Eggs in compost?

This is cheap 4x50l from the range compost. Looked fine the first bag and a half, then that half bag has been sat, top wrapped up, in the greenhouse. Took some out today to find these (plant marker top for scale) spread pretty much throughout, just on the surface. All searches just talk about added slow release ferts-these are far too small.
So just done a bit of planting out with no compost, just bf+b, till I find out if this is friend or foe?

 

Mollusc eggs I would guess.

 

Squeeze them, if they're hard and crunchy, slow release pellets. If soft and squidgy, foe

 

Think I'd go with @Palustris the eggs I've found in compost bags of mine from slugs are in clumps, slow release fertilizer is normally just the odd one, unless you've got your hand in there without looking and given it a mix.

 

So, would you use it? I have slugs already…

 

I've never come across slow release fertiliser in bags of compost.
I'd be inclined to not use it and buy some more.
You can use that as a soil improver outside on the garden.

 

Thanks So you mean you wouldn’t use it for pots etc, but just in garden beds generally?

 

Looks pretty manky stuff in any case. Use it as Pete suggests.

 

I wouldn't chance it for potting.

 

Depends on what compost you purchase. Most brands that manufacturer compost tend to do a "container and basket" compost for the retail sector. This does have slow release fertiliser, 6 month formula, added to the mix. As the packaging suggests, it is a compost made mainly for tubs and baskets, so adding a slow release fertilisers is actually quite the norm. It certainly wouldn't be added in a multipurpose or general compost which is recommended for seeds and general potting.

The above picture is not slow release prill's.

 

I've bought specific compost for tubs and baskets so never seen it.

 

You don't get much, you have to furkle around a bit to spot it. I get it in this. Must admit though if I find any slug eggs in my compost I take out a couple of handfuls chuck it in a tray and let the birds pick through it and then chuck it on beds.

 

The shorter the longevity of the slow release, the less slow release fertiliser is required.

So using 3-4month Osmocote slow release for Nursery stock plants, the recommendation is 2-3 gram's per litre of growing media. When using 12-14month, the recommendation is 4-5 gram's per litre of growing media. When using 16-18month it is then 6-8 gram's per litre. These are only recommendations and are based on unfertile growing media. If the growing media is fertile or has had a base fertiliser added, the dosage of slow release fertiliser will have to be reduced.

 

Just coming back to report, it was a fungus of some sort, starting budding off a little bit, so I’ve kept using it