How to Get Rid of Kudzu - tips from expert volunteers

[@rasafrasit]

This is awesome. I've been battling it on our property and now I finally feel like I have the tools to really make an impact.

[@treesRpeopletwo]

One thing that wasn’t said on the video is to have an herbicide in either a dauber or spray bottle, and use the herbicide when you’re not positive you made a clean separation of the crown from the root. Any crown material left attached to the root can generate a new plant.

[@juniorcarmona323]

Use helium

[@treesRpeopletwo]

Your right, a concentrated herbicide in a dauber bottle is good method to kill kudzu. Either daubing the cut crown or try daubing the vine within one or two inches from where it comes out of the ground. Apply it as soon as possible, ie seconds after cutting. Concentrated herbicide should be 50% of a 4 ounce dauber. Make sure the cut stump is wet with herbicide but not necessarily dripping down the side.

[@Blyatarina]

I'm very happy to have found this video. I bought my home and property (4.5 acres) back in march 2020, surprised to see kudzu sprouting in April/May of the same year (about 3 of the 4.5 acres was consumed). I've been battling it ever since with herbicide, and regular mowing. I've managed to push it back to small clusters and forest/wooded growth that (now I know) I can dig down and chop the crown to kill permanently. I'd love to volunteer, and I am located in Spartanburg county. I'll be in touch, keep up the great work!!

[@puntabachata]

Bring in the GOATS 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@johnpalmer5131]

yeah, I was just thinking the same.

[@bethchuck7851]

Goats do not kill the crown

[@pshngo]

But if you can defoliate consistently, you kill the plant.​@@bethchuck7851

[@Sosoland1]

Very happy for y’all! I’ve never been to the south, but I’ve heard all about Kudzu, and how hopeless many people feel against it. Let’s go eco-warriors!

[@lisac12]

I'm gardening on a slope in a kudzu valley here in North Carolina. I use a lopper to cut it out of the ground.

[@clark3830]

why use a lopper? Get a an electric Ryobi pole saw with the extension. It is oil-less and with the large battery you can cut up to 6" limbs or kudzu easily. if I was not old now, I could cut it faster and longer. I flew F-4 jets in Vietnam and injured my back and both shoulders. Takes a lot of time for me.

[@brenemen]

More Chloe!!! Also great vid, I'll be rewatching this a few times for sure

[@Kingston13720]

Trying to get it under control on our property, thanks so much for this

[@Rabbiturtacorn]

Thanks to this I ordered some Clopyralid 3 which is the name of the herbicide. Transline is one of the producers but, the name of the herbicide is Clopyralid 3. The stuff isn't cheap though. The cheapest I could find for a gallon was $185.

[@autismandy3050]

try Tordom RTU I diluted it, and simply spraying it on the leaves made them wither and die. But will have to go back and find the crown and spray that too

[@conniecostner9665]

Well I guess I'm shit out of luck lol

[@manlyotool1165]

Thanks, for the tip. I found a DIY Pest Control site that will sell a 3 Quart concentrate for about $77. I imagine that will be enough for most home owners.

[@Malibuthe6th]

@@manlyotool1165link?

[@bethchuck7851]

Where to buy Transline killer?

[@icanonlyimagine7626]

I’m in NC and it is taking over the woods behind our house, hoping to get it under control. I wish we could get help with this, it started near the road and has creeped over onto our property in the past five years or so. 🥴

[@ballsoutballistic]

I’m in NC too. And it’s all along my fence line. My neighbors act as if I planted the crap myself. I’m allergic to the oil it produces to the point of needing a Prednisone taper. I can wear long sleeves and gloves, it doesn’t matter - it still gets me.

[@icanonlyimagine7626]

@@ballsoutballistic oh my, I didn’t even think about the fact that someone could be allergic to it. I got desperate and sprayed, it worked but keeps creeping from other areas. I think the state should take care of it, we weren’t the ones who brought it from Japan, but yet we have to try to manage it, which is almost impossible.

[@Dr1pK1nG90]

I’m in N.C. also and it is killing all my listeria vines and everything. Have y’all had any luck with some kind of treatment or something to get rid of these bugs?? I hate them so bad

[@icanonlyimagine7626]

@@Dr1pK1nG90 are you talking about kudzu bugs?

[@Blyatarina]

​@@icanonlyimagine7626speaking from experience, it's very difficult but nothing is impossible. I have permanently killed almost 3 acres by herbicide and mowing alone. I have wooded portions around my property now that I'll be scouring through and chopping crowns as the video explains

[@OrhallaZander]

Dang, that was a great opening shot, surprised that wasn't the clickbait intro.

