@illyounotme it's my dream to buy a house with greenhouse space! I'd also love to learn aquaponics, though I know a lot of research and practice would have to go into it. I also love the idea of an Earth home like you're planning. Use that free insulation that is the ground!
I was a janitor in college for a office building. There was one floor with lots of spider plants and it was always the freshest floor, despite being in the middle of the building. Definitely something to it I think.
Improving mood probably has a stronger affect on your breathing than reducing VOCs by 2%. Thinking that your plant cleans the air probably has a stronger affect too.
Personal anecdote here: I turned my previous apartment into a forest and it was great, end of story. I'm working on doing the same with my new place now.
Ugh. Scishow beat me to it. I was in the process of making a video on this very subject since I have a background in both chemistry and horticulture. I have part of it already filmed and on my computer for editing. That is okay. Good work Scishow. You have always been an inspiration to me and I will work on this a bit longer just to make sure I don't look like I am copying any of your work. Love you guys and your videos. Truly inspired me to help educate. I have been working as a tutor in chemistry, math, physics, and biology for the past few years because of channels like yours.
@@Thumpr110 I definitely will. I still have more to add to it anyways. You can only cover so much in a 2:50 minute Scishow video. I will end up referencing the Scishow video and their take on it so I can save some time in my own video. But I will go into more details about the issues with the idealized studies, the negative side of having so many plants in a house (considering people don't understand pest management), and a few other things that come to mind. I will do some videos covering positive aspects of plants as well. But that will be in separate videos. I don't like blogs or alternative health pages wrongly pushing plants when they could simply say they improve mood and have some moderate effects on air purity when placed in your home. Plants are great but we don't need to lie about them. And I need to start giving background information on plant metabolism to discuss the carbon dioxide problem we have in the atmosphere. Contrary to popular belief, plants don't just breathe out oxygen. They burn their own sugars and release carbon dioxide. The amount of CO2 they withhold from the atmosphere is directly proportional to its total size since glucose is turned into cellulose (cell walls). The houseplant that stays the same size for what seems like forever, isn't releasing oxygen for you at any appreciable amount. All the sugar it makes, it pretty much burns off. But anyways, those rants will be saved for my future videos.
This was still over the course of what.... 24 hours? Surely due to dispersion it would still have an efect over a wider area and a longer time to purify the air arorund itself, no? I mean, you're not constantly pumping the air with pollutants 24/7 so it should still be a net benefit to keep the plants around, right?
VOC's come from a lot of sources, including paint, carpet, and glues. These are constantly giving off VOC's in small amounts, and add up. So yes, unfortunately, we do basically pump them into our homes at a fairly constant rate.
They make my little apartment feel more cozy and welcoming. They give me something to care for and I think the humidity level in my little Vegas studio is more healthy because of them. So, it's a win, win, win for me.
Indoor plants don't affect that nearly enough to affect much. Opening a window for a few minutes is more effective than the plant is in a few weeks. That being said, the psychological effects of having nice plants around is definitely a good thing and can positively impact physical health.
@@althelor > Indoor plants don't affect that nearly enough to affect much. Opening a window for a few minutes is more effective than the plant is in a few weeks. "That officemate bringing in their plant." .... Have you been in a modern office building? Do you know how many have windows you can just crack open whenever you want? From my desk I can see out 3 sides of this building, at least a dozen windows in sight. Not a single one opens up.
Not for VOCs, but for gasses like carbon dioxide: in an architectural sustainability class I took we were taught you need approx 40 plants per person. So plants will be more or less helpful depending on what you're using them for.
Personally, I find her voice really soothing. I watch these videos to fall asleep sometimes. I'm not saying it is boring. The videos are interesting, and her tone isn't at all boring to me. Just, I get really sleepy all of a sudden.
