Comments on: Use indoor plants to improve air quality http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/use-indoor-plants-to-improve-air-quality.html Gardening tips and advice. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:24:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jan http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/use-indoor-plants-to-improve-air-quality.html/comment-page-1#comment-5093 Jan Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:03:04 +0000 http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/use-indoor-plants-to-improve-air-quality.html#comment-5093 Question: Do you have any information regarding the effect that household electronic air cleaner's emissions of ozone have on house plants? All flourishing house plants I had for several years prior to installation of an EAC in Nov 2003 have very, very slowly perished. Some quicker than others. A large, faithfully blooming Christmas cactus hasn't bloomed since, stopped showing all signs of actually being alive, eventhough it maintained its green color until, one-by-one, leaves would just hang and then gradually turn to a dark brown color, finally drying. At this time, there are 3 totally lifeless leaves left on a brown stem. (I have continued the same watering schedule.) The idea of the cause being ozone emitted by my electronic air cleaner just recently occurred to me. I have searched the US EPA website and their links but am unable to find any reference to ozone effects on house plants. I would truly appreciate any response and/or links to any information. Thank you for your help! Jan Question: Do you have any information regarding the effect that household electronic air cleaner’s emissions of ozone have on house plants?

All flourishing house plants I had for several years prior to installation of an EAC in Nov 2003 have very, very slowly perished. Some quicker than others. A large, faithfully blooming Christmas cactus hasn’t bloomed since, stopped showing all signs of actually being alive, eventhough it maintained its green color until, one-by-one, leaves would just hang and then gradually turn to a dark brown color, finally drying. At this time, there are 3 totally lifeless leaves left on a brown stem. (I have continued the same watering schedule.)

The idea of the cause being ozone emitted by my electronic air cleaner just recently occurred to me.

I have searched the US EPA website and their links but am unable to find any reference to ozone effects on house plants.

I would truly appreciate any response and/or links to any information.

Thank you for your help!

Jan

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