Kudzu control method and apparatus
OwnerJack Newell Callahaninventor
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Abstract
A method for controlling the spread of kudzu utilizes vertical, or near vertical, smooth surfaces which do not provide a horizontal step for continued vertical growth of kudzu. Accordingly, a clear zone may be established mechanically or otherwise and guards placed intermediate the kudzu and an area to be protected wherein when the vines contact the guards, they are unable to unsupportedly span the guard to continue upward growth and then into the protected area.
Claims20
A method for controlling the spread of kudzu comprising:
- providing a vertical clear zone having a predetermined height of at least about five feet wherein said vertical clear zone is absent of vegetation except for tree trunks having a diameter greater than about eight inches;
- placing a guard within the clear zone and intermediate a kudzu vine and an area to be protected, said guard having at least a relatively smooth exterior planar surface extending a length of at least about forty-two inches;
- allowing kudzu to grow against the guard, and said guard preventing the spread of kudzu vertically over the guard.
A method of controlling the spread of kudzu comprising the steps of:
- providing a clear zone having a height of about five feet and having no member with a horizontally extending portion in the clear zone and no vertically extending member less than about eight inches in diameter except for objects to be guarded;
- placing a guard sheet on each of the objects to be guarded, each of said guard sheets having an effective length of at least about forty two inches, said guards preventing the upward climb of kudzu above the guards;
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- allowing kudzu to grow against the guard, and said guard preventing the spread of kudzu vertically over the guard.
A method of controlling the spread of kudzu comprising the steps of:
- ensuring that a clear zone is established around vertically extending members having a diameter of less than about eight inches and having a circumference less than about twenty-four inches wherein the clear zone has a height of about at least about five feet;
- placing a guard sheet on each of the objects to be guarded, each of said guard sheets having a length of about forty-two inches and a substantially continuous exterior surface, said guards providing no footholds for kudzu to continue an upward climb;
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- allowing kudzu to grow against the guard, and said guard preventing the spread of kudzu vertically over the guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.