Having 2 pots of Boston ferns (Nephrolepis exaltata) + 2 pots of potos (Epipremnum aureum) + a pot of gerbera daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) turns my feet-smelling, 2x3 sqm shoes storage room not only breathable, but also fresh. I love my oxygen-producing, gorgeous-looking pets.
This is great. It should be noted that there is significant research showing the positive psychological effects of plants so while our lungs might not see large benefit, our minds might.
Very nice. I brought aprox 10 air purifying plants and it feels like nothing. So bring plants if you want green around but dont expect major change in breathing air.
It increases the humidity having indoor plants, and that can cause a growth in mold. When i do mold remediation at offices it's usually the room that has plants/humidifiers/essential oil burners/ etc.
Yep, Rainforest is right! We see this same thing with planted aquariums. You need the whole thing FULL of plants in order for them to completely purify the water with the nitrogen cycle. Some plants do help... but honestly you need a forest for it to work on its own.
Sounds like a great experiment. If we showed that many plants in our living spaces can improve air quality, we could see future architect that incorporates plants. 🌱
I like plants so I've plotted a hell ton of them but I thought are they enough? After watching video I was little disappointed and thought its useless should I stop, but comments has set me on fire really motivated to bring more plants in coming rainy season 😂. Remember guys taking their care is very important so if you don't have time to take care or you just don't want to take care then don't have that many plants, few less maintenance plants are enough.
Good topic, thanks! I'm still curious about the quantitative effects on O2, CO2, etc. that the plants have, and how many it would take to make a noticeable difference. Like you suggest, one may need a "rainforest" of plants in a typical apartment. (which sounds kinda fun, actually!)
Even if indoor houseplants can't effectively clean the air, there's still a net positive psychological benefit to having some little green friends hanging around and keeping you company. At least for me, there is. Reminds me I need to find a decent LED grow light so I can keep a nice aloe vera near my desk again.
While plants won't act like HEPA filters, you only need about 5% of a room's volume filled with plants to reduce most VOCs by 50% to 75%. For some reason, Olivia focused on the negative opinion pieces for this video, rather than the actual scientific studies (ironically linked to in the video description) that confirm NASA's findings.
80% of how well people feel are psychological. So people believing a few house plants improves thier air quality will affect their over all health because they believe it. "Ignorance is bliss" so long as it isn't hurting us. People don't always need to know the tiniest details of truth if the knowledge doesn't help them in any way. I believe this is the case with this video. The over all air quality in "most" homes is perfectly normal. Adding a few plants may only improve the air quality by a single percent or two but it improves the over all health of the occupants by allot more if they even think the plants are helping. There are however a few cities where you may want to consider massive air purification systems lol.
It's doesn't just help people feel better because of the placebo effect. It also helps because having plants around improves people's mood just by being nice to look at. It helps with stress and can even improve recovery time for illnesses. Humans respond pretty strongly to having pretty things around them.
This kaled my mood, finding out indoor plants are no big dill. When I saw the title, I thought "thistle be the best video ever!", but it wasn't mint to be. Ok, I'll stop - always leaf them wanting more!
I’d say my 560 square foot one bedroom apartment recreates the environmental parameters of the 1989 study pretty darn well, just modest apartment sized. I rarely allow outside air circulation to happen due to insects. I now own 8 snake plants and one peace lily. ✌️
So what are the large indoor plants worth in terms of number of typical house plants? Such as tall rubber plants, "bird of paradise", palm, etc.? Also are you going to keep the lights on all night, so the photosynthesis keeps the O2 output greater than the plants CO2 output?
