Slime molds appear when the air is warm and wet. Osamocote does have a liquid centre when in damp soil. I have a bag for rooting cuttings. It is not common but sometimes small plastic beads are added to specialty soil mixes. Now to really confuse folks the slow release stuff i have been adding to compost to day has balls of almost every colour in the rainbow.
Your bag of potting soil should mention it. They can have a yellow sphere shape with white fluid inside. As for the round balls they look like slow release fertilizer. My assumption is that you are seeing time release fertilizer that was pre mixed into your soil. They are used for hydroponics and as part of some orchid mixes and also to make light weight concrete and as a soil ammendment to lighten soil.
Rash you re right about vermiculite but wrong about perlite it is also chunky and irregular only white. This is a perennial question raised on more gardening sites than almost any other question. They could have been put in the bottom of pots to help drainage. Quit the excessive watering and they die off all on their own. Or use the bt prep found in the mosquito dunks.
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Vermiculate is chunky and irregular not spherical blobs. The orange fungus growing in your mulch is a species of slime mold known scientifically as p hysarum polycephalum. He assured me that these yellow orange liquid filled b b balls that burst when squeezed are indeed osmocote fertilizer prills that absorb moisture which allows the liquid fertilizer inside to pass out of the prill and into the soil. If the spheres are more white or colorless balls that you can pop then they are most likely snail eggs. If you should need further help on this question please reply to this post.
Both are useful in potting soil mixes. Fungus gnats can be a problem with any potting mix if you over water and keep the soil overly wet. Both are useful in potting soil mixes. Vermiculate is chunky and irregular not spherical blobs. Old perlite can become discolored.
Fungus gnats can be a problem with any potting mix if you over water and keep the soil overly wet. Rash you re right about vermiculite but wrong about perlite it is also chunky and irregular only white. Your bag of potting soil should mention it. Slime molds appear when the air is warm and wet.
