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Re: Why did my oxalis flop?

At 04:36 PM 2/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I've never had much luck with these plants, but I refuse to give up.  I
>repotted a green leaved oxalis about a month ago and it instantly sprouted
>dozens of new leaves - so far so good!  
>
>But 2 days ago, about an hour after I watered it, the leaves all started to
>droop.  Today they are all completely flopped around the outside of the pot. 
>What happened!? Overwatering?  Overfertilizing? 
>
>I use a liquid fertilizer diluted as per instructions.  I just started
>fertilizing most of my plants 2 weeks ago after the winter dormant period.  
>
>Ideas would be appreciated!  Thanks,
>
>-Sheila
>
In my experience oxalis are floppy anyway.  If they are still wilted looking
stick your fingers down into the soil at the base of a stem and see if the
rhizome or bulb is still firm.  If it's mushy you might as well discard it
but I can't think why this would be.

I always tried to keep my oxalis growing year round but read that they need
a dormant period.  Last fall I dug some O. triangularis rhizomes I had in
the garden.  They have just been sitting dormant in a berry box in the
basement and are still as firm and pink as when I dug them.  It's time to
pot them up and get them going for the summer again.

Good luck

Ruth Z
Ruth Zavitz                                     
rzavitz@execulink.com                            
Freelance Writer & Gardening Consultant, zone 6 Southern Ontario
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