On Thu, 13 May 2004 08:44:56 +0100, Martin Sykes wrote:

"[H]omer" wrote in message
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Whilst re-potting a miniature rose, I found a hell of a lot of these:

3mm in diameter.
Yellow.
Hard (brittle) thin shell.
Perfectly spherical.
One half was sometimes semi-translucent.
Filled with a white, milky fluid and a single black "spot".
"Pop" quite loudly when burst.

Could be slow-release fertilizer. Have you just bought the rose or had it
been in the old pot for a long time?

Been in that pot since we bought it.

Fertiliser? OK great, that's a relief. Never seen fertiliser like that
before.

Thanks.

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[H]omer