Lucky clover is often given away as a good luck charm on New Year's Eve. The joy is usually short-lived and the plant is soon thrown away. Lucky clover is quite easy to care for, even without much prior knowledge and with little effort. Tips for caring for lucky clover.
How do you properly care for lucky clover?
Lucky clover care includes regular watering without waterlogging, fertilizing every two weeks in spring and summer, repotting if necessary, removing dead leaves and overwintering in bright, cool rooms. Lucky clover is perennial and can also be planted in beds.
Can lucky clover be cared for over several years?
Lucky clover (Oxalis) is a perennial plant. It can therefore be kept well for several years and requires little care.
Can lucky clovers also be planted in beds?
Lucky clover is sold in a pot. You are welcome to put the pot outside in summer. Planting directly into the bed is also possible. Then the plant needs even less care.
How to water lucky clover correctly?
There is no need to water lucky clovers outdoors as long as the plant is not covered.
In the pot, water abundantly in summer. You should definitely avoid waterlogging. When caring for your room, make sure there is sufficient humidity.
Any water is suitable for irrigation, lucky clover is not demanding.
When is fertilization necessary?
You only fertilize lucky clovers in pots during the spring and summer months. Fertilization is carried out at two-week intervals. Do not fertilize lucky clover after repotting or in winter.
When does lucky clover need to be repotted?
Immediately after purchase, you should repot the lucky clover in a suitable pot (€16.00 on Amazon) and completely replace the old substrate.
Later the lucky clover only needs to be repotted if the old pot has become too small. The new pot should be just a little bigger.
Does lucky clover need to be cut?
You don't have to cut the lucky clover. However, you should remove dried or diseased leaves. If you do not want to harvest seeds for propagation, cut off the spent flowers as well. Then the plant has more strength to form the decorative leaves.
What diseases and pests can occur?
Lucky clover is very robust and is rarely affected by diseases or pests.
Rot occurs when the plant has been watered too often and too heavily.
Pest infestation by aphids or spider mites occurs when the lucky clover has not been watered enough or the humidity is very low.
How is lucky clover overwintered?
Lucky clover comes from Mexico and is one of the sorrel species. Unlike the local sweet clover, which belongs to a different family, lucky clover is only partially hardy.
You have to overwinter plants in pots indoors. The location should be as bright as possible and not too warm.
Lucky clover that you planted outside in the spring should be dug up in the fall. Cut off any remaining green leaves, place the bulbs in prepared plant pots and overwinter them frost-free.
Tip
Even if lucky clover is very cheap to buy after Christmas, it is worth caring for over several years. The lucky charm then rewards the gardener with very pretty flowers in white or white-pink.
