Pests and Diseases

Re: Identifying eggs

Digger — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:42:02 GMT

I know you said don't open it if you don't like spiders, but my curiosity got the better of me, it looks just like the minger that bit me.

Re: Identifying eggs

Phot's-Moll — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:30:13 GMT

Well, you saw her for real, so you're the best judge!

Re: Identifying eggs

miranda — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:27:45 GMT

I thought it looked a lot like polystyrene, Phot's.

Re: Identifying eggs

Phot's-Moll — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:17:51 GMT

It does a bit. I just thought they were extra weird looking.

Re: Identifying eggs

miranda — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:29:12 GMT

It looks like a ball of polystyrene is stuck to its bottom, doesn't it.

Re: Identifying eggs

Phot's-Moll — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:21:46 GMT

Oh! I've seen spiders like that, but I hadn't realised they were carrying their eggs.

Re: Identifying eggs

miranda — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:15:01 GMT

I've got one - http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg218/Miranda_broughton/garden/spider_eggs.jpg - it's one of those spiders that carries its eggs about with it and I saw it here last summer.

Don't open the link if you don't like spiders.

Re: Identifying eggs

Phot's-Moll — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:54:47 GMT

So anyone got any pictures of snake (or spider) eggs?

Re: Identifying eggs

Digger — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:41:25 GMT

In fairness this egg/slow release fert thing has being going on for years, scoobie did presume eggs in the compost, if they were snake or spider eggs it would've been exciting for scoobie, but of course as soon as we see the pictures it's blatant that they are not eggs, scoobie will now know the difference, but there will be more people to come who presume they've got eggs, so if they think they have eggs we may as well have some fun and tell them it could be snake eggs or something until they show us a photograph.

Re: Identifying eggs

Susiq — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:53:22 GMT

What is it with people who don't try and establish the facts (as Scoobie has done) before they start spreading such damaging gossip

Re: Identifying eggs

miranda — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:27:22 GMT

No idea what might have happened to your plants, scoobie, though those three herbs do tend to like it more on the drier side.

A lot of people mistake slow release fertiliser pellets for eggs. A nursery owner I know had her business quite badly damaged when a customer spread the word about that all the plants from her nursery had eggs in the pots and people believed it.

Re: Identifying eggs

scoobie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:19:50 GMT

Phew! thanks for you help folks. I feel like a bit of an idiot mind

As I'm new to gardening and keen to keep my plants fit and well I hope you can excuse my stupid questions below:

Is the most likely cause of such a quick demise likely to be drought/overwatering? I'm pretty sure it won't be drought as I've been very careful during the hot weather. If I have over watered why are the other 2 plants in the same container still thriving? I did harvest some leaves from the sage plant the day before it started to wilt- could I have done anything to it then? The soil doesn't feel overly wet, just moist.

Re: Identifying eggs

Pesty — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:13:12 GMT

They be slow release fertilizer pellets.

Re: Identifying eggs

Pesty — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:38:25 GMT

Doubt it - spiders eggs are normally laid in sacs - so they are grouped together - but I don't know much about spiders - strange eight legged things.

Re: Identifying eggs

Digger — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:14:44 GMT

so it's not poison spider eggs then?