"andrewpreece" wrote
"undergroundbob"
Hi all, I've been re-potting my bulbs, as one does at this time of year,
and have found that the deeper soil in many of the pots is full of
little round bright yellow eggs, about the size of peppercorns. They
contain a gritty white goo and crush easily. I assumed they must be
some sort of common insect, but neither of my gardening gurus (my dad
and my dad-in-law) had seen them before, and i couldn't find any
obvious matches on the net. It's beginning to intrigue me....can anyone
ease my bafflement??
undergroundbob

Did the compost in which these yellow spheres are found come with the plan
i.e.from a nursery? If so it may be slow release fertiliser. Apparently
these arevery similar to snails eggs,but snails eggs are greyish.
Andy.

it always amazes me that the slow release pellets, which these most probably
are, are soooooooooo slow to release that they stay in the soil as pellets for
yonks ! How quickly should they release the fertilizer?
Jenny