This popped up in my garden bed and having a hard time identifying. Wasn't there this morning that I can recall, but when I went out this eve they were there! Very teeny tiny white beads/balls on top of soil. No fuzz, seem to be semi-opaque in color. When squished they have an almost slimy consistently, smell between benign and almost like bleach (hard to describe). I have two raised garden beds in both with proper drainage, only showed up in one box so far. The gardenbox it showed up in was finished building last month and is in growing potatoes and lettuce, both were just planted two weeks ago. Is it fungi or pest eggs of some sort? Friend or foe, I just dont know. Tried to google, but no luck.
by Jaykwehlin
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The pattern suggests snail eggs, but usually those would be from an aquatic snail. Is your garden near a pond?
Eggs of some kind. No idea what though!
I’ve seen eggs like this before but could never figure out what they were!
Taters. Duh.
Were you planting mashed potatoes?
Taters precious!
Garden snail eggs.
Forest caviar
A sign.
PO TAY TOES
Sooo I make my own mulch partially by sifting my grass cuttings. Of course trash gets in there from time to time (I live in an area where people are terrible about littering- don’t get me started). I was convinced these were shredded styrofoam from my lawn clippings. Didn’t even question it. Mind blown.
Taters gonna tate
Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew!
Devil spawn. Literally.
Thems be ‘maters, dear.
Not sure if snail eggs or slime mold, maybe try r/mycology
Get some Sluggo, friend
Not me thinking you were asking what Taters were, which of course triggered “what’s taters, precious?” “PO-TAY-TOES! Boil ‘em, mash ‘‘em stick ‘em in a stew!” And then the remix starts playing…
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My bet is on slugs or snails. Their eggs are typically spherical and waxy looking. Also typically found in clusters.
They love moist areas with lots of organic matter.
They can be pretty terrible pests, I personally would remove them. If you plan on growing anything edible and actually having people eat it snails can be a huge problem.
Garden caviar. Delicious!
Everyone is saying eggs. Me thinks it could be slime mold.
Edit: they are definitely snail eggs or even slug eggs.
Appears to be taters/potatoes as the sign suggests. 🤷🏻♂️
Tater eggs?
Looks like the crap in freezer packs
It appears to be a small plastic sign announcing that you have arrived on the Taters homestead.
Omg! It looks like snail eggs, but i have never seen so many “clusters” together, and they are usually buried
Looks like you accidently planted mashed taters.
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It’s taters.
Taters.
Caviar
Taters? What is taters precious?
Taters and eggs
Slime mold. Tapioca or white carnival candy
It looks like tree scales, to me at least. Google’tree scales’.
They are related to tots.
Clearly it’s taters. It says on the label.
What’s taters, precious?