnik — 2023-11-15 15:18:25 UTC

the vines have to be cut at the ground and then sprayed with one of a variety of herbicides. Indiana's Department of Natural Resources says that if herbicides are used to apply it during the summer it will kill it better

How it got here in the first place

29thomasvodovnik — 2023-11-15 15:25:22 UTC

native to Japan It was introduced to the United States during the Philadelphia in 1876 where it was known as a great ornamental plant for its sweet smelling blooms

The 30s/50s the boom of the kudzu

29thomasvodovnik — 2023-11-15 15:29:46 UTC

From the 30s through the 50s, the Soil Conservation Service promoted it as a great tool for soil erosion control and was planted throughout the south. Little did we know that kudzu is overtaking and growing over anything in its path.

UM CAT? IM DONE SO IM BORED

29thomasvodovnik — 2023-11-15 15:55:59 UTC

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