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Kudzu as food

Posted on 6/11/26 at 11:47 am
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 11:47 am

Posted by Old Man and a Porch
Member since Dec 2023
883 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 11:56 am to
Kudzu jelly is fantastic!!
Posted by BigDropper
Member since Jul 2009
8684 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 11:57 am to
The Japanese have been using it as food for centuries...
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
20997 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:03 pm to
That's that vine that takes over everything. I see it on the side of the interstates.

Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
20641 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:04 pm to
I've eaten Kudzu in many forms.

Some terrible, some ok, but never some that I thought "damn that's delicious"

Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
34735 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:06 pm to
I've you lived in the south long enough, this is not new information.
Posted by TSS4LSU
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2003
1150 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:07 pm to
Pretty sure deer and hogs dont eat it. All u need to know...
This post was edited on 6/11/26 at 12:32 pm
Posted by Dingeaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
5852 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:09 pm to
do goats or sheep eat it?
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6459 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:12 pm to
Goats do.
Posted by AFtigerFan
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2008
3745 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:13 pm to
quote:

Pretty sure deer and dogs dont eat it. All u need to know...
Deer seem to love kudzu in the spring. It’s great to have around.

ETA - crazy downvote considering it is widely known by hunters that kudzu is a good food source for deer. I have plenty of pictures of them eating it on the private land I hunt. I’m not sure if the turkeys are eating it but I’ve seen them in the kudzu.
This post was edited on 6/11/26 at 1:34 pm
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
26747 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:13 pm to
There are quite a few videos of cows, sheep and goats eating kudzu.

Posted by Louie
Locust Grove, GA
Member since Jun 2006
894 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:30 pm to
You're kidding right? Deer love this stuff. It's full of necessary protein and the main reason bucks in Atlanta have enormous racks. Lee Ellis of seek one, literally makes a living off Kudzu in Atlanta.
Posted by TSS4LSU
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2003
1150 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:34 pm to
Never see deer eating it. See them eating the grass right next to it but never it.

Seems if so many animals like it we could control it better.


What we need is a herbicide that will kill it permanently. Its horrible stuff
Posted by RichJ
The Land of the CoonAss
Member since Nov 2016
5732 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:37 pm to
If the gov’t could make a sustainable food source with it, shouldn’t ever have to worry about EBT again…
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
20641 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:59 pm to
quote:

do goats or sheep eat it?



Goats will crank through it, but they can't even control it completely.

shite is so invasive and aggressive.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
20641 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 12:59 pm to
quote:

Deer seem to love kudzu in the spring. It’s great to have around.


Don't ever encourage kudzu on your property. Kill it. Kill it as best you can.
Posted by FeauxPaw
BRuh
Member since Sep 2015
1153 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 1:01 pm to
NATO straps are for try-hards.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
20641 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 1:03 pm to
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What we need is a herbicide that will kill it permanently. Its horrible stuff



I can't believe they haven't created something so selective yet that just kills kudzu and effectively and permanently. I think triclopyr is best but it isn't good enough.



Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
17156 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 1:04 pm to
Deer love it
Posted by T1gerNate
Member since Feb 2020
3519 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 1:06 pm to
Very striking photo. Nice job.
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