Household Plants

Shiny leaves
To cleanse off dust and make green leaves shine, use condensed milk or powdered milk mixed in water. Soak a sponge in and use it to wipe dirt off leaves. They will look cleaner, greener and shinier.

Flowering
Encourage flowers to grow healthily by using rice water (water that has been used to wash rice) to water the plants everyday.

Longer lasting flower bunch
Just received a bunch of fresh flowers? Pound some paracetamol tablets to bits. Rub some on a moist cotton and wrap the cotton around the base (stem) of the bunch with a tin foil. This should make the bunch stay fresh longer.

Ants
Scatter some salt at the base of plants to chase or prevent ants.

Getting rid insects or bugs
Add water to chalk like dough. Wrap it banana in leaf and tie it round the base of the plant.