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I wonder if plants are similar (negligible effect on air) in room scale. I have about 10 small plants in my apt. I would like to think they're scrubbing the air
by ge96 4y ago
I wonder if plants are similar (negligible effect on air) in room scale. I have about 10 small plants in my apt. I would like to think they're scrubbing the air.
- medler 4y agoI looked into this a while back and IIRC you need a lot of plants for them to make any difference. Your apartment would need to look like a jungle.
- zdragnar 4y agoPeople tend to forget that plants only respirate O2 during photosynthesis, which produces sugars from the carbon in C02 and stores them. When those are metabolized, the plant consumes 02 and puts C02 back into the atmosphere. It's why plants can live in sealed terrariums. To really offset what a human produces, you need a lot more plants than you would probably be comfortable living with.
- kolinko 4y agoIndoor plants give virtually nothing in terms of scrubbing co2. An average human breathes out around 1kg co2 per day. The plants would need to take up 1-2kg in mass to have a measurable effect. That would require a small rainforest at home. If I remember correctly, there were some studies that calculated you'd need to convert half of your room into a dense jungle to offset your own co2. Also, plants release co2 at night, so even if they had any effect, it would be a bad idea to have them in bedroom to scrub air.