LoveGrowingIt said:

Those sure do look like eggs. I definitely wouldn't want it in my house. My first thought is spider eggs. I'd take that back to the garden store and ask them. A replacement or a refund might be best.

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Captspaulding said:

farm farm strikes again!
Either that or there is poor standards at the supplier. Bags look absolutely soaked.
Sorry man, def got you what look to be ant eggs.

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Captspaulding said:

def got you what look to be ant eggs.

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cannafarmer420 said:

Quality control across the board the last few years has been 🗑. All the industries seem to be having issues, I know at my work it's a disaster since flu.

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Captspaulding said:

fox farm strikes again!
Either that or there is poor standards at the supplier. Bags look absolutely soaked.
Sorry man, def got you what look to be ant eggs.

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Newbgrower1 said:

So I just bought 3 bags of ff hf soil and found what looks like to be a bunch of eggs in the first bag I opened. Any insight on what it may be is appreciated. It was stored in a greenhouse at the garden center. It was going to be for my indoor plants but I really don’t want to use it if it’s some kind of pest. I still need to add two bags to my garden as well so was thinking of putting it in the garden with some diatomaceous earth. Do you think that would kill whatever it may be. I was just about to transplant them then I saw that so now I’m on hold till I figure this out. View attachment 2160178View attachment 2160177View attachment 2160179

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Newbgrower1 said:

So I just bought 3 bags of ff hf soil and found what looks like to be a bunch of eggs in the first bag I opened. Any insight on what it may be is appreciated. It was stored in a greenhouse at the garden center. It was going to be for my indoor plants but I really don’t want to use it if it’s some kind of pest. I still need to add two bags to my garden as well so was thinking of putting it in the garden with some diatomaceous earth. Do you think that would kill whatever it may be. I was just about to transplant them then I saw that so now I’m on hold till I figure this out. View attachment 2160178View attachment 2160177View attachment 2160179

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Mothman said:

I’m not so sure they’re ants. After reviewing many photos of ant eggs, they tend to be shaped more like rice grains. In your photo these look spherical.

I recently opened an old partial bag of FFHF from my garage. It was loaded with blooming grey mold of some type. I think you have mold (a different variety than mine) in the bag and those tightly packed spheres are the fruiting bodies.

In Happy Frog, unless you find it to be a bad fungus like artillery fungus (and I don’t think it’s that), I’d consider it might be a good sign (FF loads it with mycos etc. at the plant).

Like the Captain, I noticed your soil is quite wet. Wet soil and fungus—a case of Occam’s Razor, maybe?

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Newbgrower1 said:

I’ll have to look into that. I did notice mine were more round but do you think there would be fuzz with it if it was a mold? It was just those little dots in flat clumps.

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Mothman said:

It’s more accurately a fungus, I think. I’ve repeatedly gotten a couple little grey mushrooms that volunteer in my FF soil.

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Newbgrower1 said:

If they are eggs of some sort is there any way to make them hatch? Or when do they hatch(under certain conditions or just a certain time)?

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Newbgrower1 said:

I’m kinda thinking I should use it in a 2 ga. Pot for my tomato. Just to run an experiment and so I know 100% what it is. If I bring it back I won’t know. If they are eggs of some sort is there any way to make them hatch? Or when do they hatch(under certain conditions or just a certain time)?

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BearWater said:

This is all determined by the species or whatever : ) like hatching quail eggs vs chicken eggs vs alligator eggs. They might have a general environment that would hatch them but you wouldn’t know that until you know what they came from. This is theory coupled with a little knowledge (LITTLE).

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PlumberSoCal2 said:

Saw similar several times through the years on egg cartens and thought bug eggs. Tried to hatch a couple years ago, checked daily and nada. I'm now leaning fungus. Eyesight isn't near what it use to be.

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