Mulch to Remove O. pes-caprae

Ina Crossley klazina1@gmail.com
Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:59:41 PST
If you have't got the bulbs out, you still have the Oxalis.  I put a 
strong Round up mix in an applicator bottle and wiped any I saw.  And I 
used to have a large patch in the garden totally taken over by it.  That 
one I sprayed with strong Round up mix at first.  But now any that come 
up, and it is very rarely, I wipe.  The ones which do come up are spread 
by birds or something similar, as it is usually on the boundary. Works 
like a charm, it kills the bulbs in the ground too.

Ina

Ina Crossley
Auckland New Zealand zone 10a

On 13/01/2014 11:42 a.m., John Wickham wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has any experience using mulch to remove Oxalis pes-caprae. I have this pest in my yard and have been working somewhat diligently to remove it by hand. But pulling it out of my clay soils causes the main root to break off at the soil line, or just below. This process has been moderately successful, but I've learned the hard way that any segment of the plant that remains behind on the top of the soil soon roots and causes the plant to spread.
>
> SO......I discovered that my property line with my neighbor also has some O. pes-caprae. It is located in a spot where oak leaves have piled up rather high. The foliage has pushed up over the leaves. Over the last few months, I've been piling the oak leaves on top of the Oxalis foliage even higher: hide it and it won't exist, right? The foliage pushes through still. Today I decided to pull the plants and they came up very easily. The white root segments were very long and tappered down to very thin, fine segments. I did not get any bulbs or bulb coats.
>
> My thought is that by piling a very loose leaf mulch on top of the plants, it forced them to push more/most/all of their energy up into the mulch to produce foliage that could actually reach sunlight. Could all or most of the plant be located in mulch now, which is very loose and easy to weed? Could this be an effective solution for removing O. pes-caprae?
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