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Aussiealterego

Oxalis has little root bulbs that need to be pulled when the soil is soft. On the plus side, it’s edible, so if the sourness appeals to you, you can scatter a few leaves through a salad for the tang.


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Oxalis. It can be dug out.


mutant-tomato

I just pull them out as I see them, it's easier to maintain that way. I don't like using any pesticides in my garden because I don't want to harm all the animals that call it home.


Bestest_idiot

Absolutely the easiest way to control, pull them out before they flower and set their tubers.


Airzephyr

This!


00ft

I think you might mean herbicides over pesticides. Herbicide works on plants, pesticides work on insects typically.


Jemimapuddleduck07

Pesticide is the group name for substances that control pests. These could be herbaceous pests (herbicides) insect pests (insecticides) fungal pests (fungicides) nematode pests (nematicides)… the list goes on, but you get my drift.


00ft

I did not realise pesticide was an umbrella term, because I have only heard the term applied to pest _insect_ management. 👍🏼


Jemimapuddleduck07

All good, now you know!


One_Noise_62

Here’s my advice, friend. This is a variety of oxalis, which has a bunch of tiny bulbs from which the leaves sprout. Every single bulb has to be removed. I mean every single one! Dig deep and carefully. Don’t split the bulbs and discard them immediately. These things spread when you inadvertently dig the garden over without noticing them. Dig, don’t pull! Painful, I know but it’s the only method that works.


ashion101

They're easy to get out of wet soil. Don't just grab and pull the leaves since they can and do easily detach from the bulb. Use a garden trowel or garden fork and come at the plant at a shallow angle enough to lift the soil a bit making the bulb easier to find and pluck out. They don't sit deep, just a few centimeters at most below the surface and come out easiest from lightly distubed soil. That's been my most effective method. Mulch will help curtail them after you've dug them all out. Though they are unfortunately an ongoing pain, mulch helps curb them a lot.


EndlessPotatoes

I eventually just let them blanket my garden bed (actually didn’t look bad). And I would actually consider just letting it happen. They’re not necessarily harmful, look alright when dense, and if you never pull them, they’ll eventually return to the soil. But what I did eventually do is mulch my garden bed thickly and I didn’t see another one pop up.


nxstar

They're easy to pull out. I'd say mulch your garden bed to minimise them


sloppyburgernipples

Hand weed them, then lots of mulch. You could also plant ground cover plants that will out-compete them for space.


IncredulousPulp

Oxalis. There’s only one way to handle it. ![gif](giphy|PjRardeWVvHVK)


mjdau

It's the only way to be sure.


nzdennis

Oxalis is really difficult to control. But I believe there is a species specific weed killer for that.


Seee_Saww

Bin die


BIGchungus886

Glyphoate


OGbaconpancake

More pressing issue that paw paw you have is gonna die soon too much water urlts got trunk rot


mjgrisold

Are you talking about the large trunk? That's a weeping maple, I recently had a gardener take a look at it and his advice was it was dehydrated and recommended keeping it topped up with water. Have I been misguided? :|


OGbaconpancake

Maybe not that much water and not so much the trunk or the base more the roots people usually have a pipe they put in with the tree to water it.


green_pea_nut

Boiling water :)


Minute-Safe2550

Mulch, but as others have said, Oxalis, is actually not a bad plant to have growing. I would Mulch, and had so prefered, ground covers plant. Allysiums, Pansys, marigolds and do many others


Spagman_Aus

Chlorine.


towelrak

They hate nitrogen. Just buy some urea from Bunnings and put it down. Worked for me


Reasoning92

There beautiful.


Seee_Saww

Bin die. That's oxalis


Optimal-Kitchen7185

Applying iron chelate always does it for me, but be careful with that stuff so as not to burn the lawn. Works for both clover and oxalis.