Do plants help with mold?

[Pinkyandtheose]

I live in an old and damp out. There's one room in particular that's very bad with mold and it will need work at some stage. It's my mother's home.

I have my own room.
I bleached the walls a few years ago and that helped so much with the mold on the wall.

I was changing my bedclothes this morning and I found mold on a pillow. It was on my bed. I must admit it's been a few weeks since I changed my bed clothes. I was so busy and also I wasnt feeling well in parts and I never got a chance to change my bed clothes.

It looks as if the mold were on two corners of a pillow. I think maybe where I drool, perhaps. I chucked the pillow but still it's disappointing.

I have my windows open every day for ventilation. I thought that was supposed to help prevent mold.

What can I do to prevent more mold on stuff.

I will do my best to change my best clothes more often.
Maybe should I get dehumidifier for my room and plug it in beside my bed. Would that help if I was to run it for a few weeks beside my bed.

How about plants?
Some articles online says plants can help prevent mold growth. Does anyone have experience of plants helping slow down mold?
Should I get a big plant for my room? Would that help?

Does anyone have experience of using plants for better air quality around the home?

Don’t know about plants, but I have lived in very damp houses and there were a few things that made a difference.
Firstly - why is it damp? Is there a pipe leaking? Is the roof leaking? Is the guttering blocked? If you can track down a source you may be able to fix it. (In one of my rentals there was a water pipe leaking under the bed)

Assuming you can’t stop the damp then the best things to do are:
Don’t dry washing in the house.
Open the windows as much as possible, especially the bathroom, preferably on opposite sides of the house to get a through- breeze.
Use pan lids when you cook to contain any steam.
Use a dehumidifier (shut the windows while you dehumidify)

I would think that plants would make the atmosphere damper if anything.

Definitely get a dehumidifier its the only thing I've found that makes a difference!

No plants will not help with mould.

Plants made mould worse in one of my rooms because watering the plant led to wet soil, adding more moisture to the room.

I had a plant before in my room but it was a few years ago. It did die unfortunately because I never had time to water it. Once a fortnight, was lucky if it got a drink.

I think the mould happened from poor ventilation and not opening windows often enough. From before.

I know now to open windows every day.

Also don't put anything against the external wall (ie where the window is) It's the coldest wall and you then end up with damp behind whatever you put there.

I read about that tip before. I have a locker on a wall but with about an inch space between the locker and the wall and another inch between the locker and my bed.

It's an old house with no insulation in the attic so it gets cold easily and it was cold all summer too.

I googled this and this is what an article says about plants removing moisture from the air.

Would any of these help or would it only encourage more mould.

No plant is going to help prevent the mould in your bedroom. The only two things that will help are providing more ventilation and by removing the cause.

It was on the corner of a pillow so maybe that's where I drool. I am a side sleeper.

I think there are government initiatives that get you free loft insulation if you don’t currently have any. Might be worth a Google.

Your drooling is not the problem!

A dehumidifier will make a massive difference.

You bleached the mould, you didn't treat the mould. I'd encourage anybody reading to yes, clean it with the proper PPE and ventilation BUT also use the right microbial treatment NOT just bleach.