{"id":117866,"date":"2020-07-19T14:15:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T07:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/do-houseplants-really-improve-air-quality\/"},"modified":"2020-07-19T15:07:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T08:07:08","slug":"do-houseplants-really-improve-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/do-houseplants-really-improve-air-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Do houseplants really improve air quality?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nReceived wisdom is all very well, but sometimes the science proves otherwiseGardening is full of received wisdom that is treated as gospel and handed down across the generations \u2013 from putting a layer of crocks at the bottom of pots for drainage, to the back-breaking work of Victorian \u201cdouble-digging\u201d to improve soil structure. But when tested scientifically much of this old-school advice turns out not to be supported by evidence. In fact, in the above two examples, they are actually likely to give you worse results than if you simply hadn\u2019t bothered at all.Even scientists aren\u2019t immune to repeating received wisdom, or potentially extrapolating more from the data than it actually shows, particularly if the claim supports our existing views. However, the wonderful thing about science, unlike gardening dogma, is that it is forever changing as new evidence comes to light. In fact, as a botanist, I think the freedom to change one\u2019s mind, to hold your hands up to getting it wrong, is science\u2019s greatest strength \u2013 particularly in 2020. So I am starting, in my own small way, right here. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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