How I care for my oxalis triangularis

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Oxalis Triangularis, you’re a fun one! Care tips ⬇️: ✂️ chopping: lack of light and change environmental can result in a leggy plant. If you want it to grow more uniform then yes, chopping is the way but if you don’t mind the look, keep it as is. 💦 Water: Let dry out halfway. I personally choose to grow mine in a self watering pot to help me keep it damp. I tend to be an underwaterer and will forget to water her. Although it doesn’t like to dry out, having it sit too wet will cause rot. I still ensure it has a well draining mix. Soil mix used: a combo of indoor potting soil, orchid bark, perlite, and coco chips. 💡Light: the brightest window I can give it or under a grow light has been how I’ve kept it this full also )about 500 FC is measuring with a light meter). We have a lot of fun around here, consider following along for more planty tips, and leave any questions down below!

[@Farmgirl21-j8g]

I can’t find these anywhere near me, where did you get yours? It’s so full and beautiful.

[@gracewilliams1382]

@@Farmgirl21-j8gIf you know anyone into plants ask for a tuber (the tubers multiply that’s how I got mine)! If not there are plenty of facebook groups dedicated to oxalis including ones you can buy from! Usually once you get in the group people will post what they have to sell and can ship it to you! I have gotten many plants this way also

[@catalinacurio]

Bought one of these at a school fair, the pot is quite small, should I repot it into a bigger pot to allow it to spread out?

[@gracewilliams1382]

@@catalinacurio I wouldn’t unless you can take it out of pot and see a bunch of roots. I have two and both are in smallish pots which work for them!

[@adamorales7585]

I like your plans.Can you tell me when a dog's been grilled out?And also when I do circulents also one of those beautiful plants sticky tank Toyota, taking out there on the last vibecause.I like your plants so much.Even the venus flight traps only if you can send me one and a package for free please

[@baboon-xf6uz]

Your videos have singlehandedly saved all of my plants. Your visual and very descriptive ways of showing proper watering, sunlight, problem maintenance, and soil ratios have helped me SO MUCH. I'm always talking about your channel to people. Thank you, krystal ❤️

[@Itisflo]

She's the doctor. Definitely

[@marialakshmi2330]

Yes 🎉

[@shellys6761]

I had one. The way she goes to bed each night was adorable.

[@cloverbb24]

That was always my favourite part! Sadly my thumb is about as green as midnight, plus the apartment I moved to is north facing, so she didn't get enough sun :(

[@TheOlans007]

“Ya Nasty” 😂😂😂 my brain immediately repeated that in my That’s So Raven voice lol such a beautiful plant and I must say you crack me up and are my fav to watch just like That’s so Raven! Sending love and blessing 😊🫶🏽

[@TheMistressMisery]

Ooh the leaves look like dark 🦋 butterflies! I love it!

[@brownshounds]

My favorite! I've had mine since 2001. I've given pieces of her to friends and family and planted some outdoors. Her name is Geraldine. 😊

[@Digitalhunny]

THIS one has been on my plant wishlist for a while now. You have single handedly convinced me that it *is* the next new plant that crosses my threshold. Thank you. 😂❤

[@annie-tu1oy]

If you have an outdoor space, this plant thrives in a balcony planter!

[@Digitalhunny]

@@annie-tu1oy But, but, but I keep my most favourites in my bedroom with me. 😂😂 It just happens to have the _very best_ light for my orchids! 😂♥️

[@HuntingSunder]

Took me too long to realize this plant is in the same family as yellow wood sorrel. It's huge! I always loved grabbing a few wood sorrel leaves to eat, so sour but so good!

[@mariannefoucrault]

My mom gave me a little cutting of hers and it's now so big!! It's in my bathroom getting 8 hours a day of sunlight. This plant gives me so much love. I really love the little flowers too, adorable!

[@Med-hr4to]

I love them! They are so overdramatic when thry want water and floop so pretty.

[@MarisaAndChew]

Mine is green! Then when it got fuller some of the new leaves have purple backs! It's also ALWAYS FLOWERING these little white bells. She cute. I want purple but haven't seen one locally and feel iffy about buying the bulbs er chicken feet since for all I know it will be the wrong color lol 🤣

[@fbiagentfrank]

I got some on amazon and the first ones were moldy ewww....but I told them and they sent more and didn't make me go return the old ones so that was nice. They grow like weeds now.

