Martin Sykes wrote:
: "Sacha" wrote in message
: . uk...
:: Don't worry about it. Every year there is at least one person who
:: has never seen these and is understandably concerned about them
:: because they are unknown. Nurseries use them quite a lot and we mix
:: them into some composts as a 'standard issue'.
:
: And I expect soon we'll get the inevitable 'What is this jelly like
: substance on my lawn?' question from someone who's spilt the water
: retaining crystals when they did their hanging baskets :-)

I think you're wrong, I get these things on the allotments and was hoping
someone would anser the question so that I too would know. It's definitely
an insect egg of some sort on the allotment