There's an art to giving flowers when a friend moves house - absorbing formaldehyde and looking beautiful saves you from embarrassment
Recently, Huahua had a friend who moved into a new home, and this week plans to go to her new home for dinner, but you can't show up empty-handed, right? What to do? Why not bring her a few pots of flowers? Placed at home, they don't just bring wealth and good feng shui, they can also absorb the formaldehyde in the new house - killing two birds with one stone!
Put a money tree in the new home, and wealth comes rolling in!
Placement: at the wealth corner 45° from the living room's main door, to make wealth come rolling in
For a new home, Huahua's first choice is the money tree (Pachira aquatica). The money tree has thick stems and dense foliage, and can absorb formaldehyde and other harmful substances from the air. Usually placed at the wealth corner 45° from the living room's main door, a pot of it can attract fortune and wealth, making wealth come rolling in!
(Image author: Kaoni Zhuce Nan)
Care tips:
1. The money tree is drought-tolerant, so always water it sparingly; water only when you find the soil surface has dried out completely; or poke a small wooden stick 2-3cm below the soil surface, and water when you find the soil on the stick is dry.
2. If you want the money tree to grow vigorously, you can bury some cooked soybeans or compound fertilizer in it to supply enough nitrogen fertilizer, making the leaves greener and the plant thicker and stronger!
(Image author: Royal Duxing Tianxia)
Put a snake plant in the new home, and sleep soundly every night!
Placement: living room, bedroom
The snake plant (Sansevieria) has upright stems and is green all year round, and at night it opens its stomata to absorb carbon dioxide from the air, thus improving the bedroom's air quality and letting you sleep soundly all night!
(Image author: Fanhua Luomu)
Care tips:
1. Snake plants fill out their pots and shoot up very fast; just grab a handful of slow-release fertilizer into the pot, and it can basically fill the whole pot within 1 month!
2. Cut off a snake plant leaf with a sterilized blade, let the wound dry, then stick it directly into sandy soil, and white roots will soon sprout!
Put a kalanchoe in the new home, and the family stays healthy and long-lived!
Placement: study, south balcony, bedroom
Kalanchoe blooms profusely, with a flowering period lasting more than half a year. Keeping a few pots in a new home doesn't just decorate it and make it prettier, it can also absorb formaldehyde and other harmful substances, making the air fresher!
Care tips:
1. Kalanchoe loves sunlight, so whether it's placed in the living room, study or on a windowsill, make sure it gets more than 6 hours of sun every day.
2. If you want kalanchoe to bloom multiple times, promptly prune the spent flowers after blooming, and give it some homemade fruit-peel water or cake fertilizer water, so it has enough nutrients for the next bloom!
Keep a pot of Swiss cheese plant in the new home, and formaldehyde gets sucked away in a flash!
Placement: living room, study
The Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa) has broad leaves with holes and patterns on the back, making it a rare and excellent green plant. Place one pot in a new home, and formaldehyde, benzene, sulfur dioxide and the like are all absorbed cleanly by its broad leaves!
(Image author: Shenlan Yinghua)
Care tips:
1. The Swiss cheese plant has broad leaves and a fairly high water demand. In summer, water about 1-2 times a day, occasionally spray water on the leaves, or mix beer with water at 1:10 and wipe the leaves with it, making the leaves greener and bigger and its formaldehyde-absorbing ability stronger!
2. Besides the green Swiss cheese plant, there is also the spotted variegated Swiss cheese plant, which counts as a fairly rare variety!
(Image author: Aaron Qiang)
Keep a pot of perilla in the new home, it absorbs cooking fumes and can be eaten in dishes!
Placement: study
Although the range hood is turned on in the kitchen, after cooking for a long time there will still be quite a lot of cooking fumes. At this time we can keep a pot of perilla in the kitchen; not only can we grab a handful anytime to cook with, it can also absorb cooking fumes, so the kitchen is never greasy again!
Care tips:
1. Perilla is generally grown from seed and is not at all picky about soil; just get some soil, scatter the seeds, and it will soon grow into a big pot!
2. Once the perilla is mature, pick it directly and use it as a seasoning for cooking; just thinking about the flavor makes your mouth water!
That's all Huahua is introducing today!
Whether it's relatives and friends or yourself moving into a new home,
remember to keep a few pots of flowers at home!
Fellow flower lovers, hurry and share it with your friends to take a look!
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