Kudzu

How to grow Kudzu growing and care:

Trellising

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seedling / Seed / Vegetative Reproduction

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No, but possible

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Aggressive, invasive

Planting season:
Spring, summer, autumn

Pests and diseases:
Kudzu beetle

Pruning season:
All year

How to prune:
Keep it small that it won’t take control of all the area

Size of the plant?
5-25m, 15-75 feet

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing

Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No

Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Spring / Summer

General information about the flower
Purple flowers grow on spikes

Pollination is done by:
Bees

Thinning the bloom:
To control the plant and that won’t be invasive need to thinning the blossom

Edible leaves

Leaves harvesting season:
All year

How to harvest the leaves?
After the plant establish trim freely with the branches young leaves

Information about leaves:
Green in deltoid shape sometimes with 1-3 lobes.

Uses of Kudzu leaves:
Cooked

Edible Roots

Information about tuber:
White with brown peel, round shape with lobes

When to pull up tuber:
Autumn / Winter

Uses of Kudzu tuber:
Cooked, parfait

Scientific name:

Pueraria montana