MaryJanesFarm Farmgirl Connection
Join in ... sign up
 
Home | Profile | Register | Active Topics | Members | Search | FAQ
Username:
 Password:
Save Password        REGISTER
Forgot your Password?

 All Forums
 General Chat Forum
 Garden Gate
 One more reason to go organic: EXPLODING MELONS!!		  New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Author Garden Gate: Previous Topic One more reason to go organic: EXPLODING MELONS!! Next Topic  

Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl

1108 Posts

Jen
Tonopah AZ
USA
1108 Posts
Posted - May 18 2011 :  2:02:23 PM  Show Profile
Funny news video! in China, farmers misused a growth accelerator chemical and ruined the entire melon farm because all the melons began exploding!
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/watermelons-explode-because-of-chemical-25256156

"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers

prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl

2914 Posts

Cindy

2914 Posts
Posted - May 18 2011 :  6:34:38 PM  Show Profile
And I bet it made the farmers very melon-choly:)
cindy

"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead O'Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers

Visit my blog at http://www.farmerinthebelle.blogspot.com/
Go to Top of Page

walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl

1675 Posts

Megan
Paint Lick KY
USA
1675 Posts
Posted - May 19 2011 :  10:47:30 AM  Show Profile
hahahaha. Good one, Prariehawk! :)

Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com
Go to Top of Page

FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader

4928 Posts



USA
4928 Posts
Posted - May 21 2011 :  11:13:02 AM  Show Profile
Wow! I'm so glad we grow our own, and organically too.

Farmgirl #800
http://pioneerwomanatheart.blogspot.com/

http://scrapreusedandrecycledartprojects.blogspot.com/
Go to Top of Page

Melina
True Blue Farmgirl

435 Posts

Melina

USA
435 Posts
Posted - May 21 2011 :  2:44:07 PM  Show Profile
Yeah, I think the real take-away on this story is the single sentence that farmers here use it on kiwi and grapes! I'm not so sure I want to eat anything sprayed with a growth accelerator.

The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep.
Rumi
Go to Top of Page

Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl

2707 Posts

Beverley
atlanta Michigan
USA
2707 Posts
Posted - May 21 2011 :  4:04:58 PM  Show Profile
I was just sooo mortified to see this!! I just can not imagine what is in some of our foods...That they do not tell us about! really scarey!!!!

Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett
Beverley with an extra E...
https://sites.google.com/site/bevsdoggies/
http://bevsdoggies.blogspot.com/
Go to Top of Page
  Garden Gate: Previous Topic One more reason to go organic: EXPLODING MELONS!! Next Topic  
 New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Jump To:
Snitz Forums 2000 Go To Top Of Page