Little White Balls On Deck
Q: I keep finding small, round, BB-size eggs in the potted flowers on my
deck. What are they and will they harm my plants?
A: The little white balls originally contained fertilizer. To save on labor costs,
greenhouse growers fertilize their flowers with products that release fertilizer
very slowly. A common greenhouse fertilizer encapsulates nutrients in small
porous plastic balls. Once the fertilizer is gone, only the balls remain. They are
not harmful to you or your plants.
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Pollinators – Housing For
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Maple – Lower Trunk Wound
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Azaleas – Late Spring/Early Summer Pruning
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Wild Strawberry (Indian Mock Strawberry) – Dog Eating Leaves
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Boxwood Blight – Not This
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Cleome – Identification
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Rosemary – Growing Indoors
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Trampweed (Facelis retusa)
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Pollinators – Housing For
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Squash/Pumpkin/Cucumber/Watermelon Cross-Pollination – Explanation
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