Comments on: DIY: How To Grow Your Own Fresh Air

By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 23:48:00 +0000

New Dehli has simply horrid air quality and they’re wiping some plant leaves daily so it sounds like the plants are acting as an aesthetic air filter and any health benefits might be resulting from that as indoor pot plants aren’t likely to have much effect on oxygen levels. Generally speaking slow growing plants don’t produce much net oxygen.

And the article says that Sansevieria trifasiciata or Mother-in-law’s Tongue converts CO2 into O2 at night but that’s probably not right. It’s probably a CAM (Crassulacean acid metabolism) plant like a pineapple that absorbs CO2 during the night but converts it into oxygen during the day when there is light.

By: Liz Karschner

Liz Karschner — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:37:00 +0000

Great idea, but it seems like a lot of plants for a single room (6-8 Mother-in-Law Tongue’s in each room for each person), but adding some plant life to any home / room would effect the area around it. I could see putting one on each night table. The Money Plant would be great since it climbs and grows all over the place and looks beautiful.

By: Dill Weed

Dill Weed — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:41:00 +0000

My mother in laws’ tongue is always flapping.

By: Breath on the Wind

Breath on the Wind — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:50:00 +0000

I have also read that the bamboo plam works just as well as the Areca Palm and is MUCH easier to grow. English Ivy may also be good vs indoor toxins.

Thanks for a great article

By: T. Lester

T. Lester — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:54:00 +0000

Money plant grows just fine in normal soil. No need for hydroponics whatsoever. The added bonus is that normal soil is a lower tech solution. I have one in my room. It’s doing just fine in normal soil.
Haven’t picked any money from it just yet.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:34:00 +0000

Interesting. The “mother in law’s tongue” plant is all over my office. Like, every flat surface has it growing. I wondered what that was about. Kudos to my employers.

By: jj

jj — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:25:46 +0000

This thing: http://www.woollypocket.com/wally/wally-one/
I just got one, it’s awesome. I have a small mother-in-laws tongue in it even, with some other stuff.

By: Tracy Tau

Tracy Tau — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:04:28 +0000

The idea inspires me, why not? We need oxygen more than ever now, and deforestation is only getting worse. For the people with health conditions, I’m sure they would not mind their homes turning into nurseries if it makes them feel better.

I have a small apartment so I’m starting off with buying one of each. My black thumb is my problem.

By: Tracy Tau

Tracy Tau — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:04:00 +0000

I have a small apartment so I’m starting off with buying one of each. My black thumb is my problem.

By: skeptical

skeptical — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:39:05 +0000

so, there is less than a 1-in-2 chance of increasing the oxygen in blood flow by 1%? Considering that in most people blood oxygen is 98-99% already this really amounts to very little.

Of course this is only achieved less than half the time IF you stay indoors for 10hrs, two hours more than you average 8 hr day, AND you have to stay in for your lunch beak too.

I think the productivity has little to do with decreased incidence of various ailments and the negligible increase in blood oxygen, and everything to do with keeping your workforce in the building for 10 hrs.

bunk.

By: skeptical

skeptical — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:39:00 +0000

so, there is less than a 1-in-2 chance of increasing the oxygen in blood flow by 1%? Considering that in most people blood oxygen is 98-99% already this really amounts to very little.

Of course this is only achieved less than half the time IF you stay indoors for 10hrs, two hours more than you average 8 hr day, AND you have to stay in for your lunch beak too.

bunk.

By: kate

kate — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:49:12 +0000

I gave up my indoor plants when I got a cat. Which indoor plants would be well suited to a curious cat?

By: kate

kate — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:49:00 +0000

I gave up my indoor plants when I got a cat. Which indoor plants would be well suited to a curious cat?

By: GrimReeper

GrimReeper — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:11:43 +0000

I have seen this on other sites before. I think it is a great idea and would love to implement this. The problem I have is that by the time I have 4 Areca Palms, 6 Mother in laws Tongues and a Money Plant in my place it may as well be a nursery -_-‘

By: GrimReeper

GrimReeper — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:11:00 +0000