Jelly

[Fluorescent green]

Hi

There are pieces of jelly in my compost, I have never seen this before.
B+Q super enriched. You can only see this jelly after watering, it seems to come to the top of the plant pot.

FG

[stupot]

Does the compost contain water-retaining gel? If so it's probably that, it's acylamide powder that turns to jelly when mixed with water.

[Bramble_killer]

the compost I buy also has this 'jelly'. It's water retaining gel

[Fluorescent green]

it's acylamide powder that turns to jelly when mixed with water.

So that is good? But only in dry weather.

FG

[Two_Sheds]

doesn't sound very green or natural, FG

[Snadger]

Its a polymer which when moistened absorbs hundreds of times it's own weight in water.
Can be counter productive early season when we have cold wet weather!