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title: "Friendly reminder to clean your plants’ leaves!! Even our little…"
description: "Friendly reminder to clean your plants’ leaves!! Even our little plant babies need a shower from time to time, especially getting off all the dust that can…"
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author: "Alyssa"
published: "2024-10-16T14:24:41.134175Z"
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# Friendly reminder to clean your plants’ leaves!! Even our little…

_Posted by Alyssa on 2024-10-16_

Friendly reminder to clean your plants’ leaves!! Even our little plant babies need a shower from time to time, especially getting off all the dust that can attract pests 💚🌱🪴

## 9 comments

### laura 🩷🪴 commented on 2024-10-16

My least favorite plant chore 🫡 good reminder!!!

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-10-16

Haha I know! I recently got a new sink and the sprayer attachment is my bff for spraying down plants that are able to fit in the sink, saves lugging them all to the shower

### Kirsten commented on 2024-10-16

Is hosing them down enough to clean the dust off? Or should a rag be better? Also, will hosing affect the watering schedule? Or just make sure the water doesn’t make contact with the soil?

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-10-16

I’d say it is, unless you’re doing a pest removal and then that would have to be more involved. I just wait till it needs to be watered and do all of it at once to not have to worry about the soil getting wet

#### Kirsten replied on 2024-10-16

That’s a smart idea 😉 and probably easier to maintain and keep track of that chore lol

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-10-16

Yep! Gotta multitask where you can lol

### Mads commented on 2024-10-17

I’ve gotten into the habit of showering my plants in the sink when I have them out for watering… but what about the succulents? Do you shower those too?

I wipe down my snake plants (I even vacuumed one recently), but I wouldn’t do that with succulents that have farina, like echeverias. Is it ok to get them wet, or should I skip those?

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-10-17

Hmmm, those are a bit more finicky, i just take a slightly damp cloth and wipe them down leaf by leaf gently, I’ve seen way too many horror photos of succulents that had water on them for too long lol. I know in the wild they probably get doused but I’m too sketched out to do it in the house where there is not all the desert air and winds

#### Mads replied on 2024-10-17

Thank you!

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