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Giant Hogweed
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Jun 1, 2006 5:08am
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Look up HOGWEED..no s..........and there are photos. Sort of pretty and it does sort of resemble Queen Anne's Lace.....but it is wayyyyyy big and causes the dermatitis stuff.
Haven't seen it here in SC, but then we have enough kudzu to cover the country.
Folks need to not bring in plants from other countries!!!!!!
zoemomma
Re: Giant Hogweed
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Reply to: #24897 by zoemomma
Jun 1, 2006 5:20am
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Just hit "thread" to the right of the message and it will bring up all the previous posts about Giant Hogweed..including my links.

As for kudzu..I remember watching a fascinating document about it when I was in college. I was amazed at how fast the stuff grew and covered everything. I believe it was brought in from Japan to combat erosion. Sure worked! lol

LW
Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24899 by Lock Wench
Jun 1, 2006 5:23am
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Ah..I stand corrected. It WAS brought from Japan and it WAS eventually used in the 30's to combat erosion, but it was brought here first in the 1800's as an ornamental plant. Just like the Giant Hogweed was!!!

http://www.alabamatv.org/kudzu/

LW
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24900 by Lock Wench
Jun 1, 2006 5:28am
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This site has better photos of kudzu:

http://www.yahoolavista.com/kudzu/
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24902 by Lock Wench
Jun 1, 2006 5:31am
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Kudzu is everywhere down here in the Atlanta area. There is even a letterbox called Kudzu Crazy in which you have to hike through narrow trails worn within a kudzu field. It is pretty and a little creepy. After living here for almost 30 years I had never hiked through kudzu and it was an experience! I'm thankful that it's not hazardous to skin!

Amyrica
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24905 by Amyrica
Jun 1, 2006 5:34am
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When I first moved to SC from the Midwest I was convinced the stuff MUST be possessed to grow like it does! Kudzu in the right conditions can grow up to * 18 inches a day * !!!

Creeeeeeepy, weird stuff. LOL

GreyCrazy
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24905 by Amyrica
Jun 1, 2006 6:35am
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I've lived in GA for about 15 years now and only just realized last year what a pretty flower kudzu has. When I first moved here I remember driving along interstates, the landscape one of giant green hills and mounds, kudzu-covered trees and billboards making creepy-looking shapes. It's sort of bizarrely pretty to me, but then it's not in my yard, and I understand it's nearly impossible to get rid of.

I'll have to go find that Kudzu Crazy box! I've never hiked through kudzu before either.

MoonBunny
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24907 by GreyCrazy
Jun 1, 2006 6:42am
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Yea, we joke here in Atlanta, "If you stand still long enough, the Kudzu will grow right over you"... funny, but true!!

CR
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24912 by MoonBunny
Jun 1, 2006 7:07am
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Quote I'll have to go find that Kudzu Crazy box!


When you go, the ink pad accidently left in the box is mine (assuming no one else has been there in the last year). You can have it. *grin*
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24905 by Amyrica
Jun 1, 2006 8:09am
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Just looking at the photos is kind of creepy. It reminds me of some old B movie where something is taking over the world...be it tarantulas, a blob, kudzu....

Definitely a "wow" thing though.

JoAnn
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24912 by MoonBunny
Jun 1, 2006 8:23am
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I've posted a photo from the Kudzu Crazy letterbox vicinity to give you an idea of the walls of kudzu.

http://www.atlasquest.com/gallery/viewphoto.html?gPhotoId=3130&gReturnUrl=%2Fgallery%2Fviewalbum.html%3FgAlbumId%3D35
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24907 by GreyCrazy
Jun 1, 2006 11:09am
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When I was a kid we had a kudzu field directly across from our house. I remember when I was about twelve sitting under a tree at the edge of the field a foot (I measured!) from the end of a kudzu runner.

After four hours of sitting in the shade and reading, the runner was halfway to my toe and, no, I had not moved!

Amazing stuff and you cannot hurry through a kudzu field or you'll sprawl flat on your face...

Knit Wit
Re: Giant Hogweed
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Reply to: #24897 by zoemomma
Jun 1, 2006 11:33am
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Right now, 14:30 EST, there is a video on the main page at CNN.com about hogweed.

UsVsThem
Re: Giant Hogweed
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Reply to: #24958 by UsVsThem
Jun 1, 2006 11:52am
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This stuff is gorgeous...I can see why folks planted it in the first place.
Too bad it is such BAD stuff.

Castor Bean or "Mole Bean" is another plant that can be deadly if ingested but boy is it ever beautiful. I grow it because it has to be actually eaten to harm you...not just touched.

dixiekin
Re: Giant Hogweed
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Reply to: #24958 by UsVsThem
Jun 1, 2006 12:46pm
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Couldn't help but notice this video is from Seattle. I've never seen that stuff that I can remember but now I'll be on the look out for it both because it is really neat looking and because I really really want to avoid it.
Re: Now Kudzu
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Reply to: #24900 by Lock Wench
Jun 1, 2006 2:11pm
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I call it "the vine that ate Mississippi".I read in one of my edible plant books that it's edible. If I remember right you boil it like any green.

Shiloh