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Gelatinous Blobs
A very weird appearance on the soil in some pots. Very large blobs of clear
jelly just sitting on the surface of the soil. Definitely not water retaining gel. It almost looks like it's rained jelly! Anyone know what these blobs might be? |
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Ade wrote: A very weird appearance on the soil in some pots. Very large blobs of clear jelly just sitting on the surface of the soil. Definitely not water retaining gel. It almost looks like it's rained jelly! Anyone know what these blobs might be? Pixie spit. Sorry ... I will stop right now. Promise. No, I've no idea. Too early for cuckoo's spit - still not jelly enough. How trully strange. Which colour? |
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Ade wrote:
A very weird appearance on the soil in some pots. Very large blobs of clear jelly just sitting on the surface of the soil. Definitely not water retaining gel. It almost looks like it's rained jelly! Anyone know what these blobs might be? Pixie spit. Sorry ... I will stop right now. Promise. No, I've no idea. Too early for cuckoo's spit - still not jelly enough. How trully strange. Which colour? Totally clear in colour. It's not a solid, so I don't think it's a fungus. If you try to pick it up it just runs, exactly like a half-set jelly. I'm going to take a closer look to see if it has any eggs in it. Do birds throw up jelly? I'll laugh if it turns out my daughter has thrown out her pots of jelly snacks that I bought her this week !! |
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Ade wrote: Totally clear in colour. It's not a solid, so I don't think it's a fungus. If you try to pick it up it just runs, exactly like a half-set jelly. I'm going to take a closer look to see if it has any eggs in it. Indeed. If you have a microscope, would be really interesting ) You said in pots?! What would deliver that jelly in a pot?! You'd think you'd find it in the grass, if it's from a frog. I can't think of an insect doing 'jelly'. Do be carefull though ... it's a *blob* cue scarry music Do birds throw up jelly? A sneeze?! LOL!!! But perhaps that's a question for Malcom ... I'll laugh if it turns out my daughter has thrown out her pots of jelly snacks that I bought her this week !! How dissapointing ... ;o) |
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"Ade" wrote in message ... Ade wrote: A very weird appearance on the soil in some pots. Very large blobs of clear jelly just sitting on the surface of the soil. Definitely not water retaining gel. It almost looks like it's rained jelly! Anyone know what these blobs might be? Pixie spit. Sorry ... I will stop right now. Promise. No, I've no idea. Too early for cuckoo's spit - still not jelly enough. How trully strange. Which colour? Totally clear in colour. It's not a solid, so I don't think it's a fungus. If you try to pick it up it just runs, exactly like a half-set jelly. I'm going to take a closer look to see if it has any eggs in it. Do birds throw up jelly? I'll laugh if it turns out my daughter has thrown out her pots of jelly snacks that I bought her this week !! The description would fit water snail egg jelly. The eggs are contained inside a clear jelly. I have seen it occasionally on the surface of very wet pots near the pond but never in very big blobs. What does it taste like? :-) |
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Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: The description would fit water snail egg jelly. The eggs are contained inside a clear jelly. I have seen it occasionally on the surface of very wet pots near the pond but never in very big blobs. What does it taste like? :-) Are you serious? What should it taste like? |
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"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes
"Ade" wrote in message ... Ade wrote: A very weird appearance on the soil in some pots. Very large blobs of clear jelly just sitting on the surface of the soil. Definitely not water retaining gel. It almost looks like it's rained jelly! Anyone know what these blobs might be? Pixie spit. Sorry ... I will stop right now. Promise. No, I've no idea. Too early for cuckoo's spit - still not jelly enough. How trully strange. Which colour? Totally clear in colour. It's not a solid, so I don't think it's a fungus. If you try to pick it up it just runs, exactly like a half-set jelly. I'm going to take a closer look to see if it has any eggs in it. Do birds throw up jelly? I'll laugh if it turns out my daughter has thrown out her pots of jelly snacks that I bought her this week !! The description would fit water snail egg jelly. The eggs are contained inside a clear jelly. I have seen it occasionally on the surface of very wet pots near the pond but never in very big blobs. What does it taste like? :-) Are they 'very large'? - I suppose that depends what the OP means by 'very large' Our pond snails (3 species) don't produce anything more than an inch long and quarter inch wide. Can you get a transparent slime mould? http://tinyurl.co.uk/ns2h I can remember being out on the Yorkshire Dales when I suddenly became unable to keep my footing - feet kept slipping our from under me. The culprit was masses of clear (IIRC) jelly in amongst the grass, which i assumed was slime mould. This was a few feet from the cliff edge of an old quarry, so it wasn't funny! Only other clear gelatinous thing I've found was some frogspawn on the lawn of some old people's bungalows a couple of days after heavy rain. -- Kay |
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Sounds like slime mould to me.
