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Re: dirtydave post# 198598

Monday, 06/16/2014 6:28:11 AM

Monday, June 16, 2014 6:28:11 AM

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Consistently moist mulch grows mold on it and is toxic to plants. Combustion comes from the piles of mulch compressing from the weight, moisture adds to the decomposition rate and creates heat and the heat that builds up under the surface due to no air circulation..thus causing a fire. This is why they turn the piles of mulch over and over. Misting mulch will do nothing to stop the heat, compression or fire. This is my understanding of it.

Just a quick explanation...

"Assistant Fire Marshal Ron Fegaly, who handles Fire Code Enforcement for the city of Tulsa, said the Fire Department is concerned about this “but there is not a great deal that can be done about it. We could dump gallons of water into the pile, but its dampness is already the problem — the moisture causes decomposition and this causes heat to build up. If it starts to smolder, all we could do is rake it out. I don’t think it’s going to be a big problem, but this is hard to predict."
Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1251762/spontaneous_combustion_possible_in_tree_mulch_piles/#fBiU9i2o8HYiJyBv.99

Email the CEO? LMAO!! The point of that would be??? Is he a mulch expert now? I doubt he's the one who landscapes around his big house on the lake.



Everything I post is my opinion.