New to plants and moved some to my office. I just noticed these things that look like bug eggs. What are they? Should I remove them?.
New to plants and moved some to my office. I just noticed these things that look like bug eggs. What are they? Should I remove them?.
5 Comments
tryitout@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 2y
The balls are slow release fertilizer, extremely common in potting soil. The white irregular bits are perlite. Everything looks good.
PlantJam@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Perlite or similar soil additive. No need to remove them or worry.
pixel_witch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I have always thought that perlite was white and kinda styrofoamesque, but I felt better knowing they aren't bugs. My office is in a very very old trailer that already had biscuit beetles eating the walls. I didn't want to add to our ongoing issues.
PlantJam@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
You're right about perlite. I've seen the yellowish spheres in other potting soil, though.
Oisteink@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 2y
It could be Vermiculite
Just pick some up and try to cut them with a knife - insect eggs won’t harm your knife