Recommended indoor air-purifying plants: can plants be placed outdoors on smoggy days?

Entering November, winter has quietly arrived. Have you all already prepared to put on thick winter clothes? In winter, besides the cold weather, there are also smoggy days, and the sky is always gray and hazy. So what kind of plants should be grown at home to effectively remove smog? Let's take a look together below.

Monstera

Monstera, I believe, can be found in many green spaces. Monstera is also known as Penglai banana, electric wire grass, etc. It is a large climbing herbaceous plant in the Araceae family, and this plant naturally has a strong adsorption capacity. If your home has just been renovated and the smell from household appliances and decoration is strong, you can buy a few pots and put them at home. Let them help absorb the harmful gases released.

Generally speaking, an ordinary-sized Monstera has an adsorption capacity of about 10 grams of coconut charcoal fiber. At the same time, it can not only absorb harmful substances such as benzene, but also purify the space, because its leaves are very large and the surface transpiration is very strong, so keeping one pot indoors in winter can also achieve an effect similar to a humidifier.

Spider plant

I believe friends who have walked through flower markets are all too familiar with plants like spider plants and pothos. There are many varieties of spider plants on the market, including golden-edge spider plant, silver-edge spider plant, variegated spider plant, and so on. No matter which kind of spider plant it is, it can achieve a relatively good space-purifying effect.

Generally speaking, one spider plant can purify the air in about ten-plus square meters around it. The reason it can swallow a large amount of bad gases comes from its leaves and root system. Its leaf surface area is relatively large and wide, and its root system is also relatively developed, so the more vigorous its "breathing" is, the fresher the natural air will be.

Boston fern

Boston fern is a foliage plant of the genus Nephrolepis in the family Nephrolepidaceae, cultivated in the United Kingdom. Its leaves have many small wrinkles, and these wrinkles can slowly absorb dust in the air, so it is also called a "natural air purifier."

In terms of care, Boston fern is similar to ordinary foliage plants and likes a warm and humid environment. The growth temperature cannot be lower than 5 degrees or higher than 35 degrees. For watering, when the soil surface is found to be dry, it needs to be watered.