I have a pitcher plant in my room. At least it can draw the mosquitoes towards it(with minimal efficacy at least). Well, it is still small and only have pitchers that are about the size of a peanut.
what about having large windows and plants all established at angles, with light circulation air to levels and rooms that are full of plants i think it would be enjoyable to have a hallway of plants , it would be always warm enough indoors, but still closer to the wall with ventelation circulating around their bases so they would get some of the growth and developments, and a roof with plants and solar panels, grown so they self seed and none of their max heights interferes with the panels that turn with them to the sun, and a strong headwind over the side pushing air into an imput vent to the house and feeding a windmill
This is like having plants in drainage ditches. Experiments have been done in tank simulants of drainage systems, demonstrating the difference between letting runoff water go straight into natural waterways versus lettings plants filter the runoff water before it reaches the waterways. While letting vegetation filter runoff water is a proven method of pollution control, I think we can all agree that one single houseplant is inefficient for filtering _all_ the air in a room.
It depends on the size and type of plant and the size of the room. It also depends on your definition of "filtering all the air in a room". If the goal is to scrub all CO2, then about 300-600 plants are needed just to keep one person alive. On the other hand, you only need to fill about 5% to 9% of a room with plants to see a reduction in most VOCs by about 75%. Again, this depends on the specific type of plant, see the NASA study for the most effective (rubber trees and sansevieria believe).
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An indoor rainforest... Considering how fast the _outdoor_ one is being cut and bunred away, the indoor idea will be a hell lot more interesting and appealing. :*
For buildings with air exchanger like most modern homes and commercial buildings, air gets replaced faster than any sane amount of indoor plants can do anything about.
If you want to do an indoor study of plants contact my grandmother please. The first floor of her house is 1100 sq feet... in that space she has 600 sq feet of it as plants. She says they cured all sorts of stuff.
Side question: how do living walls work? A few office buildings around my town have them (including my former college) and they're wonderful. Are these examples of ways plants can be incorporated into office environments to create better air quality?
When I originally heard this research decades ago I asked, 'What if the plant becomes unhealthy or the soil turns sour and unhealthy? Wouldn't either of those scenarios create their own contribution to indoor air pollution?'
I live in a damp, 230 year old sandstone basement tenement flat with no air circulation to speak of and I can tell you now, without question, that my 25+ plants make a difference. The succulents for example don't need watered that often, once every few months (compared to the recommended once a week). Hell, I forgot to water two of them for 6 months one time and I don't know how they are still alive. I even have a control room to see if I notice a difference in smell alone (I do) so send me your scientists!
I just counted, I have 62 houseplants. Considering that on January 1st I had zero houseplants, I think I’m on target to increase that by a factor of 10 by mid-2020. #junglegoals
As it's spring, and the veg garden starts are inside, I have nearly 500 plants in my house. Does it matter that they're no bigger than 10 cm tall and many don't yet have their true leaves? I assume there's some relationship between total surface area of leaves and any possible benefit. That is, surely 500 rubber tree plants that scrape the ceiling would be better than 500 tiny tomatoes and peppers and eggplants.
Tbh i already have an indoor rain forest, or at least im getting there. I actually have that plant shown at 0:20, whatever its called, but its been growing for about 15 years now and its about 20 meters long and basically hanging from the ceiling across the room lol
Just to clarify, it's not a myth. Actually read the sources in the video description, all the studies show that a few plants per room can significantly reduce VOCs. Not sure why Olivia decided to focus so much on the counter-opinions. I say opinions because the people claiming that plants DON'T reduce VOCs don't actually have any studies to back them up.
Before watching the video (I actually said this out loud when I saw the title): I mean... ever so slightly? After watching the video: Ever so slightly.
If you want to keep it for yourself, all you need to do is tape a plastic bag over your head. As an added bonus, it functions as a time machine that lets you travel forward through time, at the speed of time.
this raised more questions then answered, yes pollution might be tricky, but what about Carbon dioxide and monoxide? what about dust particles and humidity?
Apparently there was a russian study that concluded that you need about 8m² to scrub enough CO2 from the air for one person. Which is really rather little so it sounds rather feasible!
Note: At 1:54, the graphic should say "1 m^3" instead of "1 m^2." Thanks to everyone who caught that!
So what you're saying is I should live in a greenhouse for max effect, right?
