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Totally Tunsie

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18. Our garden mulch did the same.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 05:06 PM

Aug 2019

I received a phone call from a neighbor saying that there was smoke coming from the back of our house. It turned out to be smoldering mulch about to burst into fame...would have taken down the whole house!

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Soybeans spontaneously ignite - flooding Missouri. [View all] underpants Aug 2019 OP

Happens to almost any pile of organic material... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #1

I have learned something today underpants Aug 2019 #3

We lost a new barn to this when I was a kid. Quackers Aug 2019 #7

Yeah, if you bale it wet, it can be a problem... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #8

The hay has to be dry whichever size and shape you bale it jcgoldie Aug 2019 #14

I guess I wasn't too clear...I was talking more about the plastic wrap, not the size Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #15

For some reason believe it or not they are usually not a problem if they get wet after baling jcgoldie Aug 2019 #17

Thanks, Trump! Cracklin Charlie Aug 2019 #2

It's like oily rags. Self-combustion happens. MineralMan Aug 2019 #4

Like I replied in reply #1 above, it's more common than you might think... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #5

You're right. MineralMan Aug 2019 #6

😁 underpants Aug 2019 #12

It's why grain silos explode Recursion Aug 2019 #9

Especially when in dust form and are aerosolized. roamer65 Aug 2019 #20

Well, no actually. It isn't. Maru Kitteh Aug 2019 #22

Like mulch, always round off the top of the pile. Leaving it in an Kurt V. Aug 2019 #10

When I was living in South Dakota some years back I asked what a large mound abqtommy Aug 2019 #11

spontaneous combustion jcgoldie Aug 2019 #13

So no candidate should get to many votes at the Minnesota State Fair straw poll? brooklynite Aug 2019 #16

Our garden mulch did the same. Totally Tunsie Aug 2019 #18

When I was a teenager, I was taught to occasionally turn compost heaps. Blue_true Aug 2019 #21

k and r.. for exposure. Stuart G Aug 2019 #19

That's a whole bunch of GMO, Roundup soy - no loss womanofthehills Aug 2019 #23