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08-02-2010, 02:23 PM
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in one of my phals in the pot there are tiny little rock things that are gray, but they are not rocks, i crushed one and i think some kind of liquid was inside and some are empty, there also seems to be a lot of them in the pot. are they pest eggs or something?
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08-02-2010, 02:39 PM
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are they spherical? it sounds like you're describing granular timed release fertilizer. put nutricote osmocote into your favorite search engine and you'll find them; the empty shells are ones that have leached out all their fertilizer. some folks use these on their cattleyas (and i use them on my regular plants).
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08-02-2010, 08:12 PM
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What type of mix do you use? Miracle Gro has the balls of slow release fertilizer.
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08-02-2010, 11:22 PM
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Sounds like you are decsribing fertilizer granulets. Most growers use liquid fertilizers, but some also use these granulets
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08-03-2010, 03:58 AM
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Hi can you post a pic for us, that would help a lot in this case. Thanks Emmaye
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08-03-2010, 11:25 AM
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you know, i think dynamite (another timed release granular fert) is irregularly shaped--and grey or green. at any rate, no, i don't think it's bugs. 
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08-03-2010, 11:57 AM
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Janet yes Dynamite/Nutricote could be called pebble shaped. And I can think of at least two major commercial growers in the US that use it.
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