Yeah, I used to mountain bike along an old logging road where there was an overgrowth of kudzu. I swear after a rain you could hear that stuff growing. Kudzu has about 82% sugar content. I’m surprised no one has come up with a way to farm it and make ethanol or cattle feed out of it. Seems like it would be way more lucrative than switch grass or corn ethanol, given how fast it grows.
“Seems like it would be way more lucrative than switch grass or corn ethanol, given how fast it grows.”
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Yea, one would think, but it is so fast and prolific, I do not know how one would control the growth, much less harvest it.
I once had a patch invade my farm at the entrance.
It was impossible to control, and harvesting it
would be a nightmare.
I think the fiber density would be quite low, making
it a fuel crop very impractical, but I could be wrong.
I have not seen it growing on a flat open field, which would be necessary for harvesting.
That’s how that crap got here in the first place! LOL! Brought from Japan (native to Asia and grown for a variety of uses). Around here (upstate SC) they are trying to control it by planting another very invasive plant- bamboo. The advantage being that bamboo is not a vine.