# What are these things that showed up in my garden?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-things-that-showed-up-in-my-garden/240410 "2004-04-16T19:12:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-things-that-showed-up-in-my-garden/240410/21 "2004-04-24T00:16:40Z")

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So, **Athena** … ever get any verification? The little pd’s are still bugging me.

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**Author:** ![Shiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-things-that-showed-up-in-my-garden/240410/22 "2004-04-24T00:37:16Z")

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Crush one and taste it. If it tastes salty it’s fertilizer.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-things-that-showed-up-in-my-garden/240410/23 "2004-04-24T03:22:58Z")

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> [@Shiva](#):
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> Crush one and taste it. If it tastes salty it’s fertilizer.

And if it sends slimy demonic tendrils to sieze control of your brain, it’s not.

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-things-that-showed-up-in-my-garden/240410/24 "2004-04-26T21:57:21Z")

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> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#):
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> So, **Athena** … ever get any verification? The little pd’s are still bugging me.

I’ve just assumed it’s fertilizer; you guys told me that, and my mother came over and said “That there is fertilizer.”

SDMB and my mother… what more verification do I need?

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-things-that-showed-up-in-my-garden/240410/25 "2004-04-26T22:33:47Z")

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No disections? ☹

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