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What are these? Could these be snail or slug eggs?

ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
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Found these on top of the soil in the pot containing my new Hosta. Small, round, pale green, and sort of squish/ pop if I squeeze them.
Any ideas? I was checking for slugs this morning, but don’t know if these were already there when I bought them two days ago.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Slow release fertilizer capsules?

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





  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Fertiliser capsules was my immediate thought too.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    I do hope so, Dove! Paranoid already about keeping the Hostas alive!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Try to relax and enjoy your gardening @Ergates.
    Nothing, apart from weedkiller happens immediately.  If anything is going wrong, you'll get fair warning😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We’ve never had munching of our potted hostas in earlier years but in the past couple of weeks we've had quite a bit of damage ... some of the hostas are in quite large pots, so I needed OH's help to move them ... and we found three slugs living under the pots ... they have munched their last hosta 🥾

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





  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    IME, Slug and Snail eggs are usually transparent and will "squish" as opposed to the fertiliser granules which are opaque and tend to "pop" - apologies for the technical language  ;)
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I think many of us have had a "oh my god they are slug eggs" moment, before realising they are really slow release granules. The granules are dry and crack in your fingers or create a kind of powder. They are usually perfectly spherical and beige.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Or blue or green😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    The ‘eggs’ have a crisp shell, and when crushed, seem to contain a whiteish liquid. They are dry on the outside, and not slimy, so it sounds more likely that they are fertiliser granules.

    I know I’m panicking! It’s just that I’ve avoided buying hostas for at least 30 years, after losing so many to slugs. And that was in the days when I would use slug pellets, which I wouldn’t now.

    But I’ve always loved hostas, and these were so pretty, I got tempted and thought I would have another go.

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Snail eggs are tiny.my Hostas looked great yesterday there's. been some overnight munching 
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