Apply mayonnaise to your plants to clean them and make them shine beautifully.
By Tammy from Economy, IN
Editor's Note: This may work fine on waxy leaves like a philodendron but it could harm softer leaved plants. There is vinegar in mayonnaise which can change the pH of the plant. Has anyone tried this?
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I wouldn't use mayo again unless I was 100% sure of what it would do to a plant. I had a huge, beautiful Corn Plant ( I think it was in the dracaena family) and I used mayo on it. The plant was dead in about 2 weeks after only ONE application!
Mayonaise (or anything similar such as salad oil or banana peel) is NOT a good thing to use to clean house plant leaves. It leaves a gummy residue that collects even more dust. Water is the best thing to use. Mother Nature uses this for all her plants, surely she knows best after thousands of years.
Dampen a soft cloth (piece of old T-shirt works great), support leaf with one hand and wipe off dust with the damp cloth.
Never use mayonnaise, milk, or any other food product to clean plant leaves. The leaves may appear shiny at first, but think: what happens to these materials when they sit around for a few days? They ROT. They do the same on plant leaves. Plus they gum up the leaf pores, attract bugs and disease, and provide a nice sticky surface for dust to cling to, thus cutting down the amount of light the leaves get.
I put mayo on my plants and almost all the leaves turned brown! So no mayo on the plants!
I have successfully tried this on several types of indoor plants it took a Dusty dingy looking plant and turned it into a beautiful shiny healthy looking decorative item it does not work on all plants especially softer leaf plants
I applied the mayo to my green artificial plant and it looks beautiful. I would never put human food products on live plants because they are delicate. Only treat artificial plants with mayo. Now I just need to know if the mayo odor is going to attract bugs and collect an increase amount of dust.
Yes. My grandma, my mom and me. My plant thrive beautifully.
I've done plenty of times with my corn plant and it only helped it thrive, mind you, it hame to be specific kinds of leaves, it must be done with SMALL amounts of mayo--mixed well with a little distilled water, and only to the top portion of each leaf (never get mayo on the bottom side, or it can't breath! Let the slurry sit fir a few minutes & then with a clean microfiber cloth, wipe an6 excess off! It will put a protective layer to keep pests away, help the plant absorb light and keeps dust a layer above off it!
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