The very next day 2 of the little balls showed up in the pot of seeds. This keeps the odor level low and soaks up any liquids. Why is my compost tumbler producing balls. These slime molds are single cell organisms which feed on the bacteria produced by decomposing plant material aiding the natural decomposition process. They will not affect the final product.
The orange things are fungi which are digesting the material in your compost. The outside of the little balls was thin and almost papery. This message was edited apr 25 2005 8 57 am. The orange fungus growing in your mulch is a species of slime mold known scientifically as p hysarum polycephalum. Also how we diy ed building our compost bin.
I found them in the majority of potting mix commercially available. It appears your are doing indoor composting which normally requires a high level of paper shreds coffee grounds tea leaves or other absorbent material in comparison to the level of green vegetable waste. Indeed this is the most common form to add fertilizer. 2 nights ago i repotted some old plants and prepared a pot of lavender seeds. I would have returned them except the garden centre we bought them from was a long drive back.
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Otherwise you can break any balls larger than 1 inch diameter apart. While not green in color orange peels belong to the green group and can help to add a healthy dose of nitrogen and other nutrients namely potassium and phosphorous so are orange peels good for compost yes but like any green material you don t want to use them in excess. There are balls forming in my drum balls form as a result of using grass in your compostumbler. I bought my dad two bags of miracle gro compost yesterday for his new vetrug. Some of the more expensive bags of compost contain these too i think miracle gro compost has them in but they re blue.
Always been slug eggs when i ve found them even found a few slugs actually doing the laying in fact just in the top of a little lsd plant i had out in the yard for a while recently. Very likely to be fertilizer. They are like tiny yellow paint balls perfectly round and equally as explosive could be slug eggs i suppose but i havnt seen anything that makes my mind up yet. If the appearance of the finished product is not important to you you can leave the balls in the drum. Hope this all helps and happy composting.
I know they weren t there the night before because i was very carefully layering the soil over the seeds and misting it to ensure good. I know they weren t there the night before because i was very carefully layering the soil over the seeds and misting it to ensure good. Always been slug eggs when i ve found them even found a few slugs actually doing the laying in fact just in the top of a little lsd plant i had out in the yard for a while recently. Otherwise you can break any balls larger than 1 inch diameter apart. Here s a great 101 style article on getting started with composting and everything you ever need to know.
Hope this all helps and happy composting. I found them in the majority of potting mix commercially available. The orange things are fungi which are digesting the material in your compost. The very next day 2 of the little balls showed up in the pot of seeds.
