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PKIDelirium · 2006-07-12, 15:54

OK, so we have this evil weed stuff. It grafts itself onto plants and just chokes them until they die. So far, a large lilac and an ash tree have fallen (literally for the tree, it was so weak a windstorm made it pretty much just splinter in half) victim to it, now it's trying to kill the other lilac.

It's this light green stuff that's grafting onto the lilac. The thing is COVERED with it, and parts of it are already dead.

Any ideas? I think it might be a Kudzu variant, but I couldn't find anything about it on Wiki or Google.

Dave · 2006-07-12, 16:12

Does it taste good? You might have free salads for life.

PKIDelirium · 2006-07-12, 16:17

It's killing plants... I don't think I want to try eating it.

Dave · 2006-07-12, 16:23

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Originally Posted by PKIDelirium

It's killing plants... I don't think I want to try eating it.

Oh come on... "it's all natural so, yes, it's safe"

I've always wanted to have the radio station's phone # handy whenever someone makes that claim so that I can call them and point out that cyanide is an all-natural product, and it's not particularly healthy.

drewprops · 2006-07-12, 16:32

Kudzu grows about 12" a night this time of the year, if you're not seeing that kind of growth then you need to consider it as some other type of strangling vine.

PKIDelirium · 2006-07-12, 16:49

Yeah, it's slower than that. The only thing I can think of is some kind of honeysuckle, but it doesn't seem to match visually.

Dave · 2006-07-12, 17:07

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Kudzu grows about 12" a night this time of the year

You're kidding, right? That's fast enough to watch it grow!

alcimedes · 2006-07-12, 17:13

Can you take some other pics? I'd be able to ask some folks at work who I'm sure would know.

billybobsky · 2006-07-12, 18:12

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Originally Posted by Dave

You're kidding, right? That's fast enough to watch it grow!

It ain't a joke... Kudzos some bad shit.

PKIDelirium · 2006-07-12, 18:18

Here's the other two:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6140/img49802fs.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7838/img49831iw.jpg

World Leader Pretend · 2006-07-12, 18:59

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It ain't a joke... Kudzos some bad shit.

I did battle with Kudzo many moons ago. My axe and hatchet sliced the vines over and over, and I ripped them off the poor trees. Unfortunately they've become wiser, and now they are starting to grow into the tree

I will still have the last laugh, someday..

As for what's growing on your lilacs, does it have any thorns or barbs? I might think that it's a variant of the locust stuff, but probably not. Those leaves are pretty strange too, it doesn't look like a vine.

colivigan · 2006-07-12, 19:27

Have you noticed any flowers or berries? Either would certainly help in the identification.

I have to admit, I'm having a little trouble distinguishing the vine from the lilac in your photos.

alcimedes · 2006-07-12, 19:33

Yeah, same here. Can you rip off some of the vine, take photos of the leaf, the stem, and the leaf clusters?

Also, peeling back a bit of bark so I can see the color underneath would help with identification.

As for killing vines, a syringe filled with roundup can work wonders.

PKIDelirium · 2006-07-12, 20:08

I couldn't find where the lilac ends and the vine starts. On the one it killed last year, it basically just did this out of nowhere, and it looked like it had grafted itself onto the actual plant. I'll take a closer look tomorrow when it's daylight out.

There haven't been any flowers, berries or thorns except for the lilac.

Windswept · 2006-07-12, 21:37

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Originally Posted by PKIDelirium

I couldn't find where the lilac ends and the vine starts. On the one it killed last year, it basically just did this out of nowhere, and it looked like it had grafted itself onto the actual plant. I'll take a closer look tomorrow when it's daylight out.

There haven't been any flowers, berries or thorns except for the lilac.

Put the plant parts on top of a light-colored surface so it's easier to see what they look like - like on a gold towel, or something like that.

709 · 2006-07-12, 23:23

And make sure you wear gloves...lest you end up like this:

Dave · 2006-07-13, 04:50

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And make sure you wear gloves...lest you end up like this:

See? He didn't cook his vine salad first.

alcimedes · 2006-07-13, 08:49

Check a plant called Dodder.

Otherwise, if you can take some of the vine and remove it, then take a picture of it on a black background, that would help.

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drewprops Space Pirate Join Date: May 2004 Location: Atlanta	2006-07-12, 16:32 Kudzu grows about 12" a night this time of the year, if you're not seeing that kind of growth then you need to consider it as some other type of strangling vine. Steve Jobs ate my cat's watermelon. Captain Drew on Twitter
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PKIDelirium Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2005	2006-07-12, 16:49 Yeah, it's slower than that. The only thing I can think of is some kind of honeysuckle, but it doesn't seem to match visually.
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alcimedes I shot the sherrif. administrator Join Date: May 2004	2006-07-12, 17:13 Can you take some other pics? I'd be able to ask some folks at work who I'm sure would know.
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PKIDelirium Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2005	2006-07-12, 18:18 Here's the other two: http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6140/img49802fs.jpg http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7838/img49831iw.jpg
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colivigan Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2005	2006-07-12, 19:27 Have you noticed any flowers or berries? Either would certainly help in the identification. I have to admit, I'm having a little trouble distinguishing the vine from the lilac in your photos.
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PKIDelirium Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2005	2006-07-12, 20:08 I couldn't find where the lilac ends and the vine starts. On the one it killed last year, it basically just did this out of nowhere, and it looked like it had grafted itself onto the actual plant. I'll take a closer look tomorrow when it's daylight out. There haven't been any flowers, berries or thorns except for the lilac.
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709 ¡Damned! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Purgatory	2006-07-12, 23:23 And make sure you wear gloves...lest you end up like this:
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alcimedes I shot the sherrif. administrator Join Date: May 2004	2006-07-13, 08:49 Check a plant called Dodder. Otherwise, if you can take some of the vine and remove it, then take a picture of it on a black background, that would help. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me
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