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Re: Three curious questions I have

>Hello all!
>
>	Today I decided to give my 2 dead peace lily plants a
>burial and transplanted other plants into their soil.  In one, I put a
>Indian rubber tree and I put my Oxalis shamrock in the other.
>
>Question 1:  When I pulled out my peace lily plant from the 10"
>pot it was in, I saw a lot of little yellow bead-like objects that
>excreted liquid of some type when squeezed.  What is this?
>
>Question 2:  When I pulled out my spathiphyllum from the 6" pot,
>I saw a lot of little white objects which almost resembled eggs.
>However, I didn't find any bugs or spiders anywhere.  What are
>they?
>


In answer to questions 1 and 2:  What you describe sounds very much like
small spheres of timed release fertilizer (e.g. Osmicoat).

Don Martinson
Medical College of Wisconsin
dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu
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