[@Bunny-sw8zt]

False shamrock! How fun, they are very hardy plants, as mine have been dug up by squirrels many times and are still thriving

[@DelightfulDissident]

Bought some off Amazon and have no regrets 😊

[@MarisaAndChew]

@@DelightfulDissident good to know! The reviews were very much "didn't grow'" "don't think you'd is what I ordered" and "perfect love them" 😂

[@nicholegates84]

O got some on Amazon and they grew super easy.

[@annie.d3026]

You’re my hero for posting this right now!! I got an oxalis a couple weeks ago, thanks for the tips. I love watching its leaves open and close and it just started flowering!

[@cljh5069]

I keep a decorative stake off centered in each of my pots. It helps me track how far to rotate and ensure everyone gets turned.

[@LLjean-qz7sb]

It is so beautiful too, if you plant the green ones together in the same pot with the purple ones! Some green ones have either pink or white flowers!😊❤🍀🍀🍀

[@karidanielle8838]

I have a bunch all around my house outside! I love them because, outside, they are SO easy! Even after telling my husband over and over to stop mowing over them, he still does. 🤦‍♀️ lol But they always come right back like nothing ever happened! ❤

[@L_MD_]

😂😂😂😂 I can’t believe you ate it - LOL you crack me up

[@colleenbarendse5971]

My mom has a green one she got from my great grandma over 10 years ago, and it's still going strong! Very easy to care for, and bring back if you've forgotten about it😅

[@ericalevinson213]

I love oxalis. We’ve had a big pot of them for a few years now. Love my purple girl

[@conniescott5748]

I just got one and I’m going to follow your advise to rotate it, because it’s full on one side and not the other, thanks for the info.

[@KitastropheKat]

When I was little, a friend of my dad gave me a piece of the root/bulb part because I said her plant was pretty. She gave me the basic instructions on how to grow it and how often to water. Was part of my early interests in growing plants! ❤

[@4KariF.]

I have these. I love them. They tell me when to water them by drooping down.

[@alteredbeast2347]

Didn’t know these were edible. I have Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis Stricta) growing wild all over my yard. Nice little snack when weeding out my vegetables. So yes a fan of Oxalis.

[@gendoll5006]

Mine has EXPLODED since I put it outside! I have it on my covered back porch next to the railing and it doesn’t even get direct sunlight but the temps are in the 90’s and it LOVES it! The little light purple flowers that bloom are just gorgeous, and I turn it 1/4 everyday to keep it from going to one side. I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE EDIBLE! Definitely gonna be researching that! Love you!

[@DelightfulDissident]

😍 those corms are HUGE! I recently bought some off Amazon and they were the size of almonds! Most already had growth in the bag they came in and now they're flowering!

[@reneedavis9358]

I have 3 pots of these now from my first plant. It is my favorite plant. The stems also last in a vase for a long time when I thin them out. Thank you so much for this informative video, now they will be healthier!

[@foxdogmama]

😂😂😂 when you tasted the plant! 🪴 I was cracking UP!

[@sandraandrew7930]

I absolutely love mine! It was the very first plant I bought. It has a ton of flowers that have continued to flower every day since.

[@amberrichardson2222]

I have about 5 of them and I love them. The ones outside grow much better. They always stretch indoors for me. Thanks for very informative video. ❤

[@TheyCallMeLadyLame]

I adore mine! Got it last month and had to repot the other day because the roots were coming out the end of the pot… she’s so bouncy and the flowers are gorgeous! Honestly, one of my favourite plants ever

[@Impishartistry]

Holy cow! I think these are what my grandad has growing in his lawn!

[@tracytracyWM]

You are adorable. These are so cute.

[@MileyPit]

Oooooooo, sour is good to me. I love sour things 😋 Also, Krystal, your skin is glowing girl ✨️😘

[@glkaniho]

LOVE Oxalis. I find them very charming - especially with their little flowers. But I do have trouble keeping them alive so this video will be very helpful.

[@oanapop2928]

I do love this plant. It seems it smiles when I see it in the morning ❤

[@lavi707]

Woah, that's a beauty! I wanna share some of my plant milestones. I potted up my mint cuttings! There were significant roots and so I potted then up. In total, it's like 7 or 8 cuttings. Another one is that my nectarine seed germinated!!! I will leave it in the paper towel for a little while longer and then pot it up!

[@danielmcgillis110]

I'm a big fan! Since I started pinching off 3/4 of the little flowers it has gotten exponentially denser and more luscious :) It loves being in an east-facing window

[@Saturns48]

Thank you for this video! I have a few of these inside and outside❤

[@BeepBoop3613]

In South Africa these grow everywhere along with the green ones. And they are DELICIOUSLY LEKKER.

[@conniesmith2105]

I love mine, it's outside in Tucson, Arizona. Gets some direct sunlight, she hangs tuff.

