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Not sure what these are?

thomaskirkham45thomaskirkham45 Posts: 1
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New to household plant caring and I think I was totally unprepared for it but I do hope to learn. The plant is a cyclamen and Iam not sure what these little white things are. I never noticed them before. Are they apart of the soil or something else?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I can’t see very clearly but they may be flower buds ... it’s that time of year. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Could be any, or all, of the above!
    Pic isn't clear enough for me, even if I zoom it.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    They look like bits of perlite to me (just stuff mixed into the soil for drainage etc). Unless they're attached?
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited November 2018
    My reply is based on the top left blob which looks (to me ... from here ) to be attached. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Dovefromabove said:
    I can’t see very clearly but they may be flower buds ... it’s that time of year. 
    Now I'm on my laptop and can zoom in a bit ... don't look much like flower buds now ...

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Maybe Perlite mixed with the potting compost ? Supposedly to improve drainage .
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Apologies LG
    Just read your earlier post .
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    edited November 2018
    Along with LG and Paul B3. Tale a little bit in your fingers and see if it crunches slightly when you compress it.
    Hope that is the right stuff I am thinking of the same name (Perlite)
    What is the other one called? The little more "square" stuff like mini layers of silvery grey.  Edited to add Vermiculite, it is not that one.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited November 2018
    I'm going with the Perlite theory as well @thomaskirkham45 :)
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