Does anyone know if I can cut the ariel roots off of a 'cheese plant' without killing it? :D I moved the pot in the conservatory today,it's been a long time since I last really moved it to clean around it and the roots had grown to almost 2-3foot in length and are taking over the skirting boards!

Thanks :D
Jacqueline :)

I will not hurt it if you cut the aieral roots..

you might not hurt geri ;)  but the plant might!!!  :D

It won't hurt me or the plant. I cut cheese plants up into peices and every bloomin one grew...House was like a jungle....

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"Hello

Can anyone tell me what the cheese plant uses its ariel roots for because I was
wondering if it would do any harm to chop them off!

Thanks
Lorraine

Mostly for support: the ones that set off on an endless quest for pastures
new, usually very inconveniently right across the room can be cut off
without any worries (at least I've never worried and the plant is 10+ years
old). "

The above I found on a gardening site.  It appears neither the plant not Geri will be hurt  :D

:D :D :D thanks I'll be chopping away tomorrow then :D

lolololololol :D

I have just re-read geri's post :D

She said  "I will not hurt it if you cut the roots  !!      :D

I didn't realise she was threatening to hurt your plant :p :D

Try this link it does say the plant is posionous so I would wear gloves when pruning it. It also says if you prune it back it should become bushy !

while your on about plants an somone help me i want to buy a plant for my bedroom but my old man said it was dangerous to have one in your  bed room. is this the case or is he just got it wrong.

LOL  dangerous! does he think it will attack in the nite :D :D

plants are very beneficial all over the house as they improve the quality of the air. there are a few specific ones which are extremely good for bedrooms but i cant remember which now, think one might be the rubber plant :)

Spider plants are good & you get lots of free lil ones off them too ;)

Maybe it's a Feng Shui thing :D

In 'the olden days' all flowers were removed from hospital wards at night because it was believed they used up the oxygen (not true of course) - perhaps your OH is thinking of this?

Plants do remove the oxygen from the air at night, but I don't think it would actually be dangerous.

Fiona

If you put a pot of compost next to the original plant and poke the arial
root into it it will grow another plant providing you water the pot!

At school we were taught that plants inspired carbon dioxide and expired oxygen at night. In other words they increased the oxygen level!

thanks  i think he was thinking of sucking all the ox  out of the air.

but thank any way.
or its that hes watched little shop of horrors  lmao   men 

Yes, used to be what people thought :)

In fact, it is sort of right as plants, at night, take in oxygen and produce carbon dioxide - however - during the day time plants take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen - point your OH at this link, it should put his mind at rest :)

thanks hunni :)