How to Grow Your Own Fresh Air

With only three varieties of plants, we can "grow our own fresh air" indoors, to keep us healthy.

Fresh air plant

1. Areca Palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
• Works well in the day time
• Great for living areas
• One needs about 4 shoulder high plants/person
• Needs to be put outdoors once every 3-4 months
• The leaves of the plant need to be wiped everyday in Delhi and perhaps once a month in a cleaner city
• The soil used should be of vermi manure or use hydroponics
2. Mother-in-law’s Tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata)
• Converts CO2 into O2 at night
• One requires about 6-8 such waist high plants per person in the bedroom
• Leaves need to be wiped in the same way as the Areca Palm
• The soil used should be of vermi manure or use hydroponics
3. Money Plant (Epipremnum aureum)
• Excellent for removing Formaldehyde and other VOC’s
• Best grown using hydroponics

Kamal Meattle: How to grow fresh air
Filmed Feb 2009 • Posted Mar 2009 • TED2009



Source:
http://greenspaces.in/blog/ted09/