yellow eggs in soil where corn used to be

[neil1280]

Hi, I just went out today to start making a raised bed, took some compost from where i tried to grow some corn last year, the plant grew but failed to produce the minicobs i was hoping for.

when i dug into the soil there looks like lots of little round yellow balls, what are they!!??

[rana]

probably slug or snails eggs

[neil1280]

what do i need to do to them?

[shirlthegirl43]

what do i need to do to them?

Squish!!!!

[kirsty b]

squish them or leave them in open for wild birds to eat

[neil1280]

i have to pick them all out!!?? oh no, into the bird house they go then

[ginger ninger]

Definitely snail/slug egg's, stamp on them or feed them to the bird's. If you have a fish pond through them in for the fish.

[Poddington Pea]

Interesting....VERY interesting indeed! For many years I have believed these little balls to be some sort of fertiliser as I've found them in bags of compost and in plant pots. Oh dear!

[Scarlet]

I'm sure the yellow ones in the compost bags are some kind of fertiliser..

[Scarlet]

They may be worm eggs???
http://solanacompost.files.wordpress...orm-eggs21.jpg

[GardenJayne]

ozmacote is a type of time release fertilizer,and is often mixed into bags of compost, it's coated with varying thickness of resin that disolves over varying time and looks like yellow snail eggs but the easy way to identify them is they are much harder to crush/squish than I've also noticed that when you come across eggs they are generally in a pile together, also they are more of a white colour in comparison.