These 21 plants are the natural nemesis of decoration pollutants

Millennium wood

Removed substances: toluene, xylene, benzene, trichloroethylene, formaldehyde.

Maintenance points:

1. Semi-shade plants are best placed in brightly lit rooms.

2. It is not cold-resistant. Except for Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places, it must be kept indoors in winter.

3. When taking cuttings, treat them with 0.2% indolebutyric acid for 2 seconds to increase the rooting rate and shorten the rooting days.

4. A mixture of leaf mold or peat soil + culture soil + coarse sand.

ivy

Removed substances: formaldehyde, nicotine.

Maintenance method:

1. Apply thin cake fertilizer water once every 2 to 3 weeks during the growing season.

2. Generally, do not apply fertilizer in summer and winter. When applying fertilizer, do not get it on the leaves, as it will burn the leaves.

3. Control watering in winter and keep the plant slightly moist.

4. The minimum temperature in winter remains above 5 degrees Celsius.

Chlorophytum

Removes substances: formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. Apply liquid nitrogen fertilizer once every 15 days during the growing season.

2. Spray water on the leaves frequently to avoid drying out of the leaf tips.

3. Make sure the spider plant receives scattered light, otherwise the leaf tips will still dry out.

4. Humus, peat soil, garden soil + river sand + a small amount of base fertilizer are used as the substrate.

White Anthurium

Removes substances: ammonia, acetone, benzene, trichloroethylene, formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. Anthurium likes high temperature, so it is best to have a greenhouse. The temperature in winter should not be lower than 14 degrees Celsius.

2. It can be placed indoors all year round, but not in the dark.

3. In the dry season, you need to use a sprayer to spray water on the leaves, and also spray water around to keep them moist.

4. Leaf mold, peat soil + a small amount of perlite + a small amount of organic fertilizer.

Areca palm

Removed substances: xylene, toluene, formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. Apply thin fertilizer 1-2 times a month.

2. The pot needs to be repotted and the soil changed every 2-3 years.

3. The potting soil can be made by adding 1/3 mountain mud to 2/3 river sand; or you can mix half river sand and half fermented sawdust and use it.

4. Use clay pots or uranium pots to facilitate drainage and ventilation.

Boston Fern

Removed substances: xylene, toluene, formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. Apply a thin layer of decomposed cake fertilizer every four weeks during the growing season.

2. To promote air circulation, you also need to prune branches to maintain a beautiful shape.

3. Leaf mold + river sand + garden soil. If conditions permit, you can use a water table as the culture medium.

4. Because the root system of ferns is relatively fragile, you can bury rotted manure at the beginning of cultivation, and then add additional dilute fertilizer.

Schefflera

Removed substances: Nicotine.

Maintenance method:

1. Regular pruning is necessary to ensure the perfect plant shape.

2. Maintain under bright diffuse light, such as a living room with north-south ventilation.

3. Water the plants about once every 3-4 days in spring, summer and autumn. Water less frequently in winter, and the temperature should be close to the soil temperature.

4. Leaf mold or peat soil + garden soil + about 1/4 river sand or perlite.

Ficus microcarpa

Removed substances: formaldehyde, toluene, xylene, ammonia.

Maintenance method:

1. Water frequently during the period of vigorous growth, and spray water around to keep it moist.

2. Generally, small potted plants should be repotted once every April, and large potted plants can be repotted once every 2-3 years.

3. For cutting propagation, you can use river sand and vermiculite, maintain high humidity, and it will take root in about a month.

4. Soil: Mix compost with an equal amount of peat soil and apply some base fertilizer as base fertilizer.

Golden Pothos

Removed substances: formaldehyde, benzene, carbon monoxide, nicotine.

Maintenance method:

1. Avoid large temperature differences. Not all plants like temperature differences.

2. Fertilization should be mainly nitrogen fertilizer, supplemented by potassium fertilizer. Liquid fertilizer can be applied once a month during the peak growing season.

3. Foliar fertilizer can be applied after winter.

4. Golden pothos is relatively shade-tolerant and can be placed in direct sunlight during winter.

Miniature Coconut

Removed substances: benzene, trichloroethylene, formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. It likes a high humidity environment, so the humidity of the surrounding air must be maintained, and watering should be done from time to time to increase the humidity.

2. It is best to apply compound fertilizer once a month during the growing season.

3. Change the pot every three years.

4. Prefer cool places and never expose to direct sunlight! Just a short time will cause yellowing...

Syngonium

Removes substances: formaldehyde and ammonia.

