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Green Balls in my Plants

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Postby MikeyWorld » April 25th, 2019, 5:15 pm

I was repotting some shop bought plants and found small bright green balls in the soil. Other plants had yellow balls, and I also found a single blue ball.

Twice the size of cous cous, half the size of petit pois.

Is it plant food, slug repellant, weed killer or something else?

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Re: Green Balls in my Plants

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Postby PinkDalek » April 25th, 2019, 5:26 pm

No white ones?

This appears to explain https://homeguides.sfgate.com/white-bal ... 73335.html

These balls are actually tiny pieces of perlite, which is a naturally occurring material that is beneficial in several ways to your plant.

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Re: Green Balls in my Plants

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Postby supremetwo » April 25th, 2019, 6:00 pm

MikeyWorld wrote:I was repotting some shop bought plants and found small bright green balls in the soil. Other plants had yellow balls, and I also found a single blue ball.

Twice the size of cous cous, half the size of petit pois.

Is it plant food, slug repellant, weed killer or something else?

Slow release fertiliser pellets.

Same as in 'Miracle Grow' compost.

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/compost ... ertilisers

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Re: Green Balls in my Plants

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Postby bungeejumper » April 25th, 2019, 6:13 pm

supremetwo wrote:Slow release fertiliser pellets.

Same as in 'Miracle Grow' compost.

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/compost ... ertilisers

LOL, that one gets everybody worried the first time they see it. Yes, I had the same experience a couple of years ago.

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Re: Green Balls in my Plants

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Postby neversay » April 25th, 2019, 7:57 pm

From the title I thought it was a variant on 'Green Fingers'.

Perhaps an affliction of naturist gardeners?

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Re: Green Balls in my Plants

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Postby bungeejumper » April 26th, 2019, 8:08 am

neversay wrote:From the title I thought it was a variant on 'Green Fingers'.

Perhaps an affliction of naturist gardeners?

No, that's prickly pair. :shock:

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Re: Green Balls in my Plants

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Postby MikeyWorld » May 4th, 2019, 7:35 pm

Thanks everyone.

I'll know next time I'm soiling my plants.

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Re: Green Balls in my Plants

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Postby csearle » May 8th, 2019, 12:49 am

PinkDalek wrote:No white ones?

This appears to explain https://homeguides.sfgate.com/white-bal ... 73335.html

These balls are actually tiny pieces of perlite, which is a naturally occurring material that is beneficial in several ways to your plant.
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