Re: Oxalis Trouble

In a message dated 4/11/00 1:02:49 PM Central Daylight Time, jyang1@home.com 
writes:

<< 
     I think oxalis and onion grass survive because they are bulbs. Bulbs
 are like starfish -- cut them up and each piece regenerates. As long as
 any part of the basal plate (the bottom of the bulb attached to the
 roots) is alive, those rascal will come back every time. >>


I've tried no boiling water on my ever aggressive oxalis but just this 
weekend I dug way down retrieving those nasty bulbs out of my garden....AND I 
can only get to them without gloves on so you end up getting sore finger tips 
but it may be worth it.  I think Janet is correct in saying that if even the 
tiniest part of the bulb (which seems to be designed to split apart) remains 
you will once again have a plant.....if you try to remove it when it first 
appears it is much easier to remove the tiny bulbs over the large ones.  

I find that Oxalis is also a very aggressive seed thrower - cut those blooms 
off and don't allow them to go to seed, once those seed pods burst you will 
have dozens of those little guys all around.

Good luck

Kemberly in Katy Texas

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