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[hunt4570]

You haven't seem anything until you try to kill kudzu. It has roots that go up to 7 feet in the ground. It can grow a foot a day. And I understand that the government paid to have it planted at one time for erosion control. In times past, they planted it in buckets around houses. It would cover the roof of the house and insulate it. All kinds of stores. I have some that has been sprayed for years. Went away for two years and came back.
Have a friend in Arkansas that said they tried it for cattle. Winter there killed it.

Yeah, we have a lot of Kudzu in my area as well, at least not on my place!! It'll cover a full grown tree...

 

[Oldpath05]

Buckthornis a highly invasive species. Common Buckthorn has been documented in nearly every county in Maine. Glossy Buckthorn is not as widespread.

I google it and still dont recognize any of it, now pine weevils yeah I got them and they are 10 times the problem here..........

 

[Oldpath05]

Yeah, we have a lot of Kudzu in my area as well, at least not on my place!! It'll cover a full grown tree...

Up here the technical name is cannabis, other wise known as margeewanna, I dont have that either but have pine weevils.......

 

[Jstpssng]

I google it and still dont recognize any of it, now pine weevils yeah I got them and they are 10 times the problem here..........
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Chances are that you have some type of invasive on your property, if not Buckthorn than Bittersweet, Autumn Olive, or Honeysuckle. Japanese Knotweed is another bad one in Maine... during the housing boom after WWII commonly planted landscape items were Knotweed, Honeysuckle, and Norway Maple. (Including Crimson Maple.) These all are fast growing and tend to take over sites when they are allowed to grow rampant.

 

[Oldpath05]

Chances are that you have some type of invasive on your property, if not Buckthorn than Bittersweet, Autumn Olive, or Honeysuckle. Japanese Knotweed is another bad one in Maine... during the housing boom after WWII commonly planted landscape items were Knotweed, Honeysuckle, and Norway Maple. (Including Crimson Maple.) These all are fast growing and tend to take over sites when they are allowed to grow rampant.

Yes they show up every spring and summer.............

 

[John_Mc]

I google it and still dont recognize any of it, now pine weevils yeah I got them and they are 10 times the problem here..........
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The easiest way to spot Buckthorn is that it is usually the first thing to leaf out in the srping, and the last to turn brown and lose it's leaves in the fall. The trees tend to be small: from sapling sized up to a few inches in diameter. Though 6" is not uncommon, and the biggest I've found on my property was 14" DBH.

 

[Oldpath05]

The easiest way to spot Buckthorn is that it is usually the first thing to leaf out in the srping, and the last to turn brown and lose it's leaves in the fall. The trees tend to be small: from sapling sized up to a few inches in diameter. Though 6" is not uncommon, and the biggest I've found on my property was 14" DBH.

The first thing that leaf out first here at my place is dandelions, my parents use to eat that stuff, guess some still do but not for me, yuck. But before dandelions, in some places around my town is fiddle heads, I dont eat those things either.......

 

[Molalla1]

The first thing that leaf out first here at my place is dandelions, my parents use to eat that stuff, guess some still do but not for me, yuck. But before dandelions, in some places around my town is fiddle heads, I dont eat those things either.......

You're missing out.

 

[Jstpssng]

The first thing that leaf out first here at my place is dandelions, my parents use to eat that stuff, guess some still do but not for me, yuck. But before dandelions, in some places around my town is fiddle heads, I dont eat those things either.......

I've tried them both, I didn't go back for a second helping of dandelions. However fiddleheads can be good if you catch them at the right time, cook them well, and add lots of butter, salt, and vinegar.
I think that the former is mostly an older generation thing, from people who grew up in the Depression or WWII. We used to have a lot of people come dig in a field which was once a garden, but that was 50 years ago.

 

[John_Mc]

The easiest way to spot Buckthorn is that it is usually the first thing to leaf out in the srping, and the last to turn brown and lose it's leaves in the fall. The trees tend to be small: from sapling sized up to a few inches in diameter. Though 6" is not uncommon, and the biggest I've found on my property was 14" DBH.

The first thing that leaf out first here at my place is dandelions, my parents use to eat that stuff, guess some still do but not for me, yuck. But before dandelions, in some places around my town is fiddle heads, I dont eat those things either.......

Unless you have 20-30 foot tall dandelions with trunks inches in diameter, I don't think you'll have much trouble telling the two apart.