Scary potting soil. It could happen to anyone

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ah_hoya vancouver, Canada Nov 26, 2006

Yikes

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061125/potting_soil_061125/20061125?hub=CTVNewsAt11

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DonM47 Grand Forks, BC(Zone 5b) Nov 26, 2006

Who knew? :-%

Thanks for sharing...important stuff to note!

Don Ü

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ah_hoya vancouver, Canada Nov 26, 2006

I understand it was just the soil that came with a grocery store house plant that had died. They saved the pot with the soil and it lit on fire. I have pots like this everywhere, even under my kitchen sink.

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ah_hoya vancouver, Canada Nov 26, 2006

The investigators believe as the dead roots decomposed creating heat and the soil dried out the combination created the conditions for a fire. This would suggest that the soil is dangerous shortly after a plant dies and the soil is no longer being watered.
I have to stop sticking pots from dead plants under my kiytchen sink. I have TWO that were those decorative pepper plants that I just dumped in the garbage.

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betterbloom Blythe, CA(Zone 10b) Nov 27, 2006

Interesting...

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makshi Noblesville, IN(Zone 5a) Nov 27, 2006

Gosh, that is interesting and scary. Better check the pots of potting soil. Who would have thought this would happen?

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