Did you ever give your house plants a shower?

1 or 2x a year, I toss them in them shower, soak them good, wipe all the leaves down.
anyone ever do this?..I also really clean a new plant brought inside the house well,before setting out-in case it has junk on it..

I do it all the time with my sink sprayer Angie!!
Actually did that yesterday!

Ohh don't put the AV in there .. they don't like wet leaves!!

I did not do The av...have a hard time with them...it does not look like it did when you were here???

I do it all the time. Especially with my bigger house plants, it would take forever to try and wipe their leaves off. I also put them outside when we get a light rain.

i used to, been lazy lately, gotta do them again soon.

Thanks for input guys;-)

I have used the shower for a few plants like a boston fern and coupl palms, the forced heat sure can throw the dust around!
In warmer weather, I will take many other plants outdoors and spray them with the garden hose leaving them outside until they have dried (shaded area)

Yep, always clean the new plants. I just bought a philodendron not sure what kind, the leaves were REALLY spotted though, so it received a nice bath at the kitchen sink.

I do not use the shower but will spray then down real good in the tub with the basic spray bottle - the tub doubles as a hospital and I flush the soil when it looks salty.

Love the input here;-)ThNKS

I had a hanging plant living in one end of my shower!! I loved it there, and so did it. It got light from a high window and lots of misty spray.

I would stand there taking my shower and talk to it or sing to it!!! :rolleyes:

Shirl you crack me up;-)If I sang to my plants....Honey...they would pack up their soil and run;-)

A shower is a good place to sing, though!
(I can see them packing up their soil!! )

If it works...go for it

@ Angie.....so i guess no singing then huh

I wipe mine down in the winter, but I'm weird and like the tediousness of it...it's sort of relaxing to me.

If I had plants in the bathroom they'd be gettiing serendaded by me a lot. I have a CD shower radio.

Cool Loz!!! I'd like one of those; I'd be singing along with it though. That would be good even relaxing in a bubble bath!!

I am going to be putting more plants in my bathroom cause they like it!!!!
I think I'm kind of hi-jacking Angie's thread. Sorry Ang

I'm known to set a bunch of plants in the shower and give them a shower.more so in winter than summer.My shower is nice...a plants luxery.It has 2 seats....plus we have a hand held showerhead and some kind of sunflower type on on the ceiling.BIL was not intrested in showring with the plants.I was asked to remove them...and as to WHY they we're there.He just didn't get it....but says his plants look good that I have amoung mine now.
I have plants IN the bathroom too.
Here's christmas


But they'll go back out in about a month for good.I may keep the huge pythos...solid green where its at.It's BIL but I really like it.I've started one from his.I have the golden and a whiteish cream one.My bathrooms not real warm.It gets western light.I just stored some here this winter,cause I filled the laundry room.My ferns on the porch used as cold GH.Its happy.I need to up-pot it.
showers R good for plants

Njoynit, your christmas catus is awesome!!!wow! so many blooms...very pretty!

Wow!!!!

I second that! It's gorgeous!

That looks great What do you have in the cookie jar?

I have never seen a Christmas Cactus blooming that much! It is beautiful!!!

I love your Christmas cactus too! Are the flowers orange with purple throats?
I had a small one that looked like yours but it died on me last year

Just to let the plants-in-the-shower folks know......I found a decorative flowerpot cover online that apparently is made from swimsuit material which means it should stand up well to the elements, including the shower. It comes in different colors and prints so it now your hanging flowerpot can be made to match the decor of your bathroom. I just ordered one and will let you know how it works when I get it.