[@maryfluker8268]

Kudzu, it is good to see 👀 😢some one take on this plant 🪴. I live in the state of Georgia. I am looking 👀 😏 out my window 🪟 😎 🙂. It is growing on a long line of trees 🌳. 🌳 thanks for doing what you do. Keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍 👌 💪 😉.

[@eddiemarten3381]

Have a few unreachable kudzu crowns deep in bluff rocks that I'm unable to budge. My brother loaned me his propane garden torch, looks like the one Lowe's sells. This thing really blows out a big flame.. Will try to come back and let you know if I succeeded in cooking them to unable to sprout. A little pocket torch comes in handy for smaller stuff like root growing through a crack in rock and not sure if you left a bit of crown attached.

[@codyjones3608]

Did it work?

[@eddiemarten3381]

@@codyjones3608 yes, Cody, it worked perfectly. No signs of kudzu in those places. Went back over all the former patches about 3 weeks ago and found 32 small sprouts, a few had small crowns but most did not. I will go back over the ten acres again. Traveling across Tennessee and Virginia looking at the big kudzu patches it's very satisfying to have the places cleared out.

[@michaelmoore8834]

Hello I’m from Summerfield North Carolina. I’m trying to figure a way to get my town on board of getting rid of all kutzo in our town

[@clark3830]

I am too old and sick to fight this next to my home in Georgia. Very frustrated.

[@mikealdag7309]

I'm in ga fighting it now , I really hate goats , I'm going to let my pigs forage , they eat and dig everything up , afterward I can smooth and plant grass seed , the pigs fertilize as they destroy everything lol it's a plan , see how it works , good luck with yours

[@clark3830]

@@mikealdag7309 Mike I live in Georgia, Murrayville near Gainesville. I wish I had a goat or two on a chain. i would let them eat anything and everything. I get deer but they do not eat much. How much for a goat this old person could deal with?

[@mikealdag7309]

@@clark3830 I live in Athens , not to far from you , Buy a few goats , about 100. each , chain them to a spike , Need to keep water for them and move them daily , or rent them , there are folks that will rent you goats , as long as you don't have dogs lol

[@idontcare1481]

@@clark3830you can rent goats! Google it and see if anyone near you has them.

[@idontcare1481]

@@clark3830PS Clark I’m sorry you’re old and sick. I hope you are doing well and recovery is quick. ❤

[@namarhodge568]

Just a thought. What if you used a 3"or 4" auger to go in beside the root crown to loosen it up. Some ag. and garden suppliers have some rather large diameter but short auger bits for battery drills.

[@amberrayestuedell6103]

Warriors indeed! Kudzu is no joke 😳

[@hannahforrest4069]

Thank you!

[@williamwalker7221]

I've got vines over 10" thick how far is that tube in the ground? The kudzu is on 4 properties we had helicopters spray twice and spot sprayed. Last year looked like they never touched it. We have spent $1000s of dollars. Would it be best to burn it all and then spray with herbicide.

[@fieldtripbuddy]

We have very old kudzu. You can dig 2-3 ft, find massive crowns, and try and cut them with a chain saw since they seem to go in all directions. How are you tackling the deeper roots?

[@acertaingestalt]

Sounds like if you get the crowns, it doesn't matter if you leave the root.

[@treesRpeopletwo]

If you’re digging 2 to 3 feet, you’re digging too much. Crowns are a bulb that is centered between the above ground vines and the tuber like roots. Crowns typically exist between 2 to 4 inches below ground level. In erosion prone areas they may exist on top of the soil surface. In flood prone areas where silt is deposited they may be further down. I suspect your “massive crown” is actually a massive root with possibly crown attached. Roots can be massive, crowns can be large but it is rare they get bigger than a grapefruit.

[@fieldtripbuddy]

@@acertaingestalt Thanks.

[@fieldtripbuddy]

@@treesRpeopletwo Thanks for the advice. I will definitely follow. It sounds like if you cut the crowns, cut them off from sunlight, then, you have a shot at killing kudzu. The kudzu we have is old! The stuff underground isn't "virgin" - we have the "mother of all kudzu" in our backyard. It's 50ft. long and bent trees permanently.

[@treesRpeopletwo]

@@fieldtripbuddy It's not sunlight or lack there of that kills kudzu but removing the crown, which is the manufacturing part of the plant. It's the part of the plant that takes nutrients stored in the tubers or roots and sunlight or energy from the leaves to produce all that wonderful vegetation! :(

[@nightowl6260]

What happens to the huge tubers that remain underground?

[@nancycoates4582]

I am so a learn about your group. Where are you located????

