I KILLED My Plant On Purpose...to make it THRIVE
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Never forget the first time i saw those pinkish worm shaped bulbs in a pot I was emptying out one fall. I thought maybe some alien creature from another planet. But i threw them in with some fresh soil to see what monster might come up. Very happy when it was oxalis, whew.
They sure do look weird
I got gifted one a couple weeks ago and don’t have a good space for her to live, so I just put her on top of my fridge in a decently bright kitchen and she has EXPLODED with new growth- now I’m conflicted to move her
Sounds like she's happy where she is
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it 💜
Wow. I love to watch plants wake up from bulbs. 😊
So do i
I'm really not fond of terracotta pots for the most part, but I plopped my Oxalis into one just to be sure it can keep its socks dry. It's like she doesn't know it's winter outside - girlypop has been blooming for months! 🥰
Oh wow!
I wish I'd know this year's ago when I kept "killing" mine no matter what I did and ended up throwing them out and finally giving up on them. You truly are a plant god! Thank you for the renewed hope! ❤
My pleasure 😊
Okay I can't resist, I'm going to start calling you Sheffield IV: A New Hope😄
@@lindasue8719 😂
You are definitely the most informative and entertaining plant care youtuber! Your sense of humour is awesome ❤!
Wow, thank you!
It would be helpful to know which other houseplants go through the same dormancy period so they don't get thrown out.
When in doubt keep it til spring water it and give it sunlight for a few weeks!
I see these in the grocery store every year. And now that i know what to do with it im going to get one. Thank's!❤😊
Grocery store??? But in my country i cant even find them in plant stores😢
You bet!
@@ms.m6060I just bought two for a dollar each on clearance at my local grocery store.
I've kept a green and a purple for years. They're one of my favorite plants. They look like trash right now lol, but it's almost warm enough outside to bring them out of dormancy.
Do they over winter
@@SheffieldMadePlantsyes they do 🌱
@@SheffieldMadePlants They look like a mess right now but I'd never realized they needed that trashy dormancy period till earlier in the year. My sister told me to quit watering them lol.
I absolutely love my gorgeous oxalis! And it is said that it brings good luck, so one more reason to buy one.❤Enjoy yours!
Very true
You could not have timed this video anymore perfectly. Ordered some tubers of this oxalis in early January and got the email yesterday confirming they’ve been shipped, so was going to look up how to grow them on. Seriously cannot believe how fortunate the timing was.
Keep up the great videos 👍🏼
Great stuff 👍
Mine has never gone dormant and I have 3 of them and mine hates to be dry, as soon as she gets dry she faints I rush to her side and she springs back into life, I have her in a south window, I tried her outside in the sun one summer, and even in the shade she closed up like it was night.
Mine seems to be quite contrary.
You might find you end with a nicer plant if you let it go dormant one year
@@SheffieldMadePlants I might just try one year.
this reminds me of the fun and beautiful hyacinths....maybe make a video on those as well? die back, cut off, dormancy, and revival!
Not got those unfortunately
I did the same thing with my Oxalis plants last fall, as well as with my Calladium bulbs. Once the plants had to come inside, it was like they were telling me they wanted to hibernate. I let everything die down and kept the pots kind of out of sight. I am still waiting to wake everyone up, but can't wait to see what will happen! Your video shows me I'm on the right track.
Sounds like you are!
I've a bulbed oxalis plant in a different species than yours on the video. I planted it in last early spring as a small bulbil and became a mature plant in mid summer under my care. My oxalis plant grew over 100 bulbils from 1 tiny bulb before it went dormant in October. I repotted these bulbils recently and saw a few of them sprouted and hope that it'll flower in summer!
Niiiice, I have the same plant, and I'm glad to see you have it as well.
I leave it to "die" in end winter, and start watering it later in spring, but now i might start using your technique Master of the Sheffield Cult. Thanks 👍
Great stuff 👍
my mom has had this plant for several years, it's her favorite !!!!!
I happened to plunk one leaf into some water and there were roots a few weeks later. Now it's a year later and this plant is quite small, but very sweet.
Fabulous! I will try it with mine. Thank you.👏🏽
You bet!
My purple oxalis is about 34 years old. I have found she likes to be watered regularly (but not wet feet) and plenty of sun. She has looked beautiful whenever I give her these conditions….until about 18 months ago. She started getting faded light spots on all of her leaves, kinda like plant age spots. She looked awful and wasn’t pushing out as many new leaves and the new growth was weak and also spotted. I wasn’t sure if it was from a pest, although it didn’t look like pest damage (I had been battling mealy bugs and the occasional scale at the time). I couldn’t find anything about the condition, so I decided to clean off all of the soil in case there was either fungus, bacteria or bugs hiding out there. I took her outside and used the garden hose to vigorously spray and scrub all traces of soil off the corms. I spread them on paper towels and dried them completely, then, to hedge my bets, I wrapped some of the dry corms in paper towels and stored in a cool dark place in a brown paper bag. The rest I replanted in the same (sterilized) pot, and she is back to her happy self now, basking in the sun. Glad to see with a little care, plants can grow old gracefully. I only hope I can do the same!