We get it on our rockery stones sometimes. Have you tasted it yet? A bit like seaweed? Then its slime mould. (just kidding) Sue W. -- Derby, England. Don't try to email me using "REPLY" as the email address is NoSpam. Our email address is "thewoodies2 at ntlworld dot com" "Ade" wrote in message ... A very weird appearance on the soil in some pots. Very large blobs of clear jelly just sitting on the surface of the soil. Definitely not water retaining gel. It almost looks like it's rained jelly! Anyone know what these blobs might be? |
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"La Puce" wrote in message oups.com... Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote: The description would fit water snail egg jelly. The eggs are contained inside a clear jelly. I have seen it occasionally on the surface of very wet pots near the pond but never in very big blobs. What does it taste like? :-) Are you serious? What should it taste like? :-) |
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The Invalid wrote in
: On Tue, 23 May 2006 11:47:48 GMT, "Ade" wrote: A very weird appearance on the soil in some pots. Very large blobs of clear jelly just sitting on the surface of the soil. Definitely not water retaining gel. It almost looks like it's rained jelly! Anyone know what these blobs might be? Strange, yesterday I found my chickens pecking at some stuff. I investigated and found....... several blobs of completely clear jelly, each one about an inch and a half. War of the worlds ?? Day of the triffids? Invasion Of The Body Snatchers ? |
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 09:49:37 +0100, The Invalid wrote:
On Tue, 23 May 2006 16:14:27 GMT, "Sue" wrote: Sounds like slime mould to me. We get it on our rockery stones sometimes. Have you tasted it yet? A bit like seaweed? Then its slime mould. (just kidding) Sue W. The stuff I found was completely clear jelly, each blob being about an inch and a half or so I'll see if theres any today and try and get a pic of it. Haven't followed the thread, but are we talking 'water retaining granules/crystals/gel' which are added to hanging basket mixes? -- Jim Tyneside UK http://www.jimscot.plus.com |
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Jim Scott wrote: Haven't followed the thread, but are we talking 'water retaining granules/crystals/gel' which are added to hanging basket mixes? Pay attention at the back!!! We're talking alien invasion - we're now planning a strategic defense manoeuvre which will save the world as we know it. Are you in? |
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On 24 May 2006 02:18:48 -0700, La Puce wrote:
Jim Scott wrote: Haven't followed the thread, but are we talking 'water retaining granules/crystals/gel' which are added to hanging basket mixes? Pay attention at the back!!! We're talking alien invasion - we're now planning a strategic defense manoeuvre which will save the world as we know it. Are you in? Not sure I want to save the world 'as we know it'. -- Jim Tyneside UK http://www.jimscot.plus.com |
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Jim Scott wrote: Not sure I want to save the world 'as we know it'. deep sigh There's always one isn't it. put back foil hat on |
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Ade wrote:
Ade wrote: A very weird appearance on the soil in some pots. Very large blobs of clear jelly just sitting on the surface of the soil. Definitely not water retaining gel. It almost looks like it's rained jelly! Anyone know what these blobs might be? Totally clear in colour. It's not a solid, so I don't think it's a fungus. If you try to pick it up it just runs, exactly like a half-set jelly. I'm going to take a closer look to see if it has any eggs in it. Do birds throw up jelly? I'll laugh if it turns out my daughter has thrown out her pots of jelly snacks that I bought her this week !! Perhaps u.r.n-h might help! |
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