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title: "In the process of repotting my snake plant and I found these…"
description: "In the process of repotting my snake plant and I found these green…beads? What are they? It came directly from Home Depot"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/0l5fvGLaQ8OvqZtyuX2chg"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Show me the Greens!"
published: "2024-09-23T18:28:37.200447Z"
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# In the process of repotting my snake plant and I found these…

_Posted by Show me the Greens! on 2024-09-23_

In the process of repotting my snake plant and I found these green…beads? What are they?  
It came directly from Home Depot

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/IRQx0M2Gzl97_PsATuntVFTt1ZCqi4SvZNpXxoYJJYw/VubMw2rOShCrex3No1Pcgg.webp?size=large)

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## 3 comments

### Alyssa commented on 2024-09-23

Those are slow release fertilizer beads, I had some in one of my plant online orders, I just take them out because I use my own organic fertilizer and don’t want to over feed my plants

### Sunny commented on 2024-09-23

It looks like they just dumped it on top. It should be evenly distributed in the soil. It only lasts about 9 months.

### max commented on 2024-09-24

yeah they’re slow release fertilizer. weird placement since usually they’re mixed in with the soil. i would probably just get rid of them, they honestly don’t do much in my opinion

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