That's an interesting perspective. I would have considered results like that an abject failure; but patience and persistence were never my strong suits. I have a plethora of Oxalis stricta I would gladly trade for your Oxalis obtusa. On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 4:26 PM enoserika <enoserika@gmail.com> wrote: > I’ve had luck with spraying the leaves with vinegar - white, not apple > cider. It’s a long term process > --I’m on my 4th yr but each year less & less plants rear their heads in > my garden. It goes without saying that > you need to be careful of surrounding plants since vinegar is a great > plant killer. Best to spray on a sunny day, > and don’t except instant gratification, it may not look like the oxalis > has been killed & you probably won’t notice, > unless you think about it, that there are fewer plants than last year. My > patience & presistence > have rewarded me with less & less oxalis each year (and I live in pretty > frost free Palo Alto Ca) so nothing else is killing the plants. > Just digging the plants up doesn’t really get rid of them since it’s hard > to get the bulb out. The “stolons" are next years bulbs. > Oxalis obtusa & squirrels are the banes of my gardening existence. > > —erika enos-- > > > On Jan 26, 2020, at 1:08 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Does anyone know how to eliminate Oxalis obtusa? I brought it into my > present bulb house by accident, presumably as dormant bulbs (or whatever > their tiny storage organs are properly called) that had got into the tunics > of bulbs I brought deliberately, or that were clinging to some pots. All > subsequent attempts to control it have failed, even replacing quite a bit > of the plunge material where it's growing. I was just weeding out the > crowns and wondered if there's a point in its growth cycle when the dormant > bulbs have produced growth, but when new bulbs are not present. There are > white stolons dropping from the crowns, and perhaps these will produce next > season's storage structures. Can anyone advise on this? > > > > Although attractive in flower, it's a real pest. Fortunately it's not > winter-hardy outdoors here. Don't ever let it loose in a warmer garden! > > > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…