Strange eggs in poting soil

 It's almost that time of year when someone asks about the strange
little eggs they have found in the compost when they are repotting a
plant.
They are not eggs
They are a slow release fertilizer that takes anything up to 12 months
to break down, they do no harm, just feed the plant so don't worry
when you find them.
David

 

But where does that fertiliser come from, and how does it get into my
compost heap?

Alan

 On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:41:14 +0100, "alan.holmes"


Have you never added slow release pellets to hanging baskets or
planters? IME those push-in thimble-like plugs of so called slow
release fertiliser are still thimble-like plugs of slow release
fertiliser after a year in the basket and another year on the compost
heap. They knew what they were doing when they called them "slow
release".

Water retaining gel "granules" are another common source of "slug egg"
panics!

Jake

 

 IME those push-in thimble-like plugs of so called slow

And how many people do you know who add them to their compost heaps?

 
People do dump  the compostr from old pots etc onto their compost
heaps and all that it may contain.
Or just possibly they have some very ecologicaly minded mice that have
decided that if they can't eat it then they should compost it.