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title: "So someone is giving me an oxalis triangularis how do you take care…"
description: "So someone is giving me an oxalis triangularis how do you take care of it?"
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# So someone is giving me an oxalis triangularis how do you take care…

_Posted by Eb on 2024-11-21_

So someone is giving me an oxalis triangularis how do you take care of it?

## 5 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-11-21

mine thrives in a 1:1 mix of peat and perlite, east facing window. i always cut it back and give it a dormancy over the winter, and it comes back larger every year

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#### laura 🩷🪴 replied on 2024-11-21

Yours is beautiful!!

Eb— I’d offer advice, but I killed mine 🤣

#### Eb replied on 2024-11-22

That’s ok because somebody has two of them not in good condition a small one and a big one they giving me the small one

### Eb commented on 2024-11-21

Thanks for the advice

### NicTheBucket commented on 2024-11-21

My oxalis is probably my thirstiest plant, the leaves are really good at telling you when they need water.

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