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Another plant ID please!

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @sophie.h I wondered if it was just a bit of frost in the pot? You will soon find out as it is getting warmer. Welcome to the forum I hope you wiil get alot of pleasure from gardening.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Now you say that @GardenerSuze, I'm wondering if it's frost, or a bit of disappearing snow!

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Thanks @GardenerSuze! I can already tell I'm going to love it. It is just a bit of melting snow thankfully. Not sure I'm ready to go into battle with snails just yet! 😅
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited January 2023
    @sophie.h Snail eggs are round and if you come across them you will often find a  group of them, not something you see that often. Good food for the birds.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I think I was slightly confused as you mentioned a fungus @sophie.h. Can you point that out in the pic?
    Maybe I should have gone to Specsavers  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Haha, it's not very clear in the pics, they're camouflaged! Little brown things, more on the right side.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    They look like tiny brown mushrooms, l would just carefully lever them out. Don't eat them though !
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Had a squint - hard to tell but they look as if they're just one of the tiny mushrooms that often appear in damp conditions in compost. I doubt it's anything to worry about  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AnniD said:
    They look like tiny brown mushrooms, l would just carefully lever them out. Don't eat them though !
    Haha, thanks. I'll heed that warning! 🍄
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited January 2023
    sophie.h said:
    Okay, thank you! Sorry if this is a stupid question, but if I do get rid of them, can I reuse the compost in the pot, or is it better to buy fresh?

     Pests build up in old compost.  Look out especially for vine weevil larvae. And fungus gnats.  I don't want to give you nightmares, but Nature is red in tooth and claw.

    Best always to use fresh compost.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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