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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 22/08/2008 : 21:36:38
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Oxalis A pretty weed. I cannot seem to get rid of it. 
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 23/08/2008 : 05:44:56
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I've said the same myself about it being so pretty, such a shame it is a difficult to get rid of pest. I have been having the same problem.
I have actually seen people selling pots of it at the markets off and on over the years
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 23/08/2008 : 08:23:07
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 same here, I try to dig it out but this season when it pops up with get a little dab of round up painted on their leaves , I have try for 2 years and it is just spready around the garden beds, I've had enough 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 23/08/2008 : 10:26:40
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Goodness fancy selling it at the Markets Gail but then nothing would surprise me after what I have seen for sale all they say is, well its such a pretty flower.
Yes Cheryl all the digging and weedkiller does not even touch the surface of this pest..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 23/08/2008 : 13:08:12
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You have to make sure you get every tiny little bulb out. It is better to do it at certain times of the year when they aren't making new bulbs though can't remember which time. My father used to have an old kitchen knife which he would use to get right down under the bulbs and lift the whole plant carefully out - miss one bulb and it continues
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 23/08/2008 : 13:44:19
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Yes thats my problem Gail.
Every time I dig down and think I have got it all I must miss one.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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