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From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano)
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Subject: Re: kudzu
Date: 29 Apr 1993 11:14:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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This is a perfect example of American narrowmindedness and
mush brained acquiescence to the agrivulture chemical
conglomerate and their cooperative usda agri agents.

Try reading a book called The Book of Kudzu by Shurtleff.
In Japan there are at least 20 different uses for a plant
which by all objective views is one of the friendliest to
man and animal, leaves for fodder, variety of foods and
medicines for humans, etc.

Meanwhile the U.S. covers over 20 acres per hour of natural
ground to erect buildings, parking lots, etc.
Here we see the usual abhorrence to ....what...a fast
growing plant!!!!

The forest service is millions of acres behind in tree
planting, the list is endless.

It has taken me all of 15 minutes to dig up kudzu plants
which have been growing for ten years or more, including
the roots, with nothing returning.
It =does= take a little elbow grease, however.

Let's look at the average American backing further and
further from nature, from that kudzu plant for example,
while between him and that plant are an increasing
array of herbicides and other chemicals.
I've got it:  the paint pellet gun game can be converted
so that eager americans can walk through the woods
shooting pellets of herbicide at kudzu vines.

Mike Romano


-- 
Sir, I admit your gen'ral rule
That every poet is a fool;
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet.    A. Pope


Article 16351 of rec.gardens:
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From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano)
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Subject: Re: kudzu
Date: 1 May 1993 13:05:43 GMT
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Man destroys far more trees per day than kudzu could in a year.
Especially in the US.  It's called logging, development, etc.

Let's see we have a few million out of work at this point
in the US (just a few of course) and instead of dumping
chemicals on plants to "protect the ecosystem", such
as kudzu, water hyacinth, hydrilla, etc....how about
putting a few of those millions to work doing healthy
outdoor work, removing, harvesting, processing or
composting those plants?

Naaa.  FDR did that in the 30s, up to 600,000 of them in
the WPA many of whom worked in similar ways, replanting
forests, restoring riparian areas, etc.
But hey, that's too much like socialism.
And think of the losses to the agrichemical businesses.

Of course, a don't suppose the botanists are capable
of developing a flowerless, seedless variety of kudzu
which could then be grown safely in any area and
the much needed biomass could be used for a variety
of things including feed, medicine, etc.
They are very busy these days inventing new plants
with biogenetics, tomatoes that don't spoil, etc.

-- 
Sir, I admit your gen'ral rule
That every poet is a fool;
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet.    A. Pope


