Tips to clean and prune plants
Our plants always look like it but not need certain care and periodic cleaning to look green and healthy as they are part of the decoration of our home.
Always remember to remove the leaves, as some leaves eventually wither even those perennial plant, until they fall off the green leaves that are already old, so do not let them ruin the health of the specimen. Most of them are removed easily with a gentle tug needed although more robust than the cut with scissors.
Clean with a sponge, particularly those housed inside his house, and having smooth leaves, as the fiscus, as this allows a much more vigorous, and can perform this type of cleaning with a sponge soaked soapy solution, and this is very effective for the plant, since the accumulation of dust, it is mischievous for the amount of light received and hinders their leaves one of your pores, not allowing the process of photosynthesis that is the means by which the plant feeds on itself.
Dawn, occasionally plants that they do have a dense foliage, this must be done when the plant is still young, cutting the leaves from the tips, for the development hardwoods, as this stimulates the growth of shoots favoring side.
Remove dead flowers, give a healthy appearance to the plant, and reduce the chances that the dead petals attract mold and other diseases that ruin the species.