A Fever Over Kudzu 
I have the kudzu fever (105 degrees 
in the shade) and have ordered 100 
roots, to be delivered last week in 
March. I am located in South Jersey. 
My pasture is poor, and consists chiefly 
of tree stamps and gullies, which make 
renovation by approved methods well- 
nigh impossible. Kudzu. from all ac¬ 
counts. seems to be a special dispensa¬ 
tion of Providence to help out in just 
such cases. Would it be unwise to set 
out these plants or roots where they 
cannot be cultivated? If all right, 
would it be necessary to stir up the 
soil (sandy loam) for a few feet round 
each root and keep same free from 
weeds and stirred with hand hoe until 
growth is assured? Would fertilizer 
in each hill he necessary? Or would 
you suggpst using next nearest culti¬ 
vable space and set roots out system¬ 
atically, keeping them well cultivated, 
and depend upon their rapid growth 
ultimately to reach said pasture? Area 
of pasture is approximately four acres, 
with running stream and lots of shade 
frees, chiefly willows. Will this kudzu 
in time climb up these good shade trees 
and kill them? I would have liked the 
fence idea, but am poor and cannot yet 
afford cost of posts and wire. Would 
it be safe to set out before last week 
in March? Provided roots do well, 
could T with safety pasture four head 
by the Fall? Many of my questions 
will probably appear childish, and 
would not care to show my ignorance 
to any other editor, but the “tone" of 
your editorials seems so full of that 
rare spirit of tolerance that one is in¬ 
spired to take courage. May I hope 
that you will not consider that I have 
abused that 
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We answer this with the distinct un¬ 
derstanding that we are guessing at 
part of it. No man can do any better 
with our present imperfect knowledge 
of what kudzu will do at the North. 
We have asked the introducers not to 
sell large number of roots to any 
Northern buyer. Make them all under, 
stand that they are not investing in 
any sure tiling, hut that they must do 
part of the experimenting. 
How can you expect any plant to 
“work for nothing and pay for its 
board?” Kudzu will come close to do¬ 
ing it once it is firmly established, but 
it must have a chance at the beginning. 
It will not do well on deep sand. It 
should have good soil and a firm sub¬ 
soil. We should give it some cultiva¬ 
tion the first year. It can be planted 
in your pasture, but. in that case we 
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a space ft. in diameter cleared around 
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will pay. You must remember that the 
kudzu vine spreads by sending down 
roots from each joint—somewhat like 
a squash vine. Of course, that being 
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few joints are firmly fixed the vine 
will take care of itself. The kudzu 
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docs fences, hut it will not kill them. 
The ground should be reasonably warm 
before the roots are planted. Our diffi¬ 
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roots in good condition after they ar¬ 
rived. and while we were waiting for 
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who has a temperature of 105 over any 
crop needs cooling off. 
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