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zoony

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Advice please
« on: Sep 21, 2016, 05:16:53 PM »
I have a lovely Purple Shamrock (Oxalis) which I'm very fond of and would like to divide. An inveterate plant killer, I usually don't get involved in this sort of thing but it's a beautiful and unusual house-plant so any help would be appreciated.
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Fred Smiff

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Re: Advice please
« Reply #1 on: Sep 21, 2016, 05:42:19 PM »



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Re: Advice please
« Reply #2 on: Sep 21, 2016, 05:54:29 PM »
Thanks Fred but mine's bigger than that!  ;D
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Re: Advice please
« Reply #3 on: Sep 21, 2016, 06:05:00 PM »
Bragging again ? ;D
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Re: Advice please
« Reply #4 on: Sep 21, 2016, 06:05:56 PM »


These are the "rhizomes' you'll find in the pot.
Repot crowded plants in late winter -- prime sharing season for shamrocks. Even if all the leaves disappear from a pip share by a neighbor, new ones will emerge within days.
Just split the rhizomes and plant them in separate pots and they should sprout quite easily.
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Re: Advice please
« Reply #5 on: Sep 21, 2016, 06:22:33 PM »
Thanks C-C. When you say 'split' the rhizome, you mean I actually chop it up (as it were)?
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Re: Advice please
« Reply #6 on: Sep 21, 2016, 07:57:57 PM »
Basically yes! Explained here for you...........

http://hubpages.com/living/House-Plant-Propagation-Purple-Shamrock
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« Reply #7 on: Sep 21, 2016, 08:06:38 PM »
Brilliant!. Just what I needed to know. Much obliged C-C.
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« Reply #8 on: Sep 21, 2016, 08:46:05 PM »
Most welcome, that's what forums are all about!
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