Maintenance method:

1. It has strong adaptability to light, so it doesn’t matter whether it is exposed to the sun or not.

2. It needs a lot of water, and the principle of preferring wetness to dryness should be followed throughout the year, but water accumulation is not allowed.

3. Fertilize 2 to 3 times a month during the growing season. You can use manure or chemical fertilizer.

4. Leaf mold + peat soil + coarse sand.

Silver Queen

Removes substances: The higher the concentration of pollutants in the air, the better it can perform its purification ability! Therefore it is very suitable for dark rooms with poor ventilation.

Maintenance method:

1. Like to live in a constant temperature environment. If watered with warm water, it can survive longer.

2. In late spring and early summer, you can apply less acidic nitrogen fertilizer.

3. In order to maintain beauty, the old leaves at the base should be cut off frequently.

4. It is easy for the pot to overflow, so it is best to repot it every two years.

Pothos

Removes substances: formaldehyde, benzene and trichloroethylene.

Maintenance method:

1. Don’t expose the green radish to direct sunlight, or it will turn yellow.

2. The room temperature in the north should be above 10 degrees Celsius during the winter.

3. When growing hydroponically, change the water of the green radish frequently to prevent root rot.

4. Mix 1/3 each of fertile leaf mold or peat soil, garden soil, and coarse sand.

cactus

Materials removed: radioactive contamination.

Maintenance method:

1. Don't worry, you won't be sunburned to death under the strong sunlight.

2. In the midsummer, the evaporation is large, so it is best to water every day. In the winter, water once every 1 to 2 weeks.

3. In winter, the temperature can be agreed upon as long as it is above 5 degrees, but in summer, the highest temperature cannot exceed 35 degrees, so people in the south should pay attention.

Green Emperor

Substances removed: Carbon dioxide.

Maintenance method:

1. Avoid direct sunlight, bright diffuse light is best.

2. The wintering temperature must be above 10 degrees, remember this.

3. During the peak growing season, apply liquid fertilizer twice a month.

Aloe Vera

Removes substances: formaldehyde. (Under 24-hour lighting conditions, 90% of the formaldehyde contained in 1 cubic meter of air can be eliminated)

Maintenance method:

1. The temperature cannot be lower than 0 degrees, otherwise it will be frozen.

2. Get some sun exposure regularly, otherwise you will become thin and small.

3. Do not allow water to accumulate, otherwise the aloe vera will die.

4. Some gravel and ash can be mixed into the general soil, and it would be better to add rotten leaf and grass ash.

Agave

Removed substances: benzene, trichloroethylene, formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. Place it outside in the sun often, and provide shade in the summer.

2. Water more during the growing period, and correspondingly, reduce watering during the dormant period.

3. The temperature in winter cannot be lower than 5 degrees Celsius.

4. Soil preparation: leaf mold + coarse sand.

Gerbera

Removes substances: formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. Watering should be done in the morning or evening.

2. The length of daylight should be kept at 11 to 13 hours.

3. Peat soil + perlite mixed matrix.

Begonia

Removes substances: formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. It likes a semi-shaded environment, so it can only receive direct sunlight in winter.

2. Apply a thin layer of fertilizer and water once every 20 to 30 days during the growth period.

3. After flowering, cut off the remaining flowers and the tender stems of the remaining flowers in time to encourage the lower branches to sprout.

4. Sandy soil with good drainage.

chrysanthemum

Removed substances: xylene, formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. Water the plants in time during droughts and drain the water in time during floods. Once you have mastered this, watering will basically be enough.

2. During the chrysanthemum seedling stage, the axillary buds should be carved out in time to avoid nutrient consumption.

3. During the bud formation period, cut off all the buds except the ones to be retained.

4. Generally, it is composed of 50% garden soil, 20% leaf mold, 20% manure, 10% wood ash, and a small amount of lime and bone meal.

Commelina

Removes substances: formaldehyde.

Maintenance method:

1. It has strong adaptability to light and can basically grow in semi-shade or full light.

2. When watering, you must follow the principle of not watering unless the soil is dry, and watering thoroughly when you do.

3. Generally, the pot should be changed once in spring.

4. Apply compound liquid fertilizer mainly composed of nitrogen fertilizer 1 to 2 times a month.

Of course, the role of plants is limited. If the pollution is serious, other precautions must be taken.

Okay, that’s all for today’s introduction~ Check to see if you have these plants at home!