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Kurtis Baute tried the _living with plants thing:_
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You need a lot of plants.
That's my dream
illyounotme hmm so does money 🤔
yh but plants give off a lot of water and carbon dioxide so bad idea for a home if u suffer from condensation
"You'd need approximately 680 indoor plants"
...
Is that a challenge? I did want more indoor plants...
I think I have that many plants...
Do it
Graystillplays
@illyounotme it's my dream to buy a house with greenhouse space! I'd also love to learn aquaponics, though I know a lot of research and practice would have to go into it. I also love the idea of an Earth home like you're planning. Use that free insulation that is the ground!
I have a sunroom in my house, this might be doable lol
I was a janitor in college for a office building. There was one floor with lots of spider plants and it was always the freshest floor, despite being in the middle of the building. Definitely something to it I think.
Correction: 1:50, a "cubic meter" is m^3 not m^2.
Oww, I can't give you the point, since you forgot to say "uhm, actually"..
@@fede22081 umm actually it's spelled "umm"
@SportsRGreat SciShow is Communist, you fool! And of course it's correct! Everything is possible in Soviet Russia. Volume is area and area is length!
Wondered if someone as petty as me would mention it. Not disappointed
@@farhanahmed2508 looks like your fake Allah taught u that😆😆😆😆
So what you are basically saying is I just need 10 more plants ? Aight, to the flower shop
Whether it improves the air is irrelevant. It improves everyone's moods. Especially in the winter when everything outside looks dead.
Not everyone, plants make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
that wasn't the question being asked lol…
Improving mood probably has a stronger affect on your breathing than reducing VOCs by 2%. Thinking that your plant cleans the air probably has a stronger affect too.
In my apartment everything inside looks dead as well
@@nolanwestrich2602 affect
_this pleases the plant_
If this is true, then im turning my house into an indoor forest
I've already started by making clones of my various houseplants.
But what about the CO2 they release at night?? You'll die at your sleep XD
I wanted to do that when I was a kid. Actually I still want to, I just know it's going to be a little harder than that. :(
plants give off a lot of co2 and water, expect dampness on your walls
This guy just made indoors outdoors
"So don't count on your poor desk fern to fix all of your indoor air problems."
No. Keep a fern on your desk because it's a nice plant.
a very kind plant
And use the clean air as an excuse to keep it at work/get more plants there.
All I'm hearing is "Buy more plants!"
"680 separate plants" So, your average Grandma house?
Or my house
Danilego or Jenna Marbles lol
so.... a patch of grass a square meter in size is enough for 15 houses?
Personal anecdote here: I turned my previous apartment into a forest and it was great, end of story. I'm working on doing the same with my new place now.
Was it not super humid?
@@messyties perhaps it would have been but I ran the air conditioner :)
@@Roarshark12 that's horrible, AC is horrible to use when its contributing a lot to the abundance of CO2 while the rest of us are trying to reduce it.
Ugh. Scishow beat me to it. I was in the process of making a video on this very subject since I have a background in both chemistry and horticulture. I have part of it already filmed and on my computer for editing. That is okay. Good work Scishow. You have always been an inspiration to me and I will work on this a bit longer just to make sure I don't look like I am copying any of your work. Love you guys and your videos. Truly inspired me to help educate. I have been working as a tutor in chemistry, math, physics, and biology for the past few years because of channels like yours.
The Country Chemist you should post it regardless.
@@Thumpr110 I definitely will. I still have more to add to it anyways. You can only cover so much in a 2:50 minute Scishow video. I will end up referencing the Scishow video and their take on it so I can save some time in my own video. But I will go into more details about the issues with the idealized studies, the negative side of having so many plants in a house (considering people don't understand pest management), and a few other things that come to mind.
I will do some videos covering positive aspects of plants as well. But that will be in separate videos. I don't like blogs or alternative health pages wrongly pushing plants when they could simply say they improve mood and have some moderate effects on air purity when placed in your home. Plants are great but we don't need to lie about them.
