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title: "I don’t know why i cant keep my oxalis healthy"
description: "I don’t know why i cant keep my oxalis healthy"
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author: "Sahar"
published: "2025-02-19T14:42:02.805855Z"
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# I don’t know why i cant keep my oxalis healthy

_Publicado por Sahar el 2025-02-19_

I don’t know why i cant keep my oxalis healthy

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## 9 comentarios

### KJM comentó el 2025-02-19

Does it get a good rest period?

#### Sahar respondió el 2025-02-19

It doesn’t have at all

### Alyssa comentó el 2025-02-19

It looks like it’s in too big a pot, they like to be pretty snug

#### Sahar respondió el 2025-02-19

I didn’t pot it. An expert did

#### Alyssa respondió el 2025-02-19

Well they potted it wrong, needs a smaller pot

### Danika comentó el 2025-02-19

Oxalis go dormant in winter. They have rhizomes or bulbs/corms (whatever you want to call them). Let the soil dry out, give them time and light and in time they will spring back.

#### Sahar respondió el 2025-02-19

I thought that it will go dormant when they got cold

#### Kat respondió el 2025-02-20

OMG! I'm not a bad plant mom. Mine are just sleeping?! 😅🤭

### Sunny comentó el 2025-02-19

I’m ok with the pot size for this type plant. I’ve had some seeds blow into a nearby pot of soil larger than this size and the seeds sprouted. The plants are still living fine in a pot of soil that would kill off other plants from overwatering. I’ll also rarely repot because they look great in the growing in the old pots.

I would get it more light. Get it used to full sun a little bit at a time. Mine are old and can take cooler and higher temperatures than my tropical plants. A very bright grow light is an alternative.

I use Miracle Gro about one a month in the warmer months. I stop in winter. I add manure on top in Spring because it’s outside with lots of breeze to take away the smell. They really like organic fertilizer.

Mine don’t typically go dormant until end of winter when the old leaves die off while the new leaves emerge. Mine live outside as much as possible. They are inside for winter freezes.

I mostly let rainwater take care of the watering. I water when the summer temperatures dry out the soil too quickly.

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