Green eggs in compost...Think ive been silly?

cooking-mama

Last week I was using a bag of ASDA multipurpose compost to fill pots/containers, etc,I discovered quite a few bright green "eggs",which i squished,cos i assumed they were some kind of veggie eating bug eggs,but now it turns out they may have been worm eggs which would have been beneficial.....anyone any ideas?

SallyForth_2

If you have already squished them all, I don't think there is anything you can do.

Mojisola

The "eggs" were probably controlled-release fertilizer. This is packaged up in little balls which only release the fertilizer when the compost warms up to a certain temperature so that it delivers the plant food when the plants are actively growing.

Seakay

I think that the eggs were either fertiliser or water retaining granules.

Here is a description of earthworm eggs:
While the newborn worms are hard to see, there is no difficulty in identifying the egg-capsules. The color is usually radically different from that of the soil, varying from light lemon color in freshly passed capsules to a dark purple in capsules nearing maturity and ready to hatch. Size varies, depending on the size of the worm from which they come, ranging from the size of a pinhead to about the size of a grain of rice. A handful of earth from a properly prepared culture box may contain several dozen capsules.

foxgloves

I've just bought some compost with bright blue 'eggs' as you describe them in it and they are slow-release fertiliser. They just break down over the weeks & feed your plants. They aren't anything to worry about. If you've taken them all out, you'll probably just have to feed your plants a bit more often, that's all. The compost labelled as being for containers usually has both these fertiliser granules in it as well as some of the water-retaining gel.