And I need to start giving background information on plant metabolism to discuss the carbon dioxide problem we have in the atmosphere. Contrary to popular belief, plants don't just breathe out oxygen. They burn their own sugars and release carbon dioxide. The amount of CO2 they withhold from the atmosphere is directly proportional to its total size since glucose is turned into cellulose (cell walls). The houseplant that stays the same size for what seems like forever, isn't releasing oxygen for you at any appreciable amount. All the sugar it makes, it pretty much burns off.
But anyways, those rants will be saved for my future videos.
This was still over the course of what.... 24 hours? Surely due to dispersion it would still have an efect over a wider area and a longer time to purify the air arorund itself, no? I mean, you're not constantly pumping the air with pollutants 24/7 so it should still be a net benefit to keep the plants around, right?
am I not pumping out pollutants 24/7? I hope I am
VOC's come from a lot of sources, including paint, carpet, and glues. These are constantly giving off VOC's in small amounts, and add up. So yes, unfortunately, we do basically pump them into our homes at a fairly constant rate.
You underestimate the power of stagnant air.
Yeah, to me, their arguments were a bit weak
Opening windows is healthy
Don't care if my pants purify my air, they soothe my soul !
Best typo ever... Pants definetly are soul soothers...
nevar108 😂
My pants do not purify my air. I should know, I farted as I was typing this message.
Oh crap, autocorrect is not on point !
They make my little apartment feel more cozy and welcoming. They give me something to care for and I think the humidity level in my little Vegas studio is more healthy because of them. So, it's a win, win, win for me.
An indoor rainforest you say? It would seem that Earthships have you covered
At least it has a positive impact on happiness, I guess?
According to a Japanese study, it increases productivity to have plants in the work space.
I thought it was more for mental health that having/taking care of plants is good for you
What about CO2 and O2 levels?
thought the same thing
Remember that plants also take Oxygen and release Carbon dioxide when there is no light for photosynthesis to happen, so I would say not relevant.
Indoor plants don't affect that nearly enough to affect much. Opening a window for a few minutes is more effective than the plant is in a few weeks.
That being said, the psychological effects of having nice plants around is definitely a good thing and can positively impact physical health.
@@althelor > Indoor plants don't affect that nearly enough to affect much. Opening a window for a few minutes is more effective than the plant is in a few weeks.
"That officemate bringing in their plant."
.... Have you been in a modern office building? Do you know how many have windows you can just crack open whenever you want? From my desk I can see out 3 sides of this building, at least a dozen windows in sight. Not a single one opens up.
I just use office plants to make the office place look prettier.
Makes sense. I like having chives. Even though they smell kinda onionish, the flowers are pretty and it freaks people if I start eating some.
Not for VOCs, but for gasses like carbon dioxide: in an architectural sustainability class I took we were taught you need approx 40 plants per person. So plants will be more or less helpful depending on what you're using them for.
1:54 cubic meter is 1 m^3, not 1 M^2
I used to hate Olivia’s voice..... but she’s growing on me. I watched the whole video
arethouready and she is a lot more feminine now and sexier too
I’ve always enjoyed her videos. It’s the other chick I can’t stand, weird face n teeth, kinda like a really chubby rat with curly hair.
Personally, I find her voice really soothing. I watch these videos to fall asleep sometimes. I'm not saying it is boring. The videos are interesting, and her tone isn't at all boring to me. Just, I get really sleepy all of a sudden.
i can breathe only when im around you. Olivia
Off to buy another 679 plants. Excellent presentation Olivia. Very nicely done.
Having 2 pots of Boston ferns (Nephrolepis exaltata) + 2 pots of potos (Epipremnum aureum) + a pot of gerbera daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) turns my feet-smelling, 2x3 sqm shoes storage room not only breathable, but also fresh. I love my oxygen-producing, gorgeous-looking pets.
