My flower garden has formed a gel like substance around the base of some of the flowers. What could it be?

It has rained for a couple days and now some of the flowers have formed a clear, gel-like substance around the base of them. They look like clumps of crushed ice-cubes at first sight. It's very strange! Any ideas what this could be?

Answers:
could be snails. sprinkle snail pellets around the ground. works like a charm. snails love to eat lots of different kinds of flowers. also could be clusters of eggs of some kind of insect. keep an eye on the flowers. if they dont come to any harm from the alien blob hurray for you. i would watch it just to see what came out of it.

Other answers:
you could have a fungus perhaps watering at wrong time of the day, best to water at night or early am especially in the summer
you could have a fungus perhaps watering at wrong time of the day, best to water at night or early am especially in the summer
If you or your gardener used a water retaining gel it is very possible that this is what you see. Dig it into the soil it will help in drought situations.
sounds a lot like moisture crytals or water retaining gel to me. if you didn't use them at time of planting, its possible they were already in the pots when purchased.
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