Matt Kelly answers whether people healing from mold can keep real indoor plants. He recommends fake plants as the simplest option but says real plants are acceptable if properly maintained. Key guidance: prefer low-water houseplants (e.g., snake plant), use pots with drain holes, monitor and avoid overwatering, preemptively or reactively spray soil with antifungal/cleaning agents (examples mentioned: hydrogen peroxide, Total Clean, EC3, Thieves cleaner), and inspect soil for mold. He shares a grow-tower anecdote where mold appeared at the plant bases and was treated with sprays. A short promotional close invites viewers to book a consultation with Matt.
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All right, let's talk about air purifying plants. Which also brings up a big question for people, which is can I have real plants in the house? In my mold proof your home masterclass, I tell people no just because it's easier to not have one more problem that that can be feeding mold into the air. But the truth is if you know how to maintain them, then they're fine. But the default easiest solution is to put fake plants. But they don't look as nice. Okay, I've got one right here. I love real plants, but I do not have a green thumb for plants. Vegetable gardens, fruit gardens and trees, yes, I'm much better with but indoor plants. Somehow between Amy and I, my wife, we seem to cut their lives short unfortunately. So as for which plant specifically, I would say just do a Google search for air purifying plants. But the bigger question that I want to address here is addressing taking care of plants in the house. Because if you find some that you like and you okay, I'm going to buy 5, 10 plants put around the whole house. You have to remember that you are introducing a potential problem. Doesn't mean it has to be a problem like some plants, like a snake plant, okay. It doesn't take a lot of water. So your chances of having soppy water that's popping up mushrooms in the, in, in the soil is not highly likely. So you have to be very careful about your watering, about monitoring the soil. And you can even get a spritz bottle. I have this sitting here from another video. I don't know if Total clean would do it. Maybe it would maybe could spritz the soil with this. But you can use like even thieves cleaner that's diluted, you know, for cleaning, can be used for spraying on the soil, for getting the mold down. We have a grow tower in our kitchen in the corner of the dining area by the windows. And you can grow your own organic lettuce and different things right in your house. But we were getting some mold growing on at the base of the plants and we just sprayed them with these. But you can also use hydrogen peroxide. I'm so curious if total clean or EC3 would work for that. I'm going to try it next time we load up our grow tower because I'm curious about it should see this is a copper and iodine base, both of which would be fine for the soil. It actually be beneficial to the plants, I'm assuming. And antifungal. I love this idea. We're going to try this next but yes, back to indoor plants. Just have ones that don't need a ton of water. Make sure you have pots that have drain holes so if it's over water they can come out and watch the soil for growing any signs of fungus or just preemptively spray it with, you know, something like total clean or hydrogen peroxide or the. Like I said the thieves. Cleaner is what we use to knit. Knock the mold down each time. So that's the concern. Not so much the plants find. I mean drier plants the better that don't need as much water. But take these precautions. Enjoy your plants and enjoy. And it's just an added bonus. They're pretty, they're cleaning the air. They're working for you and with you. It's a wonderful thing. Just do it right.
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