1:55 A cubic meter is on the 3rd power.
I’m literally “that” plant person.
I like grass and also I'm a virgin
Me too.
I got 73 plants in just my room, how about chu?
Me too. Love plants!
@@lord7134 I'm a gardener for a living I'll put it to you like that.
This is great. It should be noted that there is significant research showing the positive psychological effects of plants so while our lungs might not see large benefit, our minds might.
Very nice. I brought aprox 10 air purifying plants and it feels like nothing. So bring plants if you want green around but dont expect major change in breathing air.
I'd like to posit that they're commonly therapeutic because many people enjoy them and their contribution to our existence and the beauty thereof.
It increases the humidity having indoor plants, and that can cause a growth in mold. When i do mold remediation at offices it's usually the room that has plants/humidifiers/essential oil burners/ etc.
Olivia, wow! I think it was your best video :) keep it up!
She started emoting again.
Is it me or Olivia looks radiant in this video?
I am not certain, but I believe she may be pregnant, or have recently given birth.
@@philwood5288 she's already had her baby
Yep, Rainforest is right! We see this same thing with planted aquariums. You need the whole thing FULL of plants in order for them to completely purify the water with the nitrogen cycle. Some plants do help... but honestly you need a forest for it to work on its own.
My God, you got to love the girl!
Thanks for hosting the episode,
kinda made my evening!
indoor rain forest you say...? Hold on, I've got that VHS of Fern Gully somewhere around here! ;)
Sounds like a great experiment. If we showed that many plants in our living spaces can improve air quality, we could see future architect that incorporates plants. 🌱
I just spent $400 on plant to purify my bedroom. You’re telling me that’s not enough. Dame you!
"You would need an indoor rainforest" .. I don't see the problem here
It helps me feel better.
Nature is amazeballs.
My pendulus freeswinging scrotum is amazeballs.
I like plants so I've plotted a hell ton of them but I thought are they enough? After watching video I was little disappointed and thought its useless should I stop, but comments has set me on fire really motivated to bring more plants in coming rainy season 😂. Remember guys taking their care is very important so if you don't have time to take care or you just don't want to take care then don't have that many plants, few less maintenance plants are enough.
Good topic, thanks! I'm still curious about the quantitative effects on O2, CO2, etc. that the plants have, and how many it would take to make a noticeable difference. Like you suggest, one may need a "rainforest" of plants in a typical apartment. (which sounds kinda fun, actually!)
it's like with psychoterapy. one session won't correct all your life problems, but you don't conclude that it is ineffective altogether.
Even if indoor houseplants can't effectively clean the air, there's still a net positive psychological benefit to having some little green friends hanging around and keeping you company. At least for me, there is. Reminds me I need to find a decent LED grow light so I can keep a nice aloe vera near my desk again.
While plants won't act like HEPA filters, you only need about 5% of a room's volume filled with plants to reduce most VOCs by 50% to 75%. For some reason, Olivia focused on the negative opinion pieces for this video, rather than the actual scientific studies (ironically linked to in the video description) that confirm NASA's findings.
80% of how well people feel are psychological. So people believing a few house plants improves thier air quality will affect their over all health because they believe it. "Ignorance is bliss" so long as it isn't hurting us. People don't always need to know the tiniest details of truth if the knowledge doesn't help them in any way. I believe this is the case with this video. The over all air quality in "most" homes is perfectly normal. Adding a few plants may only improve the air quality by a single percent or two but it improves the over all health of the occupants by allot more if they even think the plants are helping. There are however a few cities where you may want to consider massive air purification systems lol.
The placebo effect is hell of a drug
It's doesn't just help people feel better because of the placebo effect. It also helps because having plants around improves people's mood just by being nice to look at. It helps with stress and can even improve recovery time for illnesses.
Humans respond pretty strongly to having pretty things around them.
