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How to Grow and Care for Arrowhead Plant

The arrowhead plant (Syngonium podophyllum) is a fast growing, easy to care for plant. Syngonium is known by several names including arrowhead vine, Arrowhead plant, Arrowleaf plant, American...

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A Guide To Indoor House Plants

In the post benefits of indoor plants, we have seen that how house plants offer several health benefits including indoor air cleaning. But what are actually those plants that purify indoor air...

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Best Air Purifying Indoor Plants Part 1

NASA in partnership with the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) found that plants are the easiest and most efficient air filters for the most common three toxins present in the house....

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Household Plants For Purifying Indoor Air - Part2

Kimberly queen fern, pot mum, gerbera daisy, palms and dracaena plants are also good for absorbing harmful gases found indoors. Guide to indoor plants|Benefits of Indoor Plants | Air purifying indoor...

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Household Plants For Purifying Indoor Air - Part3

You will find these plants in supermarkets, offices and buildings. Weeping fig, peace lily, lady palm, dumb cane, king of hearts, orchids, lily turf look very beautiful and they are good in purifying...

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Household Plants For Purifying Indoor Air - Part4

Tulips, prayer plant, snake plant, arrowhead plant, golden pothos, spider plant, philodendrons, are great indoor air purifying plants. You will find these plants in supermarkets, offices and...

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Indoor Plants For Purifying Air - Part5

Anthurium, christmas cactus, crotons, poinsettias, aloe vera, cyclamen, bromeliads, jade plant, etc. are great looking plants with beautiful flowers and excellent indoor plants. Benefits of Indoor...

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Composting : How to Make Compost At Home

Making your own compost from your household and garden waste is much easier than most of you think. Composting involves decomposition of kitchen waste into humus by soil microorganisms. Humus is very...

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How To Grow Snake Plant and Mother-In-Law's Tongue

The plant is an evergreen stemless, erect succulent perennial plant, a cultivar of the Sansevieria species in the family Asparagaceae and is a native Africa. These plants produce upright ovate or...

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Queen of Night Plant: Night Blooming Jasmine Care

Queen of night plant or night blooming jasmine (Botanical name: Cestrum nocturnum) is a perennial shrub produces tubular white bloom that emit intense, romantic, intoxicating and heavenly smell in...

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How to Care Jasmine in Winter

As the jasmine plants are from tropical regions, they need warm sun to grow properly and do not tolerate very low winter temperatures. However, if you are growing winter jasmine, it may be blooming or...

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Health Benefits of Bottle Gourd Juice

The bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), lauki, ghiya or doodhi came to fame when a few years ago, Baba Ramdev advised people to drink lauki juice to take advantage of its several health benefits. It...

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Fruits & Vegetables Producing Ethylene Or Sensitive To Ethylene

We all know that one bad fruit in the box spoils the whole box of fruits. Only one apple, banana, kiwifruit, mango or guava can spoil the other fruits placed nearby. Why it is so? What causes fruits...

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How to Make Compost Tea : Compost tea Benefits in Garden

Compost Tea can be called a liquid gold fertilizer for your home garden where you grow vegetables, flowers, fruits and and other houseplants. As the name suggests, it is a nutritionally rich liquid...

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How to Keep Bananas Fresh : Keeping Bananas Green

A green banana is a living system that releases ethylene and ripens gradually over time, making changes in its color, odor, texture and taste. The problem is that the bananas at home ripen so quickly...

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Health Benefits Of Curry Leaves

Curry leaves  (Murraya koenigii or Bergera koenigii), known as kadi patta in hindi, have been widely used in Indian dishes since centuries, not only because they enhance the taste and flavor but...

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Health Benefits of Turmeric and Curcumin

Turmeric (Curcuma longa)  is a perennial rhizomatous herbaceous plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae which you can grow at home, even in containers. Turmeric or tumeric, a 5000 year-old herb has...

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Plants That Repel Mosquitoes Naturally

It is a common experience that during summer and rainy days, mosquitoes, insects, flies, bees, spiders, ants, fleas, bugs, etc trouble us most, responsible for many deadly diseases including dengue...

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How To Grow Custard Apple in Container

Custard apple (Annona squamosa) is a genus of Annona and a native of the tropical Americas and West Indies. Some of the other trees widely grown are Annona reticulata, Annona cherimola (cherimoya) and...

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How to Build a Terrace Garden : Rooftop Garden Ideas and Tips

People living in cities and apartments can grow their own vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruits on the terraces and balconies. This way you can get fresh organic vegetables. Growing your own...

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