[@ArchvicGames]

I love this family!!! I have my local native oxalis species (redwood sorrel common name) in my garden as a spring and summer ground cover. ❤

[@LunaReina14]

my grandma has always had them in her house and now i can get one too because you said the name! yay

[@shehaniwathsala8834]

We used to eat those flower petals ( the yellow part is bitterrrr!!) when we were kids actually 😂 I don’t know who knew that they can be eaten but somehow we did😂❤

[@lindabarrow8]

I love mine!!! I have the green and red leaf, both types I have in white and pink blossoms. Some of mine cross pollinated and the babies are a grey-green. I know you live in Indiana, I live in Kentucky near Louisville at the Brooks exit about 9 miles out of town.

[@Itisflo]

Its absolutely a cute plant. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@veranichole1981]

Huge fan! My favorite plant is wood sorrel. I love the taste. So sour! Perfect snack.

[@chanelmindyabusiness4947]

I have 2, that I grew from bulbs. I put 5 in one pot and 5 in another. After comparing mine to yours, i should have put them all in the same pot

[@adam2802]

I love oxalis, we grow a couple in the garden (have yet to get them thru a winter intact tho 😢) and I'd love to grow our native wood sorrel. This one looks amazing but Definitely not one for our house--far too dark!

[@indiacoers2611]

I love it! It's very cool! I feel like I would fail with this one! I like the way it looks and opens and closes!

[@kathyvettraino2267]

I have a huge metal.pot of three varieties, green, purple and varigated. Very cool plant. I have it outside for summer now, I brought it in for winter under a grow light and while it did get sparse, it was fine.

[@deniselambrecht2067]

Love them, one tough plant that survives

[@fbiagentfrank]

I think they're delicious😂 Luckily they grow like crazy because i snag a few everytime i walk past my kitchen window😂

[@brooke5258]

I'm interested! I think "active" plants are fascinating.

[@monicavaldez2369]

I’m a fan!! I even have them growing in my garden they love it and spread like crazy❤

[@SuperManning11]

I actually love oxalis, although I have the green kind. It comes up everywhere in the springtime. It’s so beautiful that I will leave it in a few pots and enjoy the blooms it gives-small lavender-colored tubes that hang down-very beautiful. Then when we get the heat of summer it mostly dies back until next year

[@rainaswansonedson4843]

I swear these things are invincible, no matter what I cannot kill it. Weeks without water, periods with no light, it doesn’t matter. This plant always grows back!

[@fbiagentfrank]

Yeah they're hearty as heck. Every once in a while I become convinced mines dead but it's either just dormant or a few days later a ton of stems pop through the soil. It's crazy.

[@shereebreshears]

It's nicknamed " magic "

[@emiliedyson5960]

I really like it, it’s so pretty, each leaf looks like a little butterfly

[@Ultraa_ray]

Love Oxalis! I think it tastes a bit like sour green apple. I have a small one potted out back and those little purple blooms are adorable! ❤

[@tiyangina3571]

little warning about the "growing outside" part: it will grow and spread out like CRAZY. I had it in my flower beds for 2 years, it took over half my lilies and almost killed my heartherpinks (carnations? EN is not my 1st language, sorry ^^) so I had to get rid of it again and put it in a pot on the terrace. its doing plenty fine there though

[@sEaSoNaLMiLk]

One of my favorite plants. I take it out every spring and in every fall. It always starts to die back right before spring and I always think oh no! I’m finally losing it, why would it die back now?? But it always faithfully comes back when I put it outside, and looks gorgeous all summer long ❤ I don’t know of any other bulb or corm that’s that easy.

[@patsimmons3123]

I’ve never seen these plants 🌱 before beautiful

[@RosieBrighteyes]

My mom has always had this plant and it’s one of my favorites

[@drea4pres970]

That plant stressed me out real bad. I gutted it, replanted the seeds or whatever, and potted it outside. It’s flourishing on my patio

[@triciam2756]

I had some outside last summer. Loved them.

[@ithinkitmightbe]

Oh, a friend gave me some of this, it’s very cool. I made my mum a little table garden for when she sits outside and I put this plant out there along with a bunch of succulents.

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

Years ago I almost bought one on clearance and didn’t, I’ve regretted it ever since since I’ve never seen them again!! They’re only really sold as like a St. Paddy’s day novelty plant where I am.

[@ItsHellRider]

One of my favorite dramatic plants. By god mine are so dramatic water one day late and the thing acts like its never been watered.

[@Dryadsgrove]

I love how dramatic they are

[@charrush2561]

I love them!

