plantaffinity:

What do you use to dry off your plants leaves to get the dust off? I usually use paper but I wanna start with some kind of cloth instead. Any tips?

? I generally dust them off with a gentle wipe of damp clean dishcloth and let them air dry (or I gently rub off the dust with my fingers if lazy- but that’s more inefficient), but that’s cause most of mine are waxy leaved species so they tend to be the easiest to do.

Plants with a natural foliar “bloom” covering or plants that are fuzzy/hairy I’m not as sure how to go about; the former shouldn’t have the bloom removed while the latter can get rot if you use too much moisture to clean them (for fuzzies like African Violets I’ve heard some people use a clean dry toothbrush to brush the dust off???).