I know right!
Ok here I am Mr Sheffield ready to watch. That plant is beautiful I want one now lol, oh there’s the bin!😅😅😅 I still gotta get me one of those moisture checkers. Also I want to get a light meter as well. Seeing these plants in the stores did nothing for me, but seeing them here makes me want one now 😍thanks for your time! Loved this video.😊
Thank you 😊. I recommend all those things!
Dang that is a pretty purple and fast plant!
For sure
Another timely video! My ox is either dead or in dormancy and I didn’t know how to care for it (because it used to bloom year round). I’ve been watering it on the regular AND it lives in a south facing window. ALL the wrong things!🤷♀️ Today I will properly care for my ox and repot in March. We’ll see what happens. Thanks!
Not sure if you know blink 182 but I read " all the wrong things " in the tone of their song all the small things.
Now I can't stop
" all the .. wrong things.. truth cares and truth brings "
Yikes, I have one I bought not too long ago, actually during the winter , I live in south Florida and my plant sits by my glass door and under SANSI lights. I didn’t know much about it, thanks for the info. Will keep an eye on it during winter and see if I need to replant bulbs.
This is amazing and a beautiful plant. I can't wait to get one and try it out.
You should!
Mine never goes dormant and stays great all year long. I just reported it because it seemed too overfull. After a few weeks it perked up and the new pot is already almost full.
I love my purple shamrocks! They do great outside where I live and require little maintenance. I use them as fillers and weed control in some of my larger pots. They look great with my amaryllises :)
Beautiful! Thank you for the information, on my list now❤
My pleasure 😊
I bought your moisture meter and I love it. It really does help avoid over and under watering. I’ve never had an oxalis. I might have to try one! It looks like a fun plant buddy.
It sure is
I’ve had an oxalis for years. I put it outside for the summer and bring it back in for fall and winter 😀🇨🇦
I should try it in my garden
I do the same with mine. 🙃 I found the best place for them is on my deck floor in a deep pot. They looked the best as all I see is their gorgeous leaves and little flowers and not too much of their skinny legs. 😊 However even in the north facing part of my house they do get very thirsty during those very hot days! I absolutely adore and love them. 💜💚🤍
I learned alot from this video. Very informative. I never thought you could revive an oxalis that looked dead. Thank you for sharing this with us.
You bet!
Now I'm excited! I have one that has done okay(better than when it first got here)but looks like next year I will hide it in a closet til it gives in, then voila! even thicker. As always, thanks for leading us out of the woods. 😅
My pleasure 😊
I ordered 3 different types of bulbs last spring and planted them all in a huge antique bucket. I brought them in for fall and, yup, they look pretty sparse. I water lightly and they are under a grow light. I can't wait to see the show next spring when I put it back outside. I leave mine in the same pot for a couple years.
Very good 👍
I have two of them. One outside on my porch, which thrives year round. My other one is inside and she does take a short winter nap for about three weeks. I love that pop of color. 😎
Very vibrant
Thank you so much for this video😊. I can’t tell you how many of these plants I’ve thrown away thinking they were dead. I’m definitely going to try this in the fall after I buy another in the spring🙌. My first comment even though I’ve been watching your videos for a while now. Greetings from Long Island NY.
I've had one of these for years and its one of the easiest plants to grow. It will go into dormancy on it's own whenever it feels its ready. Just wait for it to all die off and then just cut off the dead stuff. It will come back on its own better than before and bloom like crazy then a few months later will go into dormancy again. Almost never have to re pot it; just add a little fertilizer once in a while.
FYI, not to split hairs, but technically, for the Oxalis Triangularis, they're called 'corms' rather than 'bulbs'. Mostly semantics, really... corms, bulbs, rhizomes, tubers... , pish, posh, po-tay-to, po-tah-toe, to-mae-to, to-mah-to... however you want to say or call it, I suppose it doesn't really matter as they're all so similar at the end of the day. But technically, horticulturally that is, there _is_ a slight difference between them, so just thought I'd point that out for the sake of it! lol 😉 Great videos, btw... great tips, and I love the humour you add to your videos! Cheers 👍🙂
They always grow back. Always.
Always 😅
Thank You Thank You Thank You!!! That's one beauty I always longed for, but also sensed it would need Special Attention that I couldn't provide. With this, I can begin searching for a trustworthy nursery (any tips or recommendations?)...soon as I finish rofl @ your hilarious comedic phrases like "second coming of You Know Who!" Keep 'em coming!!!
