Apr 07 2009
Freshen the Air in Your Home with Only Three Types of Plants
Ever wondered if the quality of air within your home is up to snuff? According to Kamal Meattle in Delhi, there are three plants that you should keep in your home to keep the air fresh and healthy; these plants are the Areca Palm, the Money Plant and the Mother-In-Law’s Tongue!
Apparently you should keep one Areca Palm per person in the house to cleanse the air during the day; 6-8 Mother-In-Law’s Tongue’s per person to convert the CO2 to oxygen during the evening and the Money Plant filters out Formaldehyde and other Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s)!
According to Meattle, and his 15 years of research, by providing enough of these plants within your home, you could survive in an air tight bubble! Meattle has been testing this theory at the Paharpur Business Centre in India which occupies 300 people, by filling it with over 1,200 plants. The Indian Government has not only rated this building to be the healthiest in all of Delhi but suggests that after spending 10 hours inside the building your body will be working better than it was before!
Not only is filling your homes with live plants a beautiful addition to your home; but it’s a natural and healthy one as well!
~Wind
Hi Linda! The mother-in-law’s tongue can be a powerful thing, and the plant is pretty powerful too!
Hi, reading this it brings a great understanding to my mind… when I was still living with my mom I had a mother-in-law in my bedroom, not only did I strive from it, it grew to a length of well over 1.2m tall, in a pot.