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How to care for Zamioculcas zamiifolia (ZZ plant)

  Commonly known as zz or zanzibar gem. This is by far the best air purifying plant for home and office this plant purifies indoor air, absorbs humidity, prevents mold built up especially during monsoon season. It can very well withstand low light and is absolutely low maintenance.

How To Grow | Care And Prevent Tulsi Plant from dying | Medicinal Uses Of Tulsi Plant

Tulsi plant is rightfully known as queen of ayurveda, as it is a powerhouse of antioxidant and antibacterial properties. The best part of this plant is that it is very easy to grow and hence readily available in any nursery or online. Tulsi plant

How To Get Rid Of Fungus Gnats From Plants

Fungus gnats are really nasty and damage the plant pretty quickly than you can imagine, they multiply pretty quickly. Hence it is advisable to get rid of these nasty fungus gnats pretty early. How To Get Rid Of Fungus Gnats From Plants

How To Care For Air Plants At Home

Air plants also known as Tillandsia are plants that don't need soil/ water to anchor for their growth. They are ephiphytes from bromeliad family, they anchor on a tree branch with their roots and absorb water and nutrients required for their growth from air. Due to this nature of survival they are naturally found in forest areas on tree branches.

How To Grow Betel Leaf Plant At Home | Few awesome recepies using paan leaves / betel leaves - Betel Leaf / Culcutta paan or Kolkatta paan & Maghai Paan -

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 Betel Leaf Also Known as Paan Betel leaf or as most of us would love to say "PAAN". There are so many bollywood songs made on this leaf "paan" and almost all are super hit. Scientifically Betel leaf is known as Piper betle, In India, it is popularly known as Paan in most parts of India, but in southern part of India it is known as Vetalai. Betel leaf is an incredible, edible medicinal creeper plant with heart shaped leaves that are dark green in colour. This plant has different variants depending on the geographical location of it's growth.  Though the shape and colour of this plants remains almost same, the taste and the size of the leaves are might vary and are considered to be a big differentiator of these plants. Types of betel leaf plant Maghai paan /Vetalai Banarasi paan Calcutta paan Chennor Paan Karapaku paan Tellaku Paan Bangla paan The high medicinal value of this plant could be the reason why Betel leaves are widely used for all auspicious occasion s...

How To Grow Cypress Vine / Ganesh Vel / Humming bird vine

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Cypress vine plant is a creeper plant that is seasonal and grow flowers which are generally bright red in colour and star shape, there are various other colours available in cypress vine like pink, white etc. These are self seeded plants, which means in case during winter if you have noticed that the cypress vine plant is dead, don't worry, as they self seed themseleves during winter season and bounce back during summer season. For first timers to grow cypress vine plant, one can begin with seeds, this plant won't grow from cutting as this is a seasonal vine plant. Let's get started! Step 1: sow the seed over the top of cocopeat and spry water gently. Step 2: wait for 10 days and let the seeds germinate Step 3: the true leaves are in the form of a butterfly. Step 4: one week later few grass like leaves starts growing  step 5: 2 weeks later the wine starts growing Step 6: Pot these in a planter with a pole or any similar stick Step 7: Water the plants regularly, no need to u...

Fittonia Plant Care At Home

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 Fittonia Albiveins is the best pick if you want a beautiful foliage plant that can be grown indoors and is absolutely low maintenance. In some parts of South Africa which is also the origin of this plant, can be found as a creeping plant under a bushy tree.  Fittonia Albiveins is also known as Nerve plant as the leaves resembles the pattern of Nerves in human body. Some of the other common names of  Fittonia Albiveins are: White star nerve plant Mosaic plant Painted Nerve plant Dwarf silver nerve plant Dwarf nerve plant Painted net leaf This plant loves humidity, likes watering once in a while let's understand how to care for this plant  How To Grow Fittonia Albiveins At Home   (Watch Youtube video) Container Choose a container that has good drainage holes, not one but at least 3-4 drainage holes is a must. The container could be either a plastic, ceramic or terracotta or glass but never a metal, especially if you are living in hot and humid climate region. Po...