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Are these eggs or something else ?

PatsyFaganPatsyFagan Posts: 51
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Asking for a friend who's DiL planted sweet peas, then found these little orange 'eggs' ? 
I think slug eggs are white, but wouldn't have been laid on the top of the soil ?? 
No-one knows if you have done your house-work, but everyone knows is you haven't done your gardening 

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  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    My screen is only small so difficult to say. Might they be fungi of some sort PatsyFagan?
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  • PatsyFaganPatsyFagan Posts: 51
    Ooh, hadn't thought of a fungi ....

    No-one knows if you have done your house-work, but everyone knows is you haven't done your gardening 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,992
    edited May 2022
    Yes fungi ... transmogrifying the organic matter in the compost into a form accessible by the roots of plants ... it's the third picture of similar fungi we've had in the past few days ... seems to be a lot about this year ... maybe due to new formulations of compost perhaps?

    Looks like a Morning Glory has snuck in among the sweet peas  B)

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





  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 10,326
    There was a post a day or two ago with exactly the same stuff on the top of the compost.
    @Dovefromabove also suggested it's a fungus which is breaking down the compost to provide nutrients for your plant - so they are the good guys :)

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • PatsyFaganPatsyFagan Posts: 51
    Thanks for your help and I will be pleased to report back .. 

    @Dovefromabove ... did you get this same query from me on our other pm route ? 
    No-one knows if you have done your house-work, but everyone knows is you haven't done your gardening 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,992
    PatsyFagan said:
    Thanks for your help and I will be pleased to report back .. 

    @Dovefromabove ... did you get this same query from me on our other pm route ? 
    No @PatsyFagan … can’t find it anywhere 😵‍💫. When … today? Yesterday?

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





  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 10,326
    This was the post I was referring to - 
    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1064562/what-are-these-egg-looking-thing
    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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