Oxalis okay to eat?

[Cam]

http://www.aogc.org/shade/000010.html

Hi there. i found this plat at our local organic coop.
Could our Greek eat the leaves and or stems and flowers?

Thank you

 

[Cam]

Okay, I think I figured out it is a member of the clover family which would mean too much protein so I am guessing it is a NoNo.

 

[Itort]

It is full of oxalic acid which binds calcium.

 

[JustAnja]

That has been my favorite ornamental clover since I was a kid! I love that stuff.

 

[Cam]

It is full of oxalic acid which binds calcium.

I suppose I could have looked at the name and figured it out but that seemed too obvious...:shyUH me...
Thanks.

 

[Cam]

That has been my favorite ornamental clover since I was a kid! I love that stuff.

i love it! it figures...it hasn't died yet (read here I haven't killed it yet) so of course he can't eat it...that would be too easy

 

[JustAnja]

I dont think you can kill that stuff Cam! I thought I had once a few years ago and low and behold it rose from the ashes. lol

 

[Cam]

I dont think you can kill that stuff Cam! I thought I had once a few years ago and low and behold it rose from the ashes. lol

yay!
now i have 3 plants to grow...hostas, day lillies and oxalis...
i am a Darwinian gardender...survival of the fittest...thus, I ripped out all 4 gardens when we moved into this 50 year old house a couple years ago...the neighbors took the plants and I laid down sod

Our 6 year old is begging for a garden this year...now I can tell him yes>