Will do haha. Where do you live?
@SheffieldMadePlants Great! I actually live in Virginia, US...but I've learned to search anywhere else for all the "important" stuff for my plant babies! I often shop back home in NYC, but sadly, I lost contact with the old neighbor who owned one of those little beauties...
What a cool plant!!
Wow, the plant of my dreams!
I wish I wouldn't have thrown mine away 😢
I thought it was dead.😵
😬 opps
Pop to the shop
mrs sheffield's mantra: get yer dam feet off the counter
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Beautiful
great information, thank you
You bet!
I think we've all been sold a bill of goods by plant merchants: we assume our plants should always look like they looked in the shop/catalog. As you've remarked before, those looks are often forced. Find out your plant's true nature, accommodate it, and you'll be well rewarded. This video is a perfect case in point. Thanks again.
Love that!
I had one of these plants years ago andhit was a mess .. but then saw the rhyzomes... Perfect left it for the winter then watered in spring...Shazam! Good foliage
Exactly!
Cool! It grew so fast! What a pretty plant 😍
I know!!
and they can survive the winter outside and I live in Canada!
Cool thanks
@@SheffieldMadePlants and today with the crazy end of the world weather gonna turn some old fish(mackeral) kale,cabbage blueberrie and some veryold blue meanie mushrooms inot plant food.. should feed well I am hoping.
outside garden.
I just added this plant to my wish list after watching this video😊 Thanks for the care tips!
Hope you like it!
Good morning to you vary nice plants thank for sharing beautiful and amazing colleagues
Thanks for watching 😁
My shamrock is nicknamed Voldemort for the number of times it has come back from the dead ha ha
Thanks so much for this video! I always bring mine in October, give it a 100% cut back of all the foliage right down to the soil, then have the satisfaction of watching fresh new growth during the winter months. I do have to cut it back again in about a couple of months as they become too leggy reaching for the light. However, I think I’m going to try this dormant stage with one of mine since it is a monster now after 3 years and would like to repot it. I’m in NE Ohio, I wonder if it is too late before it goes back outside in May? Great video! These shamrock are one of my favs and such an easy plant to grow and keep alive! 😊
You might have missed the window
Lovely.Thank you : )
You bet!
I let mine go dormant in its pot and it multiplies in the crown of the pot. When I see new growth I start watering. 💚
my poor oxalis has put me through it! Overwatered her, then cut back and she looked lovely. I've had it for several years (without it going dormant - thank you florida!) but them she started looking rough. I let that b go dormant and shes BACK! Love this plant
Great stuff 👍
Tako izgleda posle perioda mirovanja.Samo poceti zalivati i to je to!❤
i think my oxalis plant that had purple and white planted together has turned into hybrid.. the under side of the white ones have a purple hue 🥰
Sounds fun
going to try one of these next time I see it. Thanks for your tips.❤
You bet!
I’ve tried a few times, mostly failures. I’d let them go dormant for a few months and they’d never come back. Read somewhere they only like to be dormant for three weeks, so tried that and it’s the first to actually grow back, but only sparsely. Wish I could figure it out, cuz I love these plants!
Did you more or less do as in the video?
@@SheffieldMadePlants Pretty much, minus the plant’s return to life. 😂 It may have been too warm, I suppose, hard to find a cool spot in our house.
@@SheffieldMadePlants Actually, I’m just remembering my plants had bulbs, not these orange wormy tuber things. I wonder if they’re a different species?
I enjoyed watching😄🙌It was very entertaining
Thank you 😊
mine seemed to etiolate a bit and did their best to cover my haworthiopsis.
think they got moldy in the bottom of the pot, i threw them away.
they are a bit cute, but they kept messing with my other plants.
love the mad face 😱
😁
Thanks for info. Beautiful plant and I plan on buying one.
You bet!
I think I need one of these! Great video 💜
Thanks!
Good tip, I can’t wait to try
Thanks for watching 😁
Always learn something new on your channel to up my plant game! Question: I use my water meter religiously to check soil. Do you wait until it reads in the red zone with your plants (“2”) or do you water when it’s in the 3-4 range (veering into the red zone)? Thanks for the fantastic content 🌿
Thanks! I aim for the dry zone but if it’s on 3 I’ll top it up so I don’t have to go back
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thank you!!
Mine stays alive all year round🙁
Yo so I took your advice and put my Alocatsia under the grow light and it’s perked up a bit more.
Great
Another load of information and laughs 😂😂!
Cheers!
Love it
I'm so sad I through mine away five years ago:((((
Easy mistake to make
@@SheffieldMadePlants actually it was probably longer ago than that. I think five years ago I knew plants cycle but either way I sure did throw it away-yeah that was way back before I knew anything.
