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onecoolcad Gilroy, CA(Zone 9b) Jul 16, 2009

Also I have this vine twisted amoungst my Juniper Plant

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onecoolcad Gilroy, CA(Zone 9b) Jul 17, 2009

Bump!

We thought this was some kind of Melon.. But it never flowers, It just grows and grows and grows...

We're cutting it down this weekend, unless we find out it some kind of fruit or veg

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stephanietx Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 18, 2009

Doesn't look like anything I'd want growing in my yard!

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Jim41 Delhi, LA Jul 18, 2009

2nd the motion stephanietx. Looks like that thing could take over the world.

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Bodecoa Lafayette, TN(Zone 7b) Jul 18, 2009

Ooo. um. It looks to me like Kudzu Vine. How fast does it grow? Kudzu can grow up to a foot a day in the right circumstances. It's has been a big problem in the Southeast - see this link. There's an up-close pic of the leaves towards the bottom of the article, see if that matches your leaves. The strong spiraling vines that you have there look a lot like it.
http://terra4incognita.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/kudzu-the-vine-that-ate-the-south/

and another site with more pics
http://grumpygardener.southernliving.com/grumpy_gardener/2008/08/this-plant-coul.html

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Bodecoa Lafayette, TN(Zone 7b) Jul 18, 2009

http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/80/

Here's how to get rid of it. if that's what it is. More pics too

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Bodecoa Lafayette, TN(Zone 7b) Jul 18, 2009

Correction. What you seem to have is California's version of Kudzu. Cape Ivy or what used to be called German Ivy. But the bad news is that California is fighting it just as hard as the southeastern states are fighting kudzu.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57396/

http://ceres.ca.gov/foreststeward/html/capeivy.html

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