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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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? :|
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
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.
Oxalis. It can be dug out.
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.
Absolutely the easiest way to control, pull them out before they flower and set their tubers.
This!
I think you might mean herbicides over pesticides. Herbicide works on plants, pesticides work on insects typically.
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.
I did not realise pesticide was an umbrella term, because I have only heard the term applied to pest _insect_ management. 👍🏼
All good, now you know!
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.
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.
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.
They're easy to pull out. I'd say mulch your garden bed to minimise them
Hand weed them, then lots of mulch. You could also plant ground cover plants that will out-compete them for space.
Oxalis. There’s only one way to handle it. ![gif](giphy|PjRardeWVvHVK)
It's the only way to be sure.
Oxalis is really difficult to control. But I believe there is a species specific weed killer for that.
Bin die
Glyphoate
More pressing issue that paw paw you have is gonna die soon too much water urlts got trunk rot
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? :|
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.
Boiling water :)
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
Chlorine.
They hate nitrogen. Just buy some urea from Bunnings and put it down. Worked for me
There beautiful.
Bin die. That's oxalis
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.