Yes, I was gifted two leaf cuttings of a green one and a purple one over twenty-five years ago and still going strong. By strong I mean they have seeded in many of my houseplants. One thing is they did cross breed and now I have every shade between green and purple that exist. They don't hurt the plants they privilege with their company, so all is good.
Ooo I like the sound of that
A lovely lovely plant
Nice video ❤
Cheers!
Danke! Sie ist sooo schön. Hast du Erfahrung mit der Überwinterung in Shrimp soil?
thank you so much, I thought my plant was a goner, but I did not know its name so I couldn't find anything about it, I have a question, have you ever come across a - Dieffenbachia - AKA - the dumb cane plant
I do. It’s ok
I had one and it lived outside I didn't realise it was a houseplant 😂 I'm in North Wales. It made it through a few winters and went dormant during this time. Last winter it didn't make it unfortunately must of been too cold and it rotted. Might try one in the house next time 😅
you should!
I'm going to try this for caladium. I tried the method where you gradually decrease the watering, and then take out the bulbs to winter in a paper bag with some absorbant filling. The bulbs completely withered away. 😢
Not tried that method
The second coming of You Know Who... ... ... Voldemort?!
😁
I look forward to this as I have two of those plants that sometimes don't do very well. However I have an off topic question about the moisture meter. It's been probably the best lesson I've learned on your channel! However I'm wondering what to do when testing a (usually ) bigger pot and part of it reads dry and another part reads moist? Thx!
I aim to take a reading near the bottom half. If it’s getting dry then I water
@@SheffieldMadePlants
Thank you so much!!
Hi I live in western Canada and have had an oxalis for years, in winter it gets straggly but never totally dies back, which I had no idea they should. It’s starting to fill out again but the shoots are long and straggly. Not bushy at all! Any particular reason for that? Thanks Lou
It’s because it’s had a hard time over winter. This is why I make it go dormant. Mine would look a mess if I’d left it
5:39 Gravitropism!
I stumbled across your channel looking for peace lily care, and since watching your videos the past couple weeks one of my baby Monsteras pushed out a leaf with TWO fenestrations. Coincidence? Or are they listening……
Nah it’s all you!
Question: have you done this with Alocacia yet? I have the two where one has decided to look unhappy and its twin looking content, but I'm worrying if i force them to "hibernate", maybe they'll be twins again in spring lol
I pulled out some corms last year and they are beginning to sprout. The method is different. You don’t want them to dry out so much
What wattage is your grow light bulbs?
The big ones 36w and the 3 bulbs ones are 10w each bulb
Can you cut off the dead leaves while dormant or do you have to leave them on for some reason?
I’ve always read to leaves it alone with bulbs and let everything die off naturally
Does Mrs Sheffield ever get jealous of your plants?
Always 😂
I have this plant and it's currently dormant. I'm moving across the country in 2 weeks. What's the best way to ship the bulbs?
Hmm not sure. Probably all wrapped up in a bag
I have a 34 year old purple oxalis. I recently had an issue with it and decided to take it down to the korms. I vigorously washed all of the soil off of them in case there was a fungus or pest. Then I laid them out on paper towels to dry completely. Then I repotted most of the korms, and wrapped the rest in dry paper towels and stored in a brown paper bag. They did fine that way. Just don’t put them in something air tight because you want them to stay completely dry until you are ready to plant them again. Be sure to label them clearly so no one tosses them out!
I forced mine into dormancy in November, when should I bring it back to life?
Early spring
Would this work with a calathea? I have one that was just a baby and died off and about to toss it, but thinking maybe I shouldn’t bother.
Don't think it would
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I killed my mother on purpose . . . wait... No, I swear it was an accident. I didn't know the true power of the grizzly I got her for her birthday.
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can you just leave it outside when its colder and darker and let it die back?
Yes you can provided it doesn't get too cold. It's a risk for me when i can just hide it in a room somewhere
I tried this and they all dried up and died in the soil...
Something went wrong
Same. Still trying to figure out why.
@@SheffieldMadePlants Maybe I waited too long to water again??
Change plant to friend and suddenly no one likes you anymore
You cannot kill them. It wasn’t ever dead.
My Oxalis didn't die completly this winter, it's got a few leaves still going
I agree with you, this plant should be killed once a year if you live on the northern hemisphere
Somewhat related, My Alocasia was 'dead' for about two months, but it's alive again and already looking stronger than last year
P.S.
The leaves of the Oxalis are slightly toxic but fine to consume in moderate amounts.
They go really well with salads and ice creams
Nice sour and acidic flavour
Ice creams! I'll chop some up for the kids 😅
🫠 definitely threw away an alocasia singyray recently..... Perhaps the fella was just dormant
Mine is still alive - should I keep it alive now and do this in autumn ? 🪴
Autumn is a good time to do this