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Oxalis Deppei - Good luck plant
I recently bought some of these bulbs. The package came with a
little basket - maybe 4" long x 3" wide x 2" tall, fiber soil and 4 bulbs. I've set it up and they're growing like crazy, the plants are already at least 12" tall and have flowers. In reading about these bulbs online, I see that they are commonly outdoor plants. I'd like to keep them inside. I have a fluorescent growing light setup on a counter in my kitchen where I successfully grow other plants, ie African Violets, etc. Can I keep this plant inside, under theses lights? Should they be replanted in a bigger pot? Many thanks, Lynn |
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Oxalis Deppei - Good luck plant
Isn't Oxalis a weed ? Or are there many differing types of oxalis, and only
one is a weed ? -- Anna Merchant http://www.thecotfactory.co.nz If electricity comes from electrons, does that mean that morality comes from morons? "Lynn A." wrote in message ... I recently bought some of these bulbs. The package came with a little basket - maybe 4" long x 3" wide x 2" tall, fiber soil and 4 bulbs. I've set it up and they're growing like crazy, the plants are already at least 12" tall and have flowers. In reading about these bulbs online, I see that they are commonly outdoor plants. I'd like to keep them inside. I have a fluorescent growing light setup on a counter in my kitchen where I successfully grow other plants, ie African Violets, etc. Can I keep this plant inside, under theses lights? Should they be replanted in a bigger pot? Many thanks, Lynn |
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Oxalis Deppei - Good luck plant
In article , "Anna Merchant"
wrote: Isn't Oxalis a weed ? Or are there many differing types of oxalis, and only one is a weed ? I grow several oxalises & some are aggressie & others are very delicate. "Iron Cross" is not notably invasive but becomes quite an enormous clump with huge pink flowers. I also have a tender oxalis called O. siliquosa "Velvet Sunset" which has bright orange & yellow leaves just as flowery as the flowers themselves, which are bright-bright pink. It spreads nicely but not invasively. I've the evergreen form of our own Northwest native O. oregana, which is a bulbous variety that spreads rather slowly even though hardy as the dickens. I've something called Chilean Wood Sorrel (O. adenophylla) that hardly even looks like oxalis the leaves are so strangely folded; it's at some risk of dying out of the garden in wet winters as it likes to be dry when dormant, but if located in extremely well-draining soil, should naturalize without becoming invasive. But I also have Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea, a purple-leafed sorrel, extremely pretty, but highly invasive. I never planted that one, it just always lived here, but since a certain number of weeds in the garden are inevitable, this is a good one as weeds go. By & large it is unfair to the many restrained species & varieties of sorrel to blame all of them for the weedy behavior of O. corniculata & some few others that once established are never gonna go away. -paghat the ratgirl -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/ |
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Oxalis Deppei - Good luck plant
Anna Merchant wrote: Isn't Oxalis a weed ? Or are there many differing types of oxalis, and only one is a weed ? There's some that are, I know, but this one isn't, it's one of the more decorative ones too I think. Lynn |
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Oxalis Deppei - Good luck plant
finally an answer to my post - thank you. As far as my literature is concerned,
it is not a weed. However some species can be invasive. Anyone out there with any tips of where to buy more tubers???? Anna Merchant wrote: Isn't Oxalis a weed ? Or are there many differing types of oxalis, and only one is a weed ? -- Anna Merchant http://www.thecotfactory.co.nz If electricity comes from electrons, does that mean that morality comes from morons? "Lynn A." wrote in message ... I recently bought some of these bulbs. The package came with a little basket - maybe 4" long x 3" wide x 2" tall, fiber soil and 4 bulbs. I've set it up and they're growing like crazy, the plants are already at least 12" tall and have flowers. In reading about these bulbs online, I see that they are commonly outdoor plants. I'd like to keep them inside. I have a fluorescent growing light setup on a counter in my kitchen where I successfully grow other plants, ie African Violets, etc. Can I keep this plant inside, under theses lights? Should they be replanted in a bigger pot? Many thanks, Lynn |
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