You wouldn't be living on a kudzu farm, would you?
Jim Reid wrote:
>
> Ok, enough.
>
> The heavy rains stopped about 3 weeks ago; had lots of sun since mid-July.
> So it was time this morning to run the lines in the outback to check
> for vine activity. Even if we are still having a few hundredth inch of
> rain early each morning.
>
> What a shock; in three weeks the vine blanket was at least 4 feet deep!
> Up the poles supporting my verticals; up the guy lines; and most
> upsetting all over the radials. This was/is obviously too big a job
> for clearing with a machete!
>
> I have never done this before, because of environmental feelings, and
> I really do like the "jungle" feeling near by. But, this was too much.
>
> So, I bought some Round Up this morning, and had at them. I had
> a tough time wading along the radials; ever try plowing through super
> deep vines, with your ankles and legs constantly getting entwined
> in them, tripping and falling; but all the time keeping the spray
> from the Round Up going?? Lot of fun, but the vines have got
> to be discouraged. Probably not a problem many of you have
> had to face, unless you too live in the tropics, hi.
>
> I sprayed about 2 or 3 feet each side of the radials, all about
> the tie down points for guys, top hat wires support ropes, and
> all about the base area around each of the six verticals back
> there. A vine was at least 25 feet up on one of the 80 meter
> vertical guys! Two long radials on each of the 80 and 160
> verticals were completely hidden and buried; the vines
> in places being 2 feet deep over the top of the elevated
> radials, matted and so thick impossible to pull away from
> the radial wires. I hope the Round Up will kill them off,
> allow them to dry, then I should be able to clear away the
> debris, I hope.
>
> Will know in a few days if this is going to work. Anyone else
> been faced with incredibly rapid growing vine problem?
>
> 73, Jim, KH7M
>
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