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I have seen so many of these vines locally this year
Posted by: Viney McVineface ()
Date: July 25, 2016 04:51PM

I've seen them in the past, they kind of look like a grape leaf. But I have been pulling them up left right and center this summer. Was it because of a wet spring, or are they invasive? Don't even know what they are.
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Re: I have seen so many of these vines locally this year
Posted by: Uh ()
Date: July 25, 2016 04:57PM

.....wild grape vines.....

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Re: I have seen so many of these vines locally this year
Posted by: 64TxG ()
Date: July 25, 2016 05:23PM

Uh Wrote:
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> .....wild grape vines.....


This. And they're a pain in the ass to get rid of. They usually break if you try to pull them so you don't get the root and they just grow right back.

Not an EPA-approved method but a small squirt of gasoline on the roots will do it. Works better than Roundup-type stuff and doesn't kill everything else around it.

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Re: I have seen so many of these vines locally this year
Posted by: Vinny V ()
Date: July 25, 2016 06:45PM

Thanks for the answer! Yes, they are weak and break easily which makes them harder to get out of the ground!

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Re: I have seen so many of these vines locally this year
Posted by: XTk37 ()
Date: July 26, 2016 11:41AM

I had some of those rooted around the foundation. I would go out in the spring right after a heavy rain had the ground saturated. Using a mattock its easy to dig down around the plant below where all the side roots are spreading out, then using the mattock to pry them up and break them off, you can pull on them one at a time and they are easier to remove in total.

These often grow along with poison ivy plants so check the area out before you start digging.

I got the poison ivy out the same way but did it over the winter when the leaves are gone. You have to use throw-away gloves and be careful not to get it on your tools .

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Re: I have seen so many of these vines locally this year
Posted by: taking over ()
Date: July 26, 2016 11:54AM

It is porcelain berry and it is invasive as all hell. Once you see one, expect to see them every year for as long as you are in that location.

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