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Re: Dormancy: Oxalis & Caladium

Thanks, Ruth. Okay, I'll let 'em go. The oxalis is in the 3" or so plastic
pot it came in (my wife bought it for my daughter for last year's St.
Patrick's Day). The soil seems okay, but I'd still like to pot it up since
it now measures about 1-1/2 ft. wide and 1 ft. tall. However, if I do so
I'll have to move it from a place (next to the window over the kitchen sink,
under a fluorescent light) that it really seems to like. Perhaps I'll just
divide it up into 3 small pots.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Zavitz <rzavitz@execulink.com>
To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org <indoor-gardening@prairienet.org>
Date: Saturday, March 14, 1998 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Dormancy: Oxalis & Caladium


>At 09:58 AM 3/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>To my fellow indoor gardeners,
>
>>The topic of this query concerns my oxalis and my caladium -- plants that,
>>according to my books, are supposed to undergo dormant periods. About a
>>month ago it looked to me like both were finally starting to die down and
go
>>dormant. However, both now seem to be shooting up new growth again!
>>
>>What's going on? Was I supposed to stop watering them? Should I just let
>>them go on now?
>>
>>Glen
>>ghoshizaki@yahoo.com
>>
>>P.S. I live in Southern California about two miles from the coast.
>>
>I your plants are starting a new round of growth I'd let them go on.  Look
>at the soil.  If there is a crusty ring around the edge of the pot or the
>soil seems to have deteriorated I would repot them.  I'm a believer in
>letting plants decide when they want to go dormant, not forcing them.
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