A Series On Indoor Plants – Featuring: Money Plant
Z. Retiwalla
Are you looking to design an urban jungle for your home? Sustainable home landscaping is the talk of the town. It allows you to convert your space into a healthier and happier dwelling. Through this series, I will reveal some of the latest green design ideas and tips to help you design the most fabulous urban jungle for your home.
In today’s blog, I will talk about another useful indoor plant which is easy to maintain – Epipremnum aureum, popularly known as the “Money Plant” or “Devil’s Ivy”. This lovely plant that can adorn your balcony or simply be hung in a basket or as part of an arrangement in clear glass, is NASA certified. It purifies the air, along with being a hit with the Feng Shui lovers is usually very easy to grow in the indoor set up.
Pleasing to the eye, this plant has several health benefits:
- Money plants increase the oxygen level of the air and help in easy breathing
- They take up VOC agents like formaldehyde and even potential carcinogenic gases like benzene, toluene, and xylene of the air around
- A green planter in your bedroom will give you a feeling of freshness since this is one of the few plants that give out oxygen at night
- As it can grow in various grades of light, the money plant can be easily grown by home gardeners
- Only one plant per 100 square feet of floor space is enough to purify the air
Easy to grow and maintain, this plant practically requires minimal care, very little water, and can flourish in indirect sunlight as well.
- It requires a large and strong support and thrives well on a moss-stick
- Thrives in usually any soil, however avoid very alkaline soil
- Moisture and liquid feeding during main growing season in summer and monsoon
- Do well with bright sunlight, but also thrive in shades
- Require good air circulation
- Free from pests and diseases
The best part is that money plants can easily be grown in bottles. Here’s how:
- Take a thick stem of 25 to 30 cm from an existing money plant
- Make a deep cut of around 45 degrees just above a node
- Put the stem in a glass jar or bottle. Fill the jar with clean filtered water and make sure at least 1 node is covered
- Place the jar near the window where it gets a good amount of indirect sunlight
- In 10 days new roots will start appearing
- Change the water when turbid
Do send us pictures of your very own money plant! We don’t know if you will attract more money, but we can guarantee you better air quality in your home.
The series on indoor plants is written by Mr. Zeeshan A. Retiwalla, who is a landscape designer with over 15 years of experience and runs a successful landscaping company in Mumbai which has presence pan India. Feel free to check their work on www.pldindia.com
