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Rich Alley

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I just finished cutting down the now dead vines of our Morning Glory plants. These are tough vines and will grow pretty thick. They have dark and medium brown coloration with some green. Next year I am going to try growing these with a solid wall of chicken wire. I would bet that workable sheets of this would work for all kinds of ground blinds. Next year try some plantings. And the wife and neighbors will admire you, too!
 
Thats some pretty good thinking.

Got me thinking along the same lines, previously I sprouted some rye grain though a couple layers of burlap for a halloween costume (chia pet)... It would have made an excellent cover for hunting winter wheat.
 
Thanks. I like the chia pet idea too. Maybe we are on to something! Why spend big bucks on a gillie suit when you can grow one! Plus its the "Green" thing to do. Gotta leave the male dogs home...theyll lift a leg on the outfit.
 
Another vine you might want to do this with and it maintains exceptional growth and stout wood vines. A vine of many names or nicknames: The Trumpet Vine, "Tennessee Creeper", "The Cow Itcher" or "The Devil's Shoestring". Beautiful cone flowers in the spring of orange hues. Great plant in attracting hummingbirds. I took a small portion from a plant I nursed from Kentucky to plant on the back corner of my house. In three years it consumed the back corner of my house, grew-up along the peak of my gables, and popped tubulars every foot or so along a 34 foot, 2 foot wide area between the driveway and house. It will grow out in all directions anywhere. I started maintaining it's girth to only the corner in the fourth year and it got massive in size around it's own vines. Literally 100s and 100s of flowers. I tried to remove the plant in the fifth year because it would not stop growing under the vinyl siding and leaching out anywhere it could. Chopped pieces of it were thrown in a compost pile in the back yard over the years. It ended up growing along a 60 foot strech of wood fencing in my back yard. The part I removed from the corner of the house grew back. My house burnt down on January 24, 2011. The fall of that year the plant had started to grow back after the rebuild of my house all the way up the same corner.

I firmly believe if you planted this in area where it could climb or be manipulated its position of growth you would have an outstanding hide after two years. Cut it down at the bottom and start a new blind sectoin. If allowed to lace through a section of cattle fencing or fencing of your choice your blind capabilities might be endless. I warn you, Fort Wayne, IN has some harsh winter conditions but the vine will come back in vengence. The only downfall is that sap and leaves if disturbed of this plant can irritate the skin so use cloves and wear a slong sleeve shirt if you cut it. I made the mistake once of not doing that. A mild case similiar to poison ivy that goes away alot faster. Once dried the vines last for a long time and will not cause issues. If you want to remove this plant you have to dig all the roots and tubulars up. So if you plant it, it is there to stay, firmly, and proud.


Regards,
Kristan
 
Grow them on polypropylene deer fencing. It's black, lightweight. Won't stick you and will never rust.

Ed.
 
My thoughts on this are that I would not spread any seeds that are un-natural to an area. You stand to start something that might be regreted later on. There was a guy I knew as a youngster that brought in some Kudzu for the purpose of camoing his deer stand. He picked it up in his travels somewhere. This stuff is taking over pretty bad in one area of our county. It is in a 10 mile strip along the ridge on the bayou. The only reason it hasn't branched out any further is due to farming. Pretty bad stuff and I sure wouldn't want it taking over areas where I hunt. Another guy thought it would be cool to fish lily pads in a lake. He gathered some seeds and threw it here and there in the lake. You can barely run a boat in the stuff. He pretty much ruined the lake. Be careful spreading things that are not natural to the area and even some that are natural to the area. You will get a stern talking to by a farmer for spreading seeds of weeds farmers are trying to kill out in their fields. With all of the camo material out there today it's just as easy to buy something that will not spread and you don't have to worry about spreading it. Just my thoughts anyway.
 
Kudzu in the South and ornamental Morning Glories in the Northeast are two very different deals. I know Kudzu is a Morning Glory, but I've grown the ornamental Morning Glories in Louisiana and Mississippi and found that they certainly are not invasive down here. I live on 18 acres of forest and they can't compete with the native vegetation; not much besides Kudzu can. I wouldn't think that in the northeast there'd be any chance of them getting out of control. The state forestry dept probably will list invasive plants if you're concerned about that. If you want a fast growing native vine you can come and dig up all the grapes you want on my land. They'll take over any sunny spot; kill your trees too. They laugh at roundup. They are impossible to control.

Ed.
 
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