Tomato plant spontaneously combust

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ALL DAY

EPIC

The horticulturalist in this video claims that the "odds are slim to none" that this fire was caused by combustible fertilizer. It seems odd that he would make this claim. I lived in an apartment years ago that experienced a fire that burned down half of the complex. It turned out that the fire started from a bag of fertilizer exposed to direct sunlight on a second-floor balcony. A warning went out in our local paper following this event to remind people never to store fertilizer in direct sunlight or expose to high heat, as it is extremely combustible due to its ammonium nitrate content. This summer, I've lost several smaller plants within two days due to the incredibly high heat - the leaves were literally fried to a brown crisp in the sun. If this woman applied any fertilizer pellets or powder to this plant, the product would have been exposed to direct sunlight and high temperatures as the plant, situated in a hot clay pot and surrounded by a hot metal trellis, sat on her hot deck.

I suspect the neighbor has Low E windows.

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Last Edited by Garden Serpent on 08/15/2018 12:20 PM

Well...it was bound to happen. All that in and out finally drove them over the edge.

They've become suicide bombers.

swamp gas

This thread shows how GLP has changed in the last couple of years. Two years ago this would have been super pinned and it would have turned into a classic/epic thread.

Last Edited by Garden Serpent on 08/15/2018 01:57 PM

tomato plants out... all over everything

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This is a sign for the initiates.

Good times