# Kudzu

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudzu/513863>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudzu/513863 "2009-10-15T02:57:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudzu/513863/1 "2009-10-15T02:57:35Z")

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Why is it invasive in the Southern United States and not so in Japan?

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudzu/513863/2 "2009-10-15T03:43:58Z")

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cold winter, it dies back and goes dormant.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudzu/513863/3 "2009-10-15T20:30:01Z")

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from [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu):

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> “…the Southeastern US has near-perfect conditions for kudzu to grow out of control — hot, humid summers, frequent rainfall, temperate winters with few hard freezes (kudzu cannot tolerate low freezing temperatures that bring the frost line down through its entire root system, a rare occurrence in this region), and no natural predators.”

It makes good livestock feed. Cows’n’goats eat the stuff.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudzu/513863/4 "2009-10-15T20:47:06Z")

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It’s been spotted in Southern Ontario, along the north shore of Lake Erie. Winter should keep it under control. Actually, winter keeps a lot of things under control here.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudzu/513863/5 "2009-10-15T21:00:44Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> It’s been spotted in Southern Ontario, along the north shore of Lake Erie. Winter should keep it under control. Actually, winter keeps a lot of things under control here.

heard that on CBC and they talked with a southern botanist (i recall) and he said they shouldn’t be worried.

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudzu/513863/6 "2009-10-15T21:07:38Z")

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Great Original Post/Username combination!!!