Hey! They got the heating working !
This kaled my mood, finding out indoor plants are no big dill. When I saw the title, I thought "thistle be the best video ever!", but it wasn't mint to be.
Ok, I'll stop - always leaf them wanting more!
I’d say my 560 square foot one bedroom apartment recreates the environmental parameters of the 1989 study pretty darn well, just modest apartment sized. I rarely allow outside air circulation to happen due to insects.
I now own 8 snake plants and one peace lily. ✌️
So what are the large indoor plants worth in terms of number of typical house plants? Such as tall rubber plants, "bird of paradise", palm, etc.? Also are you going to keep the lights on all night, so the photosynthesis keeps the O2 output greater than the plants CO2 output?
I have a pitcher plant in my room. At least it can draw the mosquitoes towards it(with minimal efficacy at least). Well, it is still small and only have pitchers that are about the size of a peanut.
what about having large windows and plants all established at angles, with light circulation air to levels and rooms that are full of plants
i think it would be enjoyable to have a hallway of plants , it would be always warm enough indoors, but still closer to the wall with ventelation circulating around their bases so they would get some of the growth and developments, and a roof with plants and solar panels, grown so they self seed and none of their max heights interferes with the panels that turn with them to the sun, and a strong headwind over the side pushing air into an imput vent to the house and feeding a windmill
This is like having plants in drainage ditches. Experiments have been done in tank simulants of drainage systems, demonstrating the difference between letting runoff water go straight into natural waterways versus lettings plants filter the runoff water before it reaches the waterways.
While letting vegetation filter runoff water is a proven method of pollution control, I think we can all agree that one single houseplant is inefficient for filtering _all_ the air in a room.
It depends on the size and type of plant and the size of the room. It also depends on your definition of "filtering all the air in a room". If the goal is to scrub all CO2, then about 300-600 plants are needed just to keep one person alive. On the other hand, you only need to fill about 5% to 9% of a room with plants to see a reduction in most VOCs by about 75%. Again, this depends on the specific type of plant, see the NASA study for the most effective (rubber trees and sansevieria believe).
An indoor rainforest...
Considering how fast the _outdoor_ one is being cut and bunred away, the indoor idea will be a hell lot more interesting and appealing. :*
I have a garden with lots of different plants. I also have a Florida room which is basically an indoor forest with tropical houseplants
but are there 680 plants ?
I saw the title of this video and was like....MY TIME HAS COME
Work hard fern! Don't give up fern!
Not trying to be a creep, or trying to judge you for wearing or not wearing makeup, but you look very nice in this video.
0:30 those auto-generated subtitles would confuse a deaf person
“You probably have a study conducted back in 1989 by NASA to thank for that meme.”
Meme isn't actually just a funny photo. "Meme" in the science is the information or culture that spreads quickly between people.
@@magKacper Hum...the more you know.
Those are not auto generated. They are probably generated from the script and Olivia just decided to leave out that word.
i can honestly say that i would never have woken up one day and wondered if houseplants improve air quality but thanks for the video anyway
For buildings with air exchanger like most modern homes and commercial buildings, air gets replaced faster than any sane amount of indoor plants can do anything about.
😮 WOW!! Olivia’s lookin’ good!!
seriously though!
If you want to do an indoor study of plants contact my grandmother please. The first floor of her house is 1100 sq feet... in that space she has 600 sq feet of it as plants. She says they cured all sorts of stuff.
Side question: how do living walls work? A few office buildings around my town have them (including my former college) and they're wonderful. Are these examples of ways plants can be incorporated into office environments to create better air quality?
This explains why that peace lily I bought didn’t fix my failing marriage. Thanks SciShow!
Meanwhile my mom is buying 5 salt lamps.....
I was wondering if you guys and galls could make a video on Gallium: What are its properties, can it be found in nature, etc. Thank you.
