Fill it once. Your plants stay watered for weeks.
BetterPot is a self-watering ceramic planter with a hidden reservoir that delivers moisture gradually, so your plant can draw water as it needs it.
Travel, work late, or simply forget, and come home to healthier plants.
Weeks between waterings · Plastic-free ceramic · Simple self-watering
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The problem
Plants rarely fail from neglect. They fail from inconsistency.
Watering from memory means long dry spells followed by a flood. Roots never settle, and over-watering and under-watering remain the two most common ways houseplants are lost.
BetterPot removes the guesswork by keeping a steady reserve of water where the roots can reach it.
How it works
Three steps, then weeks of not thinking about it.
1. Plant as you normally would.
Your plant sits in the inner pot, in ordinary soil.
2. Fill the hidden reservoir.
Water sits below the soil, out of sight.
3. Your plant takes what it needs.
Water diffuses slowly into the root zone, so the soil stays evenly moist for weeks at a time.
No timers. No apps. No batteries.
Self-regulating watering
Healthier plants, not just living ones
Because the soil stays evenly moist, your plants avoid swinging between bone dry and waterlogged, the two things that kill most houseplants.
The result is stronger roots and steadier growth.
Grow anything, anywhere
One pot. Any plant. Anywhere.
Herbs on the windowsill, a fiddle leaf fig in the hallway, succulents on the desk, every plant is different, and BetterPot suits them all.
Adjust how much water you pour in, and let the pot do the rest.
Made to be seen
Plastic-free terracotta.
BetterPot is made from terracotta, with no plastic and no harmful materials, better for your plants and for the room they sit in.
Approximately 24 cm tall and 24 cm in diameter (about 9.4 in × 9.4 in), so it is sized for real homes and finished to be left on display.
Our story
It started with a very dry summer.
BetterPot began with a simple observation: during long spells of dry weather, plants and trees coped far better when moisture was still available deeper in the soil, close to the roots.
After a lot of experimenting, that idea became BetterPot, a pot that holds a reserve of water below the soil and lets the plant draw it from where it matters.
We are a small team preparing to launch BetterPot on Kickstarter.
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