Posted on 07/16/2006 8:59:04 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
Vines like poison ivy and kudzu snake through the back yard, girdling trees and strangling shrubs -- thriving, scientists say, on the same pollution they blame for global warming.
From backyard gardens to the Amazon rain forest, vines are growing faster, stronger and, in the case of poison ivy, more poisonous on the heavy doses of carbon dioxide that come from burning fossil fuels such as gasoline and coal.
Complaints about vine infestation have increased tenfold in a decade, said Carole Bergmann, forest ecologist for the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission, which serves Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland. Vines have choked gardens, ruined brickwork, disrupted bird habitats, and clogged paths, ponds and air conditioning and electronic equipment.
"This work suggests that atmospheric carbon dioxide is at least partially responsible."
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Drake said his research suggests that most plants grow faster on higher levels of carbon dioxide -- including plants already used as alternative fuels, such as switch grass. If burned instead of fossil fuels, these plants, the theory goes, could form a defense against climate change.
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That stuff will rip the siding off your house. take the boards off your barn and tear the roof off. Probably 25% of the barns around here that go down are pulled down by Cow's itch that people were to lazy to remove.
#6 Outstanding response there. Bravo
If they let them grow, it would solve the housing problem. Just weave the vines into a structure and fertilize them.
Silly liberals...
And then they turn it into O2 which last time I looked everyone alive needed to continue to be alive.
Never heard of it called cow's itch. Same stuff as trumpet vine?
I like to mulch the stuff with concrete. I'm appalled that ANY company is allowed to sell, ship, give away this evil weed.
Yes : Same thing it gets an orange trumpet flower on it.
It should be a crime to sell it , I agree.
I am also amazed when I see Morning glory sold in flower seed catalogs. One package of morning glories can ruin a farm in two seasons.
Total BS.
a.Exactly who is complaining & to whom
b. who is the sorry loser charged w/ keeping 10 years worth of (fictitious) complaints ?
What does it look like?
That wouldn't be 2,4 D, would it?
Thanks -- trumpet vine.
I have tried 2-4-D this is better, but I got 2 1/2 gallons a couple of years ago stil have 1/2 of it left , but the label came off. I will try to find out what the name of it is tomorrow.
See the picture #49.
It didn't kill it, but the lubrication did keep it from catching fire from friction as it grew.
Yeah, trumpet vine. It's a pretty vine, though -- beats Va Creeper and probably ivy (and certainly poison ivy!).
Its called GLY 4 -plus.
For a cheaper treatment, or for poison ivy in grass, try any 2-4,D esther or amine with a little bit of dish soap added as a surfactant.
All plants use CO2, so therefore, all plants (not just poison ivy) should be flourishing.
Non-selective. Thats the part I like. It sure cleans out the woods nice. taking out Virginia creeper, briars, weeds, those crazy rose bushes they use for cow fences, It even wipes out the second growth on a locust stump.
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