Beginner Vegetables: What is this plant II

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Author Content onecoolcad Gilroy, CA July 16, 2009 01:22 AM Post #6825481 Also I have this vine twisted amoungst my Juniper Plant Click the image for an enlarged view. onecoolcad Gilroy, CA July 17, 2009 12:57 AM Post #6829567 Bump! We thought this was some kind of Melon.. But it never flowers, It just grows and grows and grows... We're cutting it down this weekend, unless we find out it some kind of fruit or veg stephanietx Fort Worth, TX (Zone 8a) July 17, 2009 09:56 PM Post #6832946 Doesn't look like anything I'd want growing in my yard! Jim41 Delhi, LA July 17, 2009 10:19 PM Post #6833044 2nd the motion stephanietx. Looks like that thing could take over the world. Bodecoa New Port Richey, FL (Zone 9b) July 17, 2009 10:23 PM Post #6833056 Ooo. um. It looks to me like Kudzu Vine. How fast does it grow? Kudzu can grow up to a foot a day in the right circumstances. It's has been a big problem in the Southeast - see this link. There's an up-close pic of the leaves towards the bottom of the article, see if that matches your leaves. The strong spiraling vines that you have there look a lot like it. http://terra4incognita.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/kudzu-the-vi... and another site with more pics http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/200... Bodecoa New Port Richey, FL (Zone 9b) July 17, 2009 10:37 PM Post #6833104 http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/80/ Here's how to get rid of it. if that's what it is. More pics too Bodecoa New Port Richey, FL (Zone 9b) July 18, 2009 12:19 PM Post #6834619 Correction. What you seem to have is California's version of Kudzu. Cape Ivy or what used to be called German Ivy. But the bad news is that California is fighting it just as hard as the southeastern states are fighting kudzu. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57396/ http://ceres.ca.gov/foreststeward/html/capeivy.html

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