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title: "What does it mean when the fertilizer pellets rise to the top like…"
description: "What does it mean when the fertilizer pellets rise to the top like this? Can anyone help."
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Kristina Kiss"
published: "2023-07-19T23:28:08.983Z"
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# What does it mean when the fertilizer pellets rise to the top like…

_Posted by Kristina Kiss on 2023-07-19_

What does it mean when the fertilizer pellets rise to the top like this? Can anyone help.

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## 5 comments

### Tee Jay commented on 2023-07-19

I don’t see any fertilizer pellets, only soil with perlite. If that’s the case, then that’s completely normal because perlite is super lightweight so it will rise to the top. Slow release fertilizer is typically small spheres that are colored blue or purple

#### Kristina Kiss replied on 2023-07-19

Thank you Tanya. When I looked it up I thought the perlite was fertilizer pellets. Does the soils need more worked into the soil? Or is it okay at the top like that?

#### Rhonda replied on 2023-07-19

It’s ok like that.

#### Tee Jay replied on 2023-07-20

It’s fine. You could mix it up a little bit, but it would rise back to the top after a few times of being watered again

### Mon commented on 2023-07-20

It’s perfectly fine. You might break some roots if you mix it in.

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