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To: aSkeptic; spatzie
chop it down with a laser,

And if it rains during the operation, the cuttings will begin to put down roots. I've seen it happen overnight.

Bulldoze it into piles,

Leaving the roots in the ground, or attatched parasitically to other host plants, from which it will sprout anew, and the piles of cuttings will also root out, per comment above.

let the piles dry,

Whereupon leafs and flowers will blow on the wind, ready to propagate further if the sun is up and/or it's damp where any cuttings land.

Load it into trucks,

Which will scatter new starts of kudzu all along the paths those trucks travel, particularly in roadside drainage ditches and on guywires for utility poles.

burn it at a power station

I don't think the smoke from kudzu would sprout where it falls to earth, but I wouldn't bet on it. I do know that when burned outdoors, bits carried on the heated wind often take root around the scorched spots where it's been burned, leaving a green kudzu *doughnut* around the burn site.

make money.

Less, of course considerable labour, heavy equipment charges, fuel for the big trucks and 'dozer, and other incidental expenses.

But if you want to give it a go, I'd be glad to send you a quantity for testing. BTW, grown indoors where light and water sources can be controlled, it does make a pretty hanging plant. Very suitable as a present for an ex-wife or girlfriend, expecially one with cats....

15 posted on 12/03/2002 12:08:30 PM PST by archy
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To: archy
thanks for the reply!

HowAboutThis!

Since Kudzu is a vine, tie it to rollers which roll very very slow. At the end of the year, harvest the rolls. You could place the rolls up high to make a nice canopy :)

As for the seeds.. hope you like kudzu buahahaHA
19 posted on 12/03/2002 2:17:25 PM PST by aSkeptic
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To: archy

LOLOLOL


24 posted on 08/20/2006 1:31:38 PM PDT by patton (LGOPs = head toward the noise, kill anyone not dressed like you.)
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To: archy

ROTFL!


47 posted on 08/20/2006 2:39:34 PM PDT by Petruchio (* Censored *)
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