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Just seen on the news they will have a plant running by 2009 to make ethanol out of Kudzu . We dont have it around here yet and dont want it , from what I have seen of it it`s a invasive vine , how would ya harvest the stuff ?
 
What part of the plant are they using?

Seeds,roots or green vines??

I assume it is the seeds.

Gary
 
Hi Gary . I dont know , it was one of those deals where I was reading here and just caught the end of it . It was channel 5 NBC in Cinncinnati , a guy might find it on there web page .
 

We have it. It can be cut with regular hay mowers and baled. Makes pretty good hay if you get it baled before the leaves get too dry. Sometimes during the cutting and baling process the long vines will wrap around things. I have no idea how they would want it processed for ethonal.
Cows love kudzu and will graze it into the ground. In spite of all the hype about how fast it grows, my opinion is that it would yield 2 grazing sessions a year. It could be grazed for about 2 weeks this time of the year, then have the cows removed and get another grazing session in the fall. Same schedule for hay. Kudzu is very cold sensitive. When there is a light frost in the fall, it shows up first on the Kudzu. I have my doubts about how much ethanol it would produce.

KEH
 

Seed production of kudzu is very small. It spreads by runners, has a big root ball in the ground, which I think is reduced and maybe goes away under constant grazing. There is a group in Spartanburg, SC, which is experimenting with non chemical ways of controling Kudzu. We get a laugh out of their signs "Kudzu Control Site" around town.

KEH
 
If they are going to use the whole plant, then that ain't gonna happen in 2009. They may build the plant but cellulose ethanol is years away yet.

Gary
 
And in the mean time China and Cuba are in cahoots and are drilling for OIL only 60 miles off the coast of Florida ! And i have they are even drilling horizontaly so they can get right under US.
 
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