🌱ForReal w/ FRield™: Give Your Air Natural Rizz with Plants🌿💨

🏠💨Breathe Easier With No Dirt Required

Ever feel like the air in your home is kinda... sus? 😬 That’s because indoor air is often packed with invisible pollutants like a dander, a roommate, and other VOCs (volatile organic compounds) from your furniture, electronics, and cleaning materials. But don’t worry - plants to the rescue! 🌿✨

NASA-backed studies say certain plants can naturally filter these nasties out of your air [1]. The best part? You can grow them without soil. So no mess, no dirt. Just fresh and clean vibes. 🌬️💚

Analogy Time 🧠💡:Think of your home as a sealed spaceship. 🚀 Astronauts need a bunch of fancy tech to clean their air, but you’ve got plants! It’s like having your own mini air-purification systems, but more based.

💧What’s the Deal with Soil-Less Growing?

Thanks to hydroponics, aeroponics, and semi-hydroponics - soil-free ways to grow plants using only water and clean growing materials like LECA (tiny to medium sized clay pebbles, or "Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate"). 🙌 Perfect for those small spaces and comes with none of the soil drama.

So Why Go Soil-Less? 🤔

• 🧹 There's No Mess: With no dirt, there's no potting spills and no bugs or pests. Its a win-win scenario.

• 💨 Better Oxygen: Roots tend to get more oxygen = which means happier, healthier plants [2] which means higher yields and better growth.

• 💦 Water-Saving Magic: Uses up to 90% less water than soil gardening, so you can save money, and save the environment! [3].

• 🤖 Low Maintenance: Feed by just adding water, and did I mention no constant potting stress?

🌿✨Best Soil-Free Air-Purifying Plants

These plants are not only easy-to-grow without soil, but they’re proven to scrub your home’s air clean regardless of your growing space. 🫧🌱

1. 🐍 Snake Plant (Sansevieria trifasciata)

   • Defeats: Formaldehyde, benzene, and xylene [1].

   • ForReal Tip: Thrives in a jar with LECA and a bit of nutrient water. 💧

2. 🕷️ Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

   • Defeats: Carbon monoxide and formaldehyde [4].

   • ForReal Tip: Perfect in a net pot with water and nutrients. Easy. 😎

3. ✌️ Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)

   • Defeats: Trichloroethylene, ammonia, and benzene [1].

   • ForReal Tip: Looks stunning in a glass vase with water. Good vibes. 🪴✨

4. 🌱 Pothos (Epipremnum aureum)

   • Defeats: Benzene, formaldehyde, and toluene [5].

   • ForReal Tip: Water and a jar can make it thrive too, even in low light. 🕶️💦

5. 🪴 Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis miller)

   • Defeats: Formaldehyde [1].

   • ForReal Tip: Loves semi-hydro with the clay pebbles and occasional water. ✅

     
     

🛠️Two DIY Soil-Free Plant Setups You Can Make Right Now

Ready to rizz-up that air-purifying game? Let’s DIY some soil-less methods! 🧪💡

🫙 1. Mason Jar Hydro

• You’ll Need: Mason jar, net pot, LECA, nutrient water.

• How-To:

  1. Pop your plant or seedling in a net pot with some LECA.

  2. Rest it in the jar opening with good space to grow.

  3. Fill the jar with some nutrient water, just below the roots.

  4. Change the water every 2-3 weeks or as needed 💧🔄

  5. Watch as your air purifier grows!

🪴 2. Semi-Hydro with LECA

• You’ll Need: Pot with drainage holes, LECA, water tray.

• How-To:

  1. Fill the pot with LECA, add your fav plant.

  2. Sit the pot in a water tray or pot you like best.

  3. Top up the water when needed. Fresh and so clean. 😌✨

🌱💦Keep Your Soil-Free Plants Thriving

FRield™ ForReal tips to keep those leafy friends "Bussin'"

• 🍽️ Feed ‘Em!: Hydroponic plant food = all the nutrients they need [2].

• 💧 Water Quality: Using filtered water is sigma mindset. 🚰

• 🧼 Clean Roots: Rinse your roots once a month to avoid any algae drama [6].

• 💡 Light It Up: Low light? No prob. FRield™ has LED recommendations! 🔦✨

🌿💚 Clean Air, No Dirt, No Hassle

With soil-less plants, your closer to fresher air, zero mess, and cleaner rizz, no cap. Just an easy, sustainable way to freshen up your space and breathe healthier. 🏠💨🌱

Call to Action!

Ready to ditch the dirt and glow-up your air quality? Need something more demure? Check out our hydroponic recommendations, or contact us today to start your soil-free adventure! ✨🛒🌿

📚 No Cap List

1. Wolverton, B. C., Douglas, W. L., & Bounds, K. (1989). A Study of Interior Landscape Plants for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement. NASA.

2. Resh, H. M. (2012). Hydroponic Food Production. CRC Press.

3. Savvas, D., & Gruda, N. (2018). Application of Soilless Culture Technologies in Greenhouse Horticulture. European Journal of Horticultural Science.

4. Orwell, R. L., Wood, R. L., Tarran, J., Torpy, F., & Burchett, M. D. (2004). Removal of Benzene by the Indoor Plant/Substrate Microcosm and Implications for Air Quality. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution.

5. Kim, K. J., Kil, M. J., Song, J. S., Yoo, E. H., Son, K. C., & Kays, S. J. (2010). Efficiency of Volatile Formaldehyde Removal by Indoor Plants: Contribution of Aerial Plant Parts Versus the Root Zone. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science.

6. Jensen, M. H., & Collins, W. B. (1985). Hydroponic Vegetable Production. Horticultural Reviews.