How to Clean the Leaves of Houseplants

Everyone loves plants. Plants make any home look more lively and beautiful. Plants create positive energy around you and make your home a better place to live in. However, if you have plants at your place, then you should also be conscious about cleaning those plants after every other period.  Just like other items at home has to be cleaned often, plants also need that care and nurture. Because plants do not move on their own and are stationary beings, they also catch dust, and they can become untidy after a while due to it. So they also have to be cleaned and taken care of. Cleaning the plants takes the dust away from them and also gives them a cleaner and shinier look.

Why clean the plants?

• As already discussed, cleaning the plants will remove the dust and unwanted particles from the surface. They will become clean and they can no longer be the source of spreading any disease or toxins. Usually, the untidy surfaces are more prone to getting contaminated and therefore they should be cleaned so that no disease can spread into homes just by these unclean plants.
• If you have to reach the surface of the plants the leaves and the flowers will look shinier. They will be more pleasing to look at and beautify the home more.
• While you clean the surface of the plant, you will also be able to look at the health of the plant by diagnosing the leaves and the flowers. If you see any brown or yellow spots on the leaves or the flowers of the plant, you will know that the plant requires immediate attention, and you will take care of it more properly. You can put fertilizers in the plant. In this way, they can have the nutrients that they are lacking and can take back their healthy form.
• Dust and other unwanted particles on the surface of the leaf will affect its health. They can block the pores on the body of the plant through which the toxins are removed, or transpiration and guttation happen. Any dust that blocks the pores can hinder those natural processes, and the plant might die, so you need to clean the plants at intervals.
• Pests and insects can affect the plant. Upon finding the surfaces of the plant unclean and I kept, they can easily harm the health of the plant. You can also remove them by cleaning the plant. You can make sure that the plants or not infected by any of these insects.

How to clean the plants:

• The most common method of cleaning the plants is by using a very soft damp cloth or a very soft textured sponge. This is highly effective in removing the dust clean the plants with large leaves.
• You can first clean the plants by using a dry but soft cloth that does not harm the texture of the leaves or the flowers. You can then use a damp cloth or spray water onto the plants. And then using the cloth or sponge, just wipe away all the dust of the plant. For dry cleaning, like in daily routine, you can use a brush that has the softest bristles that do not harm the plant in any way.
• For smaller size plants with small flowers or leaves, you should be extra careful with them while cleaning. You can always spray them with water first and then gently use the sponge or the cloth or the brush to wipe away the dust.
• One fact that we all know is that plants love rainwater, and rain is an effective way to remove the dust away from the plants. They also leave the plants looking brighter and shinier. So whenever it is the rainy season, you can take your plants outside and give them the natural wash of rainwater. This will also promote and boost their healthy growth, and it will wipe away the dust. It will unblock the pores that will make the plant grow at a better rate.
• Rainwater also washes away the salts that are harmful to the plant from the soil. So after a fresh wash from the rainwater, your plant will be left dust-free. Along with this, it will be getting rid of excess salt and the toxins that can harm the health of the plant as well.
• If you are using a new product from the market to make your plants dust-free, always try that first on a patch of a leaf. You should first see how that patch of leaf reacts to that product. If the leaf shows no ill effects of using the product, you can then use the product on the whole plant then and make it dust-free. If you see it reacting negatively, we should immediately throw away the product as it can harm the health of your plant.

Do not just make your plants shiny for the sake of it by using harmful products.

All want their plants to look shiny and glossy. This not only makes the plants look more attractive but also makes the place look cleaner and organized than before. However, all shiny plants always do not mean that the plants are healthy. You should never use a product that harms the health of your plants. They can make the surfaces of plant shinier but can take away their nutrients.

In the above article, we discussed why cleaning the plants is so important. Cleaning of plants not only adds to their health but also has other benefits. It helps to prevent the spread of any disease from toxic or untidy surfaces. It also makes the home look cleaner and more organized. You would not want to clean your home, but then your plants are there in a corner looking all wilted and untidy. And so cleaning the plants is so important.