Comments on: China's exploding watermelon problem

Comments on: China's exploding watermelon problem http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1112833 millie fink Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112833 You should see what they put in the plastic stuff they make and sell us. Really, you should. We all should, but yeah, we can't. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7X-J1DhfjE You should see what they put in the plastic stuff they make and sell us. Really, you should. We all should, but yeah, we can’t.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7X-J1DhfjE

]]> By: billstewart http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1113602 billstewart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113602 I once tried to grow Chinese Long Squash, and I used fertilizer, which turned out to be a mistake. This was in New Jersey, with reasonably good soil and summer rains, and I was out of town for a few weeks and came back to find a third of my lawn covered with squash vines, baseball-bat-sized squash on the porch roof and 15 feet up in the pine trees, making it dangerous to walk underneath. They weren't very edible, just as zucchini aren't if you let them grow too big, but they were pretty scary. I once tried to grow Chinese Long Squash, and I used fertilizer, which turned out to be a mistake. This was in New Jersey, with reasonably good soil and summer rains, and I was out of town for a few weeks and came back to find a third of my lawn covered with squash vines, baseball-bat-sized squash on the porch roof and 15 feet up in the pine trees, making it dangerous to walk underneath. They weren’t very edible, just as zucchini aren’t if you let them grow too big, but they were pretty scary.

]]> By: Gbaji http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1112851 Gbaji Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112851 The Banzai Institute is <a href="http://www.banzai-institute.com/0901FAQ.html">working on</a> the problem. The Banzai Institute is working on the problem.

]]> By: the Other michael http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1113875 the Other michael Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113875 upvoted upvoted

]]> By: Gutierrez http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1112880 Gutierrez Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112880 Made in China, try made in the USA: <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forchlorfenuron">"It has been approved for use on kiwi fruit and grapes in the USA."</A> Made in China, try made in the USA: “It has been approved for use on kiwi fruit and grapes in the USA.”

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1112883 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112883 Stuff like this really twists my melon. Stuff like this really twists my melon.

]]> By: redesigned http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1113664 redesigned Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113664 if you drill a hole in one of those watermelons and put it in the oven to warm it up, you are guaranteed to enlarge your penis. it's true, my spam told me so. if you drill a hole in one of those watermelons and put it in the oven to warm it up, you are guaranteed to enlarge your penis. it’s true, my spam told me so.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1113686 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113686 The most galling comment. Farmers grow the food they are going to eat separate from the chemically contaminated crops they are going to sell ie. they won't poison their own families but they are more than happy to poison yours as long as there is a buck in it. The most galling comment. Farmers grow the food they are going to eat separate from the chemically contaminated crops they are going to sell ie. they won’t poison their own families but they are more than happy to poison yours as long as there is a buck in it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1112934 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112934 Watermelons aren't quite pumpkins, but sounds like they're being weaponized. From the pilot episode of the megacorp workplace satire "Better Off Ted": Veronica: We want to weaponize a pumpkin. Ted: Then so do I. Because? Veronica: There's a country with whom we do business that grows a great deal of pumpkins and would welcome additional uses for them. As well as cheaper ways to kill their enemies. Ted: Well, finally the pumpkin gets to do something besides Halloween. Veronica: Pie. Ted: Halloween and pie. Watermelons aren’t quite pumpkins, but sounds like they’re being weaponized. From the pilot episode of the megacorp workplace satire “Better Off Ted”:

Veronica: We want to weaponize a pumpkin.
Ted: Then so do I. Because?
Veronica: There’s a country with whom we do business that grows a great deal of pumpkins and would welcome additional uses for them. As well as cheaper ways to kill their enemies.
Ted: Well, finally the pumpkin gets to do something besides Halloween.
Veronica: Pie.
Ted: Halloween and pie.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1115242 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115242 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13421374 "According to the Xinhua news agency, 20 farmers in a village in Jiangsu province planted imported seeds from Japan, with 10 households saying their watermelons began exploding last month. Farmer Liu Mingsuo told Xinhua that more than two-thirds of his crop had blown up. He said he had used chemicals to boost their growth on 6 May, and the following day more than 180 melons exploded. Mr Liu was reported to be the only farmer from the 10 households who used chemicals." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13421374

“According to the Xinhua news agency, 20 farmers in a village in Jiangsu province planted imported seeds from Japan, with 10 households saying their watermelons began exploding last month.

Farmer Liu Mingsuo told Xinhua that more than two-thirds of his crop had blown up.

He said he had used chemicals to boost their growth on 6 May, and the following day more than 180 melons exploded. Mr Liu was reported to be the only farmer from the 10 households who used chemicals.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1112964 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112964 I'll bet this was part of that massive amount of "certified organic" produce we import from China. I’ll bet this was part of that massive amount of “certified organic” produce we import from China.

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1112975 Nadreck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112975 Is this how the Green Goblin got those pumpkins of his to explode? Is this how the Green Goblin got those pumpkins of his to explode?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1113542 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113542 Would it rain too much on your "china bad" -parade to point out that even farmers who hadn't used the chemicals had their watermelons explode? Would it rain too much on your “china bad” -parade to point out that even farmers who hadn’t used the chemicals had their watermelons explode?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1113036 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113036 In the very least, this illustrates the need to ban ALL food imports from China. In the very least, this illustrates the need to ban ALL food imports from China.

]]> By: simonbarsinister http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1112795 simonbarsinister Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112795 Yeah, right... "mistakenly" applied a growth accelerator. At least it wasn't Melamine in the baby formula this time. Made in China, Yay! Yeah, right… “mistakenly” applied a growth accelerator.
At least it wasn’t Melamine in the baby formula this time.

Made in China, Yay!

]]> By: demidan http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1113822 demidan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113822 Link or it didn't happen. Link or it didn’t happen.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/chinas-exploding-wat.html#comment-1112807 Rich Keller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112807 They've managed to find a way to bypass Gallager altogether. They’ve managed to find a way to bypass Gallager altogether.

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