pest eggs, I'd like to identify them?

The orange balls could be the leftover from slow release fertilisers.

The clear round balls could be slug eggs.

Thanks fourseasons! Ahhh, then I don't need to worry about squashing the orange balls then? Why did the neighbour tell me to destroy them then? I've been going frantic over the alliums I got recently, they had tons of the orange balls in them!

This is one of the most frequently asked questions on Gardening boards. People even have been known to go as far as complaining to Trading Standards about companies supplying goods with insect eggs in them. Your neighbour is probably one of those well intentioned folks who have more opinions than facts.
The clumped together eggs are almost certainly mollusc egg clusters, feed them to the birds.

I think the manufacturers must have a good laugh, they probably made them that shape on purpose!!

i cant think of any insect/molusc eggs that are round and orangy yellow so if i find them i feel 100% confident that they are slow release fertilizer. i feed other eggs to the fish in the pond. they love them.

Chickens are partial to them as well!

By the time you find these 'eggs' in the compost you are, presumably, repotting the plant or putting it out in the garden. The eggs are most likely slow release fertiliser but if you are uncertain why take chances. Ditch the compost and eggs in the bin and use fresh.

The clear round balls are usually slug eggs.

Does anyone know what the larger translucent eggs are that are connected together in a string? I found a couple of them last year.

Thanks so much! I think you're right. I think I will chuck the soil that's got all the orange balls in, there seem to be so many and I don't want to risk putting extra pests in my garden, after having spent all that money on new plants. I don't have fish in my garden, but will put the clear slug eggs in the garden bin (which gets taken away once a month by the council) if I come across any more!

The orange balls are slow-release fertilizer balls and nearly every plant you buy at a garden centre will have them in. Some of the more expensive bags of compost contain these too, I think Miracle Gro compost has them in but they're blue.

Look for Osmocote next time you're in a garden centre and compare them.

Rydeboyz, thanks sooooo much for putting my mind at rest!!! It was driving me crazy!!! Phew!! I can stop destroying all my plants now!! I will look up osmocote too, thanks so much again!

So, now what are you going to do when you find similar sized green ones?

No problem.. It was one of the first questions I asked when I started work. :-)

well done Rydeboyz... Trolled through lots of rubbish, i thought it was a simple question.

Orange balls, not egss just mass produced slow release ferts!! Genius answer "Osmocote" - i too can now relax!

i can see why everybody says that orange balls are osmacote but all the "orange balls" i find are hollow and have clear liquid in them is this really osmacote?

the orange balls in my last years baskets etc are also hollow with clear liquid content. Surely osmocate balls are solid which disperse ipon contact with water ???