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title: "Topping the soil of a house plant with stone… good idea or bad idea?"
description: "Topping the soil of a house plant with stone… good idea or bad idea?"
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community: "Plant Setup Inspiration"
author: "Hawk"
published: "2025-06-24T18:32:01.047465Z"
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# Topping the soil of a house plant with stone… good idea or bad idea?

_Posted by Hawk on 2025-06-24_

Topping the soil of a house plant with stone… good idea or bad idea?

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## 7 comments

### happysoxdonkey commented on 2025-06-24

I have read that it isn’t a good idea, but it might have only applied to a different type of plant.

### KJ commented on 2025-06-25

Thank you for asking this. I am also curious about the answer. It sure is pretty

#### Hawk replied on 2025-06-25

I know! And so fun lol

### Rain 🌧🌱 commented on 2025-06-27

This can be both harmful and beneficial. It helps to prevent certain pests from breeding, mainly fungus gnats, but it can make it difficult for the soil underneath to dry out. As long as you make sure the soil can still dry out, there shouldn't be an issue with having rocks :)

### Dwm1982 commented on 2025-06-27

I have tried it myself on all the house plants but ditched the idea a couple weeks later. it made the soil retain too much moisture. I read more and more about how it wasn't necessarily a good thing and it would require more advanced care.

#### Hawk replied on 2025-06-27

Perhaps I will just do a decorative border! Maybe that will be a good compromise

### Nicole commented on 2025-06-28

Any time I’ve done this my plants have died so I stopped lol. Live and learn, I guess!!

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