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maintenance. You also need to determine Peace Lily will grow in low to medium light your waste bins at least once a week,
whether they will have to survive in conditions in well-drained soil. It produces wipe the dust off your furniture – on
moderate or low light conditions, or white ‘flowers’ which are actually bracts the dusty Highveld, that should maybe
whether you have a good spot where they that grow behind the tubular flowers. be every second day – and clean your
can get some sunlight during the day. Being drought-tolerant, these plants do floors/carpets once a week.
Most nurseries have a wide variety of not like to be over-watered. With researchers proclaiming that
indoor plants to choose from. Here are indoor air pollution is more harmful than
three of my favourites. SOME FINAL TIPS FOR IMPROVING what’s outdoors, looking after the air that
Snake Plant (Sansevieria Trifasciata THE AIR IN YOUR HOME OFFICE you breathe in your home office may be
Laurentii). Native to southern Africa, the Yes, I know you’re working from home, more important than you think. Exposure
Snake Plant is known to be hardy, provided so your rules rule – but how about not to pollutants and improper ventilation
you don’t overwater it. It’s best to plant it in smoking indoors? Also, do move dirty may even have a long-term effect on your
a terracotta pot so that the soil can dry out dishes to the kitchen and dispose of health.
and breathe after watering. Try to rather half-eaten food in your outdoor bin
water it from the saucer at the bottom of or on the compost heap (for fruit and Sources:
the pot, instead of at the top. It prefers to vegetables), if you have one. Empty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/
grow in bright, indirect light conditions.
Keep out of cold drafts in winter.
Spekboom (Portulacaria Afra). The
Spekboom can grow outdoors and
indoors. This miracle plant has the
reputation of removing loads of carbon
from the air. It’s easy to propagate and it’s
said to have medicinal qualities. As it is
drought-tolerant, it does not need a lot of
water. It prefers to grow in bright, indirect
light.
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum Wallisii). The

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