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Yellow balls
Jacky24
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I have just removed a sick looking fuchsia from a container and have found loads of yellow balls in the soil and deep in the roots .The plant was bought from a garden centre and planted in a container leaving the soil around it and adding extra soil from a new bag . The balls have gone right into the roots ,I don't know how they travelled there if they are a slow release fertiliser , they looked like they were laid there by an insect or something . I have removed them by washing them under a tap and will replant the fuchsia again . HELP what are they??
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In the sticks near Peterborough
I agree ... slow release fertiliser balls. The fertiliser is inside a permeable membrane ... as you water the plant the fertiliser passed through the membrane to the compost. Eventually you are left with little hollow spheres. Nothing to worry about
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thankyou , the fuchsia has been replanted , i will see how it goes .
When you say sick Jacky - can you be more specific? Have you had it long? I'd agree the balls are slow release fertiliser, so if the plant looks poor, there will definitely be an issue.
Alternatively, if there's no obvious reason fro it looking duff, take it back to the GC you got it from and make some enquiries.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Is there a 'teabag' around the roots?
This will stop water getting in and roots getting out. They're supposed to be biodegradable but they're not.
If there is, remove it or tear it if removal will do too much damage.