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In reply to the discussion: How to erase 100 years of carbon emissions? Plant trees--lots of them. [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Like I pointed out, they also remove stuff like gasoline and diesel vapors from the air, converting them into O2 and structural carbon.
Aloe is an excellent plant for your indoor living spaces, especially bedrooms, because it produces oxygen 24/7 and that is known to help people sleep better. The downside is you have to leave the plants in the Sun for several hours two-three times per week to keep them vital. So you may want to set them in movable potting. They really don't like a lot of water, but they survive well the wet periods that we can have in Florida. Really adaptable plants.
Some types of agave can be really nasty with the sharp thorny leaves, so they are not suitable for planting everywhere. But if you want your windows to be bugular proof, plant them around the outside of the windows. Agave grows like a bandit is Florida weather and can grow up to around five-six feet tall, especially blue-green agave. Blue-green agave is excellent as a "fence" border for agricultural land as long as it is set back from roadways and walking paths. It buds, so one plant over time becomes many plants, that is a challenge in maintaining a well defined fence border where the desire is not to have the plant move over a wide space, but if young plants are removed and transplanted early on, the border can be maintained over years.