Myth Busting
3 guides tagged Myth Busting, from first steps to advanced care.
- BeginnerIndoor Plants
Does Misting Houseplants Actually Raise Humidity? What the Physics Says
Misting is the most common humidity advice given to new plant owners, and it does do something, but not what most care guides imply. Here's what a spray bottle actually changes about the air around your plant, how long that change lasts, and which methods move the needle for plants that genuinely need higher humidity.
7 min readRead guide - BeginnerIndoor Plants
Do Orchids Need a Cold Night to Rebloom? Rereading the Temperature Study
Orchid care advice has repeated for years that a phalaenopsis needs a sustained nighttime temperature drop to trigger a new flower spike. A 2006 study measuring this directly found the opposite mechanism at work. Here's what actually controls reblooming, and what a Clemson Extension factsheet says about everyday phalaenopsis care in the meantime.
8 min readRead guide - BeginnerIndoor Plants
Do Houseplants Actually Clean the Air in Your Home? Rereading the NASA Study
The claim that a few houseplants will clean your indoor air traces back to one 1989 NASA study, and it gets repeated far past what that study actually tested. Here's what NASA measured, why a sealed test chamber is not your living room, and what the follow-up research since then actually found.
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