When I originally heard this research decades ago I asked, 'What if the plant becomes unhealthy or the soil turns sour and unhealthy? Wouldn't either of those scenarios create their own contribution to indoor air pollution?'
I live in a damp, 230 year old sandstone basement tenement flat with no air circulation to speak of and I can tell you now, without question, that my 25+ plants make a difference. The succulents for example don't need watered that often, once every few months (compared to the recommended once a week). Hell, I forgot to water two of them for 6 months one time and I don't know how they are still alive. I even have a control room to see if I notice a difference in smell alone (I do) so send me your scientists!
Love plants and all things green
I just counted, I have 62 houseplants. Considering that on January 1st I had zero houseplants, I think I’m on target to increase that by a factor of 10 by mid-2020. #junglegoals
As it's spring, and the veg garden starts are inside, I have nearly 500 plants in my house. Does it matter that they're no bigger than 10 cm tall and many don't yet have their true leaves? I assume there's some relationship between total surface area of leaves and any possible benefit. That is, surely 500 rubber tree plants that scrape the ceiling would be better than 500 tiny tomatoes and peppers and eggplants.
I have some HEPA filters and a HEPA AC filter, I figured a few plants could work to supplement those.
The moisture in the soil helps, too.
680 plants?
Challenge accepted.
Well they do help with low humidity in winter, that's something :D
Plants do intake CO2 and exhaust O2, so at least they do that, even if they don't necessarily remove pollutants.
And they intake O2 and exhaust CO2 in the dark.
Olivia, you on fire girl and I love it!!
Tbh i already have an indoor rain forest, or at least im getting there. I actually have that plant shown at 0:20, whatever its called, but its been growing for about 15 years now and its about 20 meters long and basically hanging from the ceiling across the room lol
I was just wondering about this popular myth yesterday, thank you so much for the clarification!
Just to clarify, it's not a myth. Actually read the sources in the video description, all the studies show that a few plants per room can significantly reduce VOCs. Not sure why Olivia decided to focus so much on the counter-opinions. I say opinions because the people claiming that plants DON'T reduce VOCs don't actually have any studies to back them up.
**throws Japanese peace lily out of the window** YOU LIED TO ME!
Before watching the video (I actually said this out loud when I saw the title): I mean... ever so slightly?
After watching the video: Ever so slightly.
The plants are taking my carbon dioxide meanies
If you want to keep it for yourself, all you need to do is tape a plastic bag over your head. As an added bonus, it functions as a time machine that lets you travel forward through time, at the speed of time.
Just don't take their oxygen, then they won't take your Carbondale ioxide either :)
Indoor CO2 can make a big difference too - how much greenery per person and which plants do best for lowering indoor CO2?
I think the operative word is 'supplimentary'. They don't do the whole job, but they help in varying degrees.
I'd always figured it was psychological more than anything. A touch of nature in an otherwise sterile cold angular location.
cubic -> ^3
Houseplants are like our quiet companions.
Totally agree!
3 words: Japanese tentacle plants. *^_^*
Cubic meter is meter to the third power, not squared.
An indoor rainforest? That sounds like a good plan..
this raised more questions then answered, yes pollution might be tricky, but what about Carbon dioxide and monoxide? what about dust particles and humidity?
I wouldn't have thought an illegal marijuana growing operation would have good indoor air quality, but I guess you learn something new every day :)
theres alot of trees around my town but I still enjoy my mizuna plant
Holy Cow, She Is Crazy Beautiful!
I just counted I have 28 potted plants in my apartment. Two of wich are 2.5m (8ft) grown trees.
Apparently there was a russian study that concluded that you need about 8m² to scrub enough CO2 from the air for one person. Which is really rather little so it sounds rather feasible!
This was inspired by Jenna Marbles's plant tour video, wasn't it??
Jenna probably has enough plants to get a significant improvement of air quality.
Imo keeping plants in the office or home is still a good idea cause plants just make folks happy!