ZZ Plant Care Guide
The ZZ Plant is an extremely easy one to care for! Its leaves have a feather like look and are naturally shiny and glossy. This give the plant a plastic like appearance, and hence is why ZZ Plants have often been mistaken as fake plants!
Why People Love This Plant
This plant is loved for a simple reason, it is extremely tough! ZZ Plants are great for an owner who travels a lot, leads a busy life, or has a tendency to be forgetful. You could not water this plant for months and it would likey survive! It also needs minimal lighting making it the perfect office or bathroom plant.
Your Guide to Care
Care: Easy. Perfect beginner, brown thumb plant.
Light: Moderate to bright indirect light. ZZ Plants will tolerate extreme low light conditions, such as fluorescent lighting in a windowless space. However, it is not recommended to give your ZZ Plant direct sunlight.
Water: When it comes to watering your ZZ Plant, less care is more. Only water your plant when the soil is completely dry. The easiest way to kill this plant is actually to overwater it!
Temperature: These plants prefer temperatures around 60 to 75F. Do not leave them out in temperatures below 45F.
Humidity: No extra humidity is required for ZZ Plants.
Feeding: Fertilizing is not required for these plants, but you can fertilize once or twice a year if wanted.
Bonus
According to a NASA study, ZZ Plants are air purifiers! They were found to remove toxins such as xylene, toluene, and benzene from the air.
ZZ Plants will drop it’s leaflets during drought when trying to conserve water. If you see this happening just give your plant some water and it should come back!
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