Re: Fwd: House plant remedy

[Guest guest]

How Ironic you just said that....  My mom brought some plant in the house about

a month or two ago and said it did just that. I remember thinking, actually

saying, Hmm I dont know about that..... How very interesting.

   

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The House Plant Remedy

According to the latest research, English ivy may help fight allergies

by removing allergens (including mold spores) from the air. And the

longer you leave it in place, the cleaner your air will be.

[Guest guest]

Your conversation brought back memories of how spider plants

remove some of the formaldehyde from the air. A book came out

about 12 years ago by a retired NASA engineer (Wolverton)

about which indoor plants can improve indoor air quality. Google

" NASA plants IAQ " and a bunch of links will come up.

The first link is excellent.

http://www.cleanairgardening.com/houseplants.html

It identifies the NASA personnel, lists 15 plants and at the end

has links to PDFs of NASA documents.

An Amazon search found the book I was thinking of: " How to

Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or

Office " by B. C. Wolverton, 1997.

Note, however, that the damp soil can sometimes - not always -

grow mold and bacteria. Mold amplification can be easily

controlled by spraying a dilute solution of NutriBiotic (grapefruit

seed extract) a couple of times a month.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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How Ironic you just said that.... My mom brought some plant in the

house about a month or two ago and said it did just that. I remember

thinking, actually saying, Hmm I dont know about that..... How very

interesting.

Sickbuilding Syndrome should be one of your greatest

concerns.www.biotoxin.info

--- On Mon, 2/9/09, a Townsend <kmtown2003@...>

wrote:

The House Plant Remedy

According to the latest research, English ivy may help fight allergies

by removing allergens (including mold spores) from the air. And the

longer you leave it in place, the cleaner your air will be.

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[Guest guest]

The nice thing about ivy is you can grow it in the house without SOIL,

just in a glass of water, so you wouldn't have the moldy soil inside.

Very interesting article. Thanks. I wonder how much you would need

for a 2k sq ft house! It would probably need to be too much but it

reminds me that I could have a houseplant that doesn't require soil.

Just stick the roots in a vase of water.

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> The House Plant Remedy

> >

> According to the latest research, English ivy may help fight

allergies

> by removing allergens (including mold spores) from the air. And the

> longer you leave it in place, the cleaner your air will be.

>

[Guest guest]

I found this on how to grow ivy in water, but my aunt used to just

stick some ivy she cut out of her yard in a vase and it lasted and

lasted, but this says:

" How to grow ivy in water "

http://www.ehow.com/how_4554092_grow-ivy-water.html

>

> The nice thing about ivy is you can grow it in the house without

SOIL,

> just in a glass of water