Can Houseplants Improve Air Quality? 

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Kurtis Baute tried the _living with plants thing:_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WkPkAUBhYNQ.html 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

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😆😆😆😆

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

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

Or my house

Danilego or Jenna Marbles lol

so.... a patch of grass a square meter in size is enough for 15 houses?

a very kind plant

And use the clean air as an excuse to keep it at work/get more plants there.

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.

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

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.

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

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 !

According to a Japanese study, it increases productivity to have plants in the work space.

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.

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.

She started emoting again.

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.

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.

I think the larger issues is that people don't moderate the humidity in their homes. A lot of cheaper humidifiers and essential oil burners lack any sort of hygrometer to measure the relative humidity of the air. Furthermore, a lot of cheap humidifiers are also hot units that rely on generating steam rather than vaporizing the water ultrasonically which can also agitate the issue, and cause condensation on surfaces. With that said, I live in a colder area. Someplace warmer, and you'd have to regulate it with a dehumidifier, or air conditioner instead.

I am not certain, but I believe she may be pregnant, or have recently given birth.

@@philwood5288 she's already had her baby

My pendulus freeswinging scrotum is amazeballs.

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.

but are there 680 plants ?

Totally agree!

3 words: Japanese tentacle plants. *^_^*

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 :)

I was also wondering why they never mentioned this obvious point. Tom Scott recently featured a video on the subject: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1Nh_vxpycEA.html

Even the studies linked in the video description confirm that plants can reduce VOC levels significantly with as little as 5% of a room's volume filled with plants. Not sure why Olivia decided to emphasize the negative opinion pieces rather than the actual scientific studies. One or two plants per room, look at the NASA study for the type, should have an impact. I'm partial to Sansevieria, but do be cautious and keep such plants, given all the toxins it absorbs, pets and children can get sick/die from chewing on it.

@@JuiceExMachina Cool! Thanks for the link!

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.

Jenna probably has enough plants to get a significant improvement of air quality.

And they intake O2 and exhaust CO2 in the dark.

What's wrong with "cubic metre"?

I don't understand.What is wrong?

@@michasopa4305, Ahhhh, I didn't notice the written part, just the spoken part.

​@@michasopa4305 Oh no, a minor detail that has no influence on the message. Stop nitpicking for the sake of it.

seriously though!

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.

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.

Not really... Even the studies linked in the video description confirm that plants can reduce VOC levels significantly with as little as 5% of a room's volume filled with plants. Not sure why Olivia decided to emphasize the opinion pieces rather than the actual scientific studies.

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).