This $9 Hack Makes Plant Cleaning Easy and Satisfying

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Indoor plants are popular for numerous reasons. Besides being gorgeous, they absorb pollutants, increase humidity, and produce oxygen to purify the air.

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A Journal of Physiological Anthropology study discovered that house and office plants help calm your mind.

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To keep them looking and feeling good, clean them occasionally. Even with a clean environment, dust and debris will accumulate on your plants.

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Cleaning indoor plant leaves is easy but time-consuming. Cleaning is my least favorite and most time-consuming activity, so I rarely do it. Without damaging leaves, cleaning both sides with a cloth is challenging. Hard to gauge your pressure.

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Breaking that new monstera leaf that took a month to unfold is the worst. I was excited to find this cheap and excellent plant-cleaning technique on The Jungle Upstairs' Instagram.

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Content creator Ciara Benko utilizes Amazon's soft white cotton gloves instead of a towel or paper towel.

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The gloves, usually used for delicate work like art handling and crafts, let you get into all the plant's crevices to collect dust and parasites.

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Fingers are more flexible than towels. Watching her hands clean dirt is extremely gratifying in the video.

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Amazon sells reusable gloves for $9 a bundle of 10.

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Zodiac Signs Who Are More Fond of Jewellery and Accessories

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