[@קעז-מענטש]

Carolina

[@MrEisenach1]

My family owns a 7 acre waterfront on the Chesapeake bay in Baltimore. It started along the banks about 10 years ago. I've worked hard to remove it by digging out the crowns but people around me seem to be unaware. Apparently, Kudzu spreads almost as fast as section 8 in bmore! 😂

[@brianbassett4379]

Just like with excess body weight it's not "getting rid" of it that is the problem... it's the constant maintenance to keep it from coming back. You know, invasive... so to speak.

[@jeremystewert4303]

Goats will eat through that like a knife though butter and even better, it won’t come back, it’s all natural, aeration with their hove shape, and it’s all turned into fertilizer, no harmful chemicals to worry about.

[@TheRealBeall]

But you have to fence it all in so they will stay:(

[@dave29123]

@@TheRealBeall installing fencing sounds like less labor than crawling along the slope and digging out the roots with hand tools.

[@KENFEDOR22]

Do goats dig deep enough to reach the crowns? I was under the impression that they do not.

[@dave29123]

@@KENFEDOR22 The trick with using goats is multiple sessions of grazing so that the plants use up their root energy stores regenerating. That's what eventually kills the plants.

[@KENFEDOR22]

@@dave29123 Good points, thanks!

[@namarhodge568]

I have read that you can make flour out of the roots.

[@wildwoman222]

What is the name of the spray that kills it?????

[@eddiemarten3381]

Transline Clopyralid

[@PV96]

What about goats? Sorry, I just saw the post further down regarding goats.

[@M70ACARRY]

Can you get inmates to help?

[@eddiemarten3381]

Deputy, "Darn, where'd those inmates go?" Warriors, "Maybe the kudzu disappeared 'em..."

[@lisac12]

Can't give them garden tools😳 It could be used as a weapon.

[@קעז-מענטש]

Yeah, if þe state gave a sh¡t abt þe people þat live here.

[@grannyramsey]

What chemical did he say kills kudzu? I could not understand him...

[@SinfulKarma]

Transline

[@pamelah6431]

Just beware that the pea family is very large, so even though it only affects legumes, that doesn't mean it won't affect anything but kudzu. Black locust, redbud, clover, baptisia, dalea, mimosa, and thousands of others are included.

[@KENFEDOR22]

Yeoman's effort! I believe that's the only way to kill kudzu without chemicals. I've managed to keep it out of a 6 acre woods while the city owned property across the creek is covered.

[@dave29123]

goats

[@RandyZimmerman-pp5wj]

Where are your goats

[@Wiromax3]

Have you tried goats?

[@KENFEDOR22]

I don't believe most goats will dig deep enough to reach the crown. They use goats here in Atlanta for privet and the privet grows back eventually.

[@Wiromax3]

@@KENFEDOR22 They don't dig, they keep eating anything that grows until it stops growing.

[@wcucat93]

@@Wiromax3 Pretty sure kudzu won't stop growing.

[@Wiromax3]

@@wcucat93 I guess, which would be troublesome :/

[@s.sradon9782]

Anyone tried to Cut the main root and give it a small sip of concentrated diquat?

[@MarloweDash]

In asia they use kudzu root to make food items. KZbin it!

[@SplitWoodAcres]

Helium… look it up

[@brianredban9393]

Im in Connecticut and we have lost the battle against Asian bittersweet its killing everything and no one cares

[@testing9485]

Pump helium into the ground kills them. Very nutritious. Goats, sheep, deer, etc. Love it. They are now making kudzu root tincture. Very good for people.

[@s.sradon9782]

Sounds extremely expensive.

[@tommythompson7941]

Southern Maryland ivo D.C., is covered in kudzu. Draped in it. Like icing on a donut. It's disgusting.

[@jeffsimmons6235]

Don't use chemicals! Use Goats!

[@danascully7358]

goats will eat what is growing but they don't kill the plant.

[@karinA-gm3cp]

What is that name that kills it.

[@קעז-מענטש]

​@@karinA-gm3cpTransline.

[@janelleconklin6900]

You need to stop pushing that pretty little dog around, knocking her out of your way and out of the video. There's plenty of room in the frames for you both IMHO and it doesn't look nice (to me) bullying the sweet creature like that.

[@Sosoland1]

It’s a dog. Nobody was being mean to it. They’re working, it’s working. “Pushing it around” is a dramatic overstatement.

[@dollmck8360]

So please think twice before u cut this amazing weed, It's been proven to help people with alcoholism and cocain addiction Do your own research but always check before u kill.. I understand it's being invasive lol

[@RustyShackleford-jj5lo]

Im in western NC and im pretty sure the opposite is true, the ones on our street who havent gotten rid of the kudzu are the ones who are quite fond of cocaine and alcohol abuse.

[@קעז-מענטש]

It swallows þe whole souþ, IDC if you can eat it, import it from China instead, we don't want it here!