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What a breeze: with little upkeep and lots of beauty, air plants let you start off the year with a carefree attitude.(GARDENING)
; ...on your journey toward purchasing an air plant, there are a few facts to know so you'll be prepared when you enter a nursery. Air plant is the common name for a Tillandsia...family and a genus, and in this case, an air plant's genus is Tillandsia, which is part... Read more
Air Salon Does Hair and Air.
; ...Haines, co-owner of the shop. Now, because of the CAP Clean Air Plant, chemical odors no longer linger. According to Donna, they...fifteen minutes each month for maintenance. The CAP[TM] Clean Air Plant is a major advance in the treatment of air quality problems... Read more
SMELL THE COFFEE: ; Pick of the litter is picky
; ...understatement. She's hardly an eater at all. We call her our air plant. Like many first-time parents, my husband and I read many books...looks and acts like the picture of health. Somehow, our little air plant is growing like a weed. Maybe it's the Miracle-Gro I've been... Read more
Tillandsia: famously easy to grow
; ...Society of Greater Chicago. "They don't need a lot of care." The air plant you're most likely to recognize is Spanish moss (Tillandsia...by the window, take a cue from the rain forest and perch an air plant in the crotch of a branch, Sadowski suggests. "That's sort... Read more
Air cleaning system.(SRE Inc.)(Brief Article)
; The CAP (clean air plant) uses a biological process to remove heavy metals, and destroy gas odors and volatile organic compounds that exist in the workplace... Read more
Eliminate odors and VOCs Air & Water Solutions, Inc.(Literature Spotlight)
; A portable, biological treatment system that eliminates odors, the CAP[TM] Clean Air Plant destroys VOCs, gases and fumes, removes solids and particulates, and controls indoor air quality a stand-alone unit or as a system... Read more
Control VOCS and odors Air & Water Solutions Inc.(Web Locator)(Brief Article)
; A portable, biological treatment system for control of indoor air quality, the CAP[TM] Clean Air Plant destroys VOCs, eliminates odors and fumes, and removes solids and particulates from the air. Used either as a stand-alone unit... Read more
Blooming bargains
; ...berries. A three-litre pot costs just pounds 7.99. AS thoughts turn to Christmas presents, why not treat someone special to an air plant scene? The plants sit alongside figures of creatures - from owls to Labradors - to make a little scene. They are easy to care... Read more
Micro-bioagents eat indoor air pollution.
; Biotech company SRE Inc. is offering its CAP Clean Air Plant as a stand-alone system to rid indoor air of fuel and solvent fumes, smoke and gases containing carbon monoxide, VOCs, nitrogen... Read more
'It's gardening with no wind or weeding. It's slug, bee, insect-free. It's perfect.' Wednesday with Gillian Ferguson
; EVEN my air plant died. How could I have gone wrong? What didn't it get that it needed? Maybe it was the shock of being stripped from an Amazon forest... Read more

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