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    Default Killing kudzu

    Got about a 2 acre field that is in kudzu right now. What do I need to do to get rid of it? Permanently if possible
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    Goats.
    Mower.
    Glysophate.

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    Let it green up a little. Spray it. Mow it. Keep it mowed.

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    Prayers sent
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    It grows too fast to be hardy so it’s easy to kill. And it has to grow high to live so mowing will kill it as well.

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    will I have to pull the roots up to kill it permanently?
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    Kudzu is the perfect invasive. It reproduces multiple ways. Persists after repeated defoliation. Then if you do "get rid of it" , every single root crown has to be killed or it comes back. Anyways, best of luck.

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    Its up in the trees around the edges also?
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    Burn now to get the runners going into the trees then plan to spray often this growing season. You can get rid of it in the trees, but it won’t be easy like it is in a field.

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    thought about mowing it, then lightly grading the whole field to hopefully pushing up most of the root balls into a big pile and burning them
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    There's a little Asian kid in Greenville that will come out and pump helium in the ground.

    Kills it dead as shit and it won't come back.

    It was his science (maybe Eagle Scout) project in high school.
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    Quote Originally Posted by turbo View Post
    There's a little Asian kid in Greenville that will come out and pump helium in the ground.

    Kills it dead as shit and it won't come back.

    It was his science (maybe Eagle Scout) project in high school.
    ^^^

    Helium is your answer

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    I guess it floats away to another place

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    Anybody have the Asian kids number? My helium pump is broken
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheVisorGuy View Post
    Anybody have the Asian kids number? My helium pump is broken
    We're gonna need pictures.

    https://www.partycity.com/large-heli...ft-633298.html

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    I think the Japanese eat it.

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    I mean if you get some pork fat

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    Burn the field to knock back some of the other vegetation and better expose the kudzu. In late summer spray Milestone. It's expensive but works. Within two week you'll be able to see what you missed. Come back and spray what you missed. Repeat process the following year to kill any remaining kudzu.

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