On Apr 18, 8:51 am, "The Ranger" wrote:
I spent a huge amout of time ridding my landscape of these two irritants.

I sifted. I tilled. I weeded. I covered. I let the land lay farrow while it
cycled through and I repeated like a good shampooing.

I plant my newest purchases of heirloom tomatoes and peppers, water, and
watch. Almost like a bad Disney slow-motion movie on plant life, the entire
20' X 20' patch of garden sprouted tufts of oxalis and foxtails.

I realize that oxalis explodes it's seeds into a multi-foot pattern to keep
it going and have asked neighbors on the back and side to step up their lawn
treatments to contain said pest. Is there a way of completely romoving
either of these weeds short of salting the land (to which they are able to
overcome, given the evidence in other parts of my yards)?

The Ranger

I got rid off foxtail grass pretty easily by just watching carefully
and pulling it early on'
and never let it go to a head.
Which king of oxalis do you have? The wood sorrel/buttercup type we
used to call
Sourgrass and nibble on? (I hope it was the plant that gave the sour-
ness and not
something else) Or do you have the little low creeping one? If its
the creeping one
I think you will NEVER be rid of it. I am not.
Emilie
NorCal