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20-10-2008, 10:43 AM
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| |  Tiny coloured balls ... eggs?
Hi,
Today I have been weeding and scraping mossy stuff from surface of the soil around one of my potted ornmental trees.
I dug a little deeper and unearthed lots of tiny balls, orange and red, they looked like sweeties or cake decorations.
It occured to me that they might be insect eggs so I covered them back up again.
I don't have my camera with me today unfortunately but could anyone tell me if these characteristics are indicative of a particular species at all?
I assume ladybird eggs are laid on leaves etc so under the soil is puzzling me... |
20-10-2008, 10:46 AM
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| | | Re: Tiny coloured balls ... eggs?
They definately wouldnt be ladybird eggs at this time of year or underground. How big were they? possibly a snail or slug species. |
20-10-2008, 10:54 AM
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| | | Re: Tiny coloured balls ... eggs?
Could they be slow-release fertiliser? This comes in the form of small orange-coloured balls, and sometimes doesn't desolve fully into the compost over the course of the growing season.  |
20-10-2008, 12:07 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny coloured balls ... eggs?
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Originally Posted by Ida  Could they be slow-release fertiliser? This comes in the form of small orange-coloured balls, and sometimes doesn't desolve fully into the compost over the course of the growing season. | That would be my bet as well!
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20-10-2008, 02:12 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny coloured balls ... eggs?
Durr!
I do feel rather foolish now, I concur.
On second thoughts I think this makes sense, the balls did look quite man-made!
Funny isn't it, you learn something every day.
I never knew fertilizer took on this form.
Either way, eggs or fertilizer, they'd be best to leave in the soil.
Thanks for the rapid response guys! | | |
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