My little succulent garden took 8 tries before it worked

I was at the craft store last Tuesday and overheard a lady telling her friend 'just glue the rocks in, they'll stay put.' That got me thinking about how I kept killing my desk plants because the pots kept tipping over. So I went home and glued a layer of small pebbles into the bottom of a thrifted teacup I found for $1.50. Now my little succulent sits steady as a rock and I don't have dirt all over my keyboard anymore. Has anyone else tried gluing things into their pots to make them more stable?

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margaretk895h ago

Why would you glue pebbles into a pot? That completely defeats the purpose of having drainage holes or even just a loose layer of rocks for airflow. If the pot tips over, just get a heavier pot or put the whole thing in a ceramic cachepot that's weighted. Gluing anything into a container basically seals it up and traps moisture where the roots sit. I've seen too many succulents rot out because water had nowhere to go, and glue is just asking for mold and bacteria to grow in there. You're better off finding a pot that actually fits the plant or using a coaster weight if it's really that wobbly. This feels like a solution that creates more problems than it fixes.

cooper.viola1h ago

Five years in business and I've seen worse fixes than glued pebbles honestly. At least this person is trying something instead of just cramming a plant into a pot with zero drainage and hoping for the best. Is it ideal? No. But if someone's pot keeps tipping over and killing their succulents, I'd rather they try this than give up on plants entirely. The mold and bacteria risk is real but it's not like we're talking about a sealed terrarium here - there's still airflow around the edges of those pebbles.