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title: "Hey everyone! Fairly new to plants so before I get carried away…"
description: "Hey everyone! Fairly new to plants so before I get carried away (lol), is there a reason why I shouldn’t add rocks to the top of my soil on my indoor house…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Kels"
published: "2023-11-04T16:51:10.937Z"
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# Hey everyone! Fairly new to plants so before I get carried away…

_Posted by Kels on 2023-11-04_

Hey everyone! Fairly new to plants so before I get carried away (lol), is there a reason why I shouldn’t add rocks to the top of my soil on my indoor house plants? I was looking to give them a better look.

 I don’t have a pest problem and I bottom water my plants.

A picture of two I tried out for reference. 🙂

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/J6X4XnDm0ZSLNcMr9NIm7hKsm-3oBeSvn2pyRsDNcW4/484b9766a163461e91c46194e78c4630.webp?size=large)

## 9 comments

### exitJiraffe commented on 2023-11-04

I do this with my calatheas so the soil stays moist for longer, definitely a good idea for plants that don’t like to dry out.

#### Kels replied on 2023-11-04

Thanks for the tip. I will need to go back through my plants to see which ones don’t like to dry out.

### Amber Gray commented on 2023-11-04

I do love small rock or pebble, but I did make the mistake of filling a large peace lily with some larger pebbles and new growth wasn’t able to push thru- now my new ones blooming are looking a bit deformed 😆 oops! Won’t do that again.

#### Kels replied on 2023-11-04

When you say weren’t able to push through, you are meaning that the big rocks were blocking parts of your stem? And this is a great tip to note. The ones that I got were small and I do believe I am going to decrease the amount in there bc I don’t want to stop the airflow.

#### Amber Gray replied on 2023-11-04

Yes the rocks were too heavy for new growth to come thru.. I removed them all, and the plant started putting out new leaves again but one is deformed and shribbled.. and another leaf unfurled twins 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 I’ll see if I can get a pic to show you.

#### Amber Gray replied on 2023-11-04

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/x4LS7s3SPQUREkIzLaF0yKRJeaaOATTsP3895mSn9IM/832de691a44248919ece2e688bef2d5a.webp?size=large)

### Amber Gray commented on 2023-11-04

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/x4LS7s3SPQUREkIzLaF0yKRJeaaOATTsP3895mSn9IM/50b8f768e0f047a1907cf176d16836f1.webp?size=large)

### Amber Gray commented on 2023-11-04

It’s like it stunted her growth.. so weird!

#### Kels replied on 2023-11-04

Oh wow that is interesting. Thank you so much for sharing. Do you have a picture of the rocks that you put in? I’m thinking mine will be small enough.

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