[@goober112]

I love how mine says good morning & it tells me when it's time for bed. XD

[@LaceyLace_]

One of my favorite plants. Mine are in pots under the eaves on my porch. I have to water mine every other day or it goes limp.

[@serenafournier1376]

I love these plants because they are THE most durable plant I have ever owned. I have cats who eat these, step in them, take naps in them, they will die off and grow back every single time. It is the only plant I have reliably kept alive in my life. Highly highly highly recommend if you have no green thumb like me

[@amandapjanic9321]

Huge fan of them all..

[@jgodsson479]

Queen! ❤

[@m4today]

False shamrock! I just got myself this for my birthday. It’s not as abundant as yours. I love the way it follows the sun and closes up in the evening. 🤗💐

[@lolokaymeg]

Awww, i kimda wish i kept these inside now. i threw these seeds around outside and theyre just now sprouting. i hope they get big like this 😍

[@melissamonroe561]

Definitely a FAN!

[@KSangel180]

I love sour stuff so I've always loved eating oxalis. There is a tree in their family that grows sour fruit and I'd love to try them someday they look a lot like pickles surprisingly!

[@jennleemat]

Love them! But they are on my long list of plants I've killed.

[@manuelabusuttil4361]

Give it another try, they go dormant in winter so possibly went dormant and not died. I had one and didn't know how to properly take care of it. Brought it out to empty the pot but forgot about it and it grew new leaves months after.

[@Islanddreamer430]

My daughter mistakenly sprayed cleaner near them while cleaning and killed them but I still have mine. Hoping it will come up.

[@noSpoonsOnlyKnives]

Check that it's not invasive in your area before planting outside bc it can seriously take over but they're all so pretty and easy to care for

[@Sunnybeeloved]

I have some of that. It’s a pain but so pretty

[@nimbuscus]

It looks like a hundred butterflies ❤️❤️❤️

[@CarlosGallegos-dd3vj]

Oxalis fan and You got a new fan 🙂🎉

[@bethanyTLC]

I needed this!!!! Mine r STRUGGLING!!!!!!!!!❤

[@Diana21Dee]

Put a little bit of salt on the leaf and it tastes so good lol. My grandma had one of these and I would pick a leaf to eat anytime I was at her house haha

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Ok, I need to try again because it on its own was wild 😂

[@EmilyBean-nm9qi]

Love oxalis my mom always have had them purple and green, and i love them

[@blurayne1974]

One of my favorite house plants

[@angel10691]

I love oxalis 💜💚. But also, where did you get that self watering pot? 👀

[@TheFLYLADY]

I have had one for 28 years!

[@jessi330]

I love it! I had one for a year then it kicked the bucket.

[@justeinwoodward7000]

I love wine-charm shamrocks!

[@liubam8310]

In my language these are called ‘kyslytsya’ which can be translated as ‘sour thing’ :)

[@ultramiddle4991]

Have one on my kitchen table by a bay window; their leaves remind me of solar panels that open for daytime then fold closed at night. My rock roses outside do the same thing

[@PlantswithKrystal]

Yes! They’re so beautiful! I love watching them move.

[@ultramiddle4991]

@@PlantswithKrystal since I can see the movement, my mind turns it into a pet, ha ha ha,so easy to take care of. I live in Texas and I have purple ones outside that look beautiful in the spring; then they have the good sense to die off when the sun gets blistering hot; and they come back in autumn when cooler temps and rains return, looking gorgeous again. So delicate looking

[@CieraMychele]

So beautiful, they look like butterfly wings

[@louiZiana-Gurl]

I love mine especially since it has white flowers ❤

[@floramcarthurarbuckle9695]

❤ this plant

[@Farmgirl21-j8g]

First!!!!!!!❤❤❤ also I love your videos !

[@Gardengirl10148]

Great my sister sent me some seeds to grow thank you for the info

[@kellyparkerdesigns]

Just found you, love your videos! How do you propagate these? I cut some leggy stems off and put them in water, they now have roots! Can I plant them in soil?

[@fbiagentfrank]

You sure can! People argue about this on reddit all the time but I've seen a few people post proof that they can be propped that way. If it grew roots, you can put in soil and keep the soil damp so they have a smooth transition.

[@trewti]

I love my oxalis. I bought it full, cut it back and it is sloooowly growing back one stem at a time, but I love it. I like to buy new ones every once in a while during St. Patrick's Day. I only have an East window, butbthey survive! I can't believe you ate it😂. Drown that hoe is right!! You crack me up😂❤

[@kellyping9450]

I love them, will be one of my next ones