Cleaning Guide

Cleaning Guide for Indoor Plants

A houseplant is any kind of decorative plant, people grow them indoors, sometimes in a house, but very often in an office or a shop. If the plant is dying, leaves fall, and Brown and yellow leaves can be caused due to non-maintenance of the plants. So, cleaning of the plant is necessary. Here is the detailed Cleaning Guide for Indoor Plants.

You must clean your houseplants to remove dust from the leaves and improve their appearance. Cleaning of the plant is necessary to improve the photosynthesis process, which can keep the pores unblocked so a plant can breathe. It will increase the beauty of the plant and prevent pests or disease problems.

As you know that the Photosynthesis (the process of plants converting light energy into chemical energy) occurs through light. It makes sense when a plant is covered with dust that it will receive less sunlight, restricting growth. Cleaning of the plant and leaves will help to keep insects at bay, help you spot a possible infestation or remove pests.

Cleaning Indoor Plant Leaves

The most common method for cleaning indoor plants leaves, You can use a damp clean sponge or soft cloth. This is my best method, I usually use to clean my indoor plant. The Foliage plants with larger leaves can easily clean. A rubber plant, cast iron, peace lily, bromeliads, and other plants like this can be cleaned this way.

You need to first clean the leaves with a dry cloth or sponge to remove as much dust as possible. If not then you can end up creating clumps of dirt when the dust gathers together with water. You could even dust them of use the water shower to remove the dust.

After dusting you can use the wet cloth or sponge gently. While cleaning the leave please provide the support the leaves from back by your hand like as above picture,

You can clean the leaves by using a soft brush is the best way of cleaning when the leaves are hairy and tiny. You can use any type of small brush with soft brush. I often use the paint brush. use a small paint brush.

Plants like ferns, palms and others will clean by this way. Use can use the spray to, which we use for misting the leaves of the plant. All the above methods can be used by for cleaning of the leaves.

Take Your Indoor Plants Outside

In summer seasons when there is warm enough and raining, You can clean your plant thoroughly by placing then outside. At the time of raining when you place your indoor plant outside than all the leaves will be clean and rain will flush the soil of salts.

This is for old plants who are already matured in there pot, You should avoid this process with new plants. After placing then in rain, when the rain stop bring back the plant indoor and clean the leaves, if you don’t do this the dirt will again sit on the leaves of the plant. 

Make Your Indoor Plant Shine

Cleaning your indoor plant often will only make your plant attractive but it is not required for plants health. Don’t use the harmful material to make your indoor plant shine.

There are lots of products available in the market but you should check the ingredient before you use. Some products can cause the leaf pores to become blocked and can attract more dust.

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