The Better Solution to Traditional Drainage Methods

Filling the bottom of the pot with rocks, crushed aluminum cans, packing peanuts or clay potshards doesn't really work. Soil falls through the cracks which clogs the drain holes and prevents roots from breathing and water from draining. And when it's time to empty the pot, you have a big mess.

Meshes with Gardeners’ Needs

Solutions

Simply fill up to one-third of the container with Better Than Rocks. Your potted plant will be as lightweight as possible, require less soil, and have excellent drainage for healthier plants.

When you place Better Than Rocks at the bottom of your container, it serves two very important purposes that are vital to growing strong, healthy plants:

  • It helps oxygen reach the plant’s roots by creating an air pocket in the bottom of the planter. Experts agree that a plant’s roots need air in order to “breathe” oxygen – which is necessary for the plant to absorb nutrients.
  • It also creates even and thorough drainage. Without adequate drainage, the bottom of your container will likely become waterlogged. This is detrimental to plant health. Even worse, it can cause the roots to rot and the plants to eventually die.

Use Better Than Rocks for all your container gardens, and you will enjoy lighter pots, better drainage and healthier plants.

How It Works

Please note this video depicts the original color of Better Than Rocks.The new product is a lighter shade of green.

It’s Just Better

Why

  • Rocks, aluminum cans, packing peanuts and broken clay pot shards are messy to sort out when the planter is emptied.
  • Solid objects don’t work as well. Soil migrates with water and the drainage area will eventually become completely filled with soil.
  • Unlike solid objects, Better Than Rocks allows plant roots to use the entire container. If the drain holes of the planter become plugged or there is a heavy rain, solid objects will raise the water level in the container which can cause root damage.
  • Rocks are heavy! Lighter planters are easier to lift and move which means less stress on sore backs and joints.
  • At the end of the growing season, simply empty your planter into the garden and remove the material. It can be rinsed off and saved for future use. This is much easier than picking out rocks!
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Please note this video depicts the original color of Better Than Rocks.The new product is a lighter shade of green.

Retailers and Home Users Agree

Thrive

We’ve compared how the plants respond by having Better Than Rocks in the pot to other pot fillers and the plants just do much better. They grow much faster and at the end of the season they are bigger yet they aren’t heat stressed.
– Starla Enger, Garden Center Owner – Hudson, Wisconsin

The Best Pot Filler

Please note this video depicts the original color of Better Than Rocks. The new product is a lighter shade of green.

Become a Retailer

Mel and Iris B

We are very satisfied with the Better Than Rocks product. In fact, we had been using rocks to fill the bottom of our pots to improve drainage. I probably never put in enough rocks to provide the necessary level of drainage because I didn’t want the pots to be too heavy to move. The larger pots always had to be positioned before we started the filling process. Those concerns are not the priority they used to be. We now have a consistent method of providing good drainage for our containers and at the same time we’ve shaved several pounds off the weight of each filled container. It is time to transplant several of our container plants and we decided this would be the perfect time to continue our transition to Better Than Rocks. We use it for both indoor and outdoor containers. Now that you’ve solved the problem with the bottoms of our pots, maybe you can come up with a solution for preventing the deer from grazing on the tops of our containers. Seriously, we are very happy with Better Than Rocks and would highly recommend it.

Mel and Iris B

Clemmons, North Carolina
Leo F.

Just want to say that I have been using Better Than Rocks for two years and it works great! Drainage is so important and as the name says, Better Than Rocks it certainly is. Love it especially in my large decorator pots. I can’t wait till spring.

Leo F.

Carver, Minnesota
Cathy V.

Your Better Than Rocks really worked great last year. I was able to move those big pots around by myself and my flowers really grew!!

Cathy V.

West Des Moines, Iowa
Rebecca Kolls

Touted as The Container Drainer, Better Than Rocks is a lightweight recycled (and reusable) mesh that is effective in keeping soil and roots from becoming water logged, and keeps the soil from washing away through drainable holes. Take it from me, this container is a whole lot lighter than one with rocks!

Rebecca Kolls

Rebecca's Garden and Editor-in-Chief of Seasons by Rebecca

Company Info

A Division of Archovations Inc.
701 Second Street
Hudson, WI 54016 USA

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