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Re: FW: Oxalis?

Tim,
I live in probably the warmest most tropical area in the US...  I live in
South East Florida just west of Ft. Lauderdale and a bit north of Miami.
There is a narrow strip of predominate sand that runs along the Florida
east coast that is a few miles wide and starts just south of us and goes
into the north and then central part of the state...  As far as Oxalis is
concerned...  Yes, It grows all over the yard    in a couple of forms but
overall it is a weed...  a pretty one but a weed.  I have never noted seed
on this plant.  It always is spread...  I think....  by divisions.

>Dewey, You must live in a warmer climate than zone 6 (such as Wichita
>Kansas). Oxalis is only a house plant here as far as I have seen. I am
>surprised that you have something like it that seeds as I have been
>hunting for seed for years. All I can find is plants and bulbs (corms?).
>What's your climate, soil and sun/shade aspect like? Do you know if the
>seeds are viable long enough to mail?
>
>I have a knack for killing these kinds of plants (bulbs in pots), and
>suppose I need to learn something important about how to mix a free
>draining soil so they don't root rot. I don't know how to achieve the
>"moist but not wet" prescription for an entire season.  I keep trying to
>grow sparaxis, gloxinia, and begonia with similar results. Is 50% sand
>high enough?

If you have trouble with over watering....  try this...  fill the bottom
portion of a clay pot with styrofoam peanuts, plant your plant as you
always do...  Then set the pot in a tray of water that does not quite come
up to the bottom level of the potting media that you are using.  The clay
pot will suck up the water and everything will be moist but not wet...
Dewey

Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut
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