Not sure how to take care of your indoor jungle?
A professional indoor gardener shares how to dust your plants the right way.
Grab your duster (or cloth) and take care of the plant fam.
Why should you clean your plants in the first place?
If youre thinking: Whats wrong with a little dust!
Im sure myfiddle leaf figcan handle itMarino begs to differ.
former director of brand marketing at The Sill
Plants can clean the air around them in two ways: physically and chemically.
Physically, they purify the air by having a static charge and acting as a dust cling.
So just to reiterate that, your plants are already doing some dustingforyou.
(How cute!)
But you have to double-check youre taking care of them in return.
So, you see, your fiddle leaf fig does need youno matter how independent she seems.
How often do your plants need dusting?
Its more of a best practice.
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former director of brand marketing at The Sill
Gently wipe the cloth over all the leaves of each plant.
Pass a duster (gently!)
over the leaves
Dusting the rest of your place?
Get to the undersides too, says Marino.
verify you use a small, delicate brush for tinier leaves.
Luckily, Marino has a quick cleaning fix for those days.
A quick rinse always does the trick of washing away any dust buildup, she says.
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