LEAFLET 91, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



after digging them, and on no account should they be allowed to 

 dry. In the South the roots may be set in February; in the Xorth 

 as early in spring as the ground can be made ready. If roots are 

 bought in the extreme South for setting in the North the} 7 must 

 be kept in cold storage for a time, but this is not desirable. Wher- 

 ever possible it is best to plant roots as soon as they are received and 

 to procure roots as near home as possible. 





Figure 2. — A, One season's root from a runner ; B, 2-year-old root 



Establishing Kudzu From Seed 



Kudzu may be established from seed, but this method is not yet 

 well enough understood to be generally successful. Kudzu fields 

 have been established by sowing the seed in rows between rows of 

 a cultivated crop after the last cultivation, sowing 2 pounds of seed 

 to the acre. The germination of the seed is poor, however, the 

 seedlings are feeble, and more failures than successes have been 



