Chinese watermelon explosion

A few days later watermelon farmers in China have been confused with their problems rather odd that the explosion of a watermelon.

After passing several examinations, several scientists interviewed by China Central Television (CCT) blames the phenomenon of the explosion of a watermelon due to overuse of chemicals designed to make the fruit grow faster.

However, agricultural experts can not seem to explain why the chemical-free watermelon also explode, as they pointed to the weather and as a major cause of abnormal size.

According to Xinhua news agency, reported Monday (5/23/2011), 20 farmers in a village in Jiangsu province watermelon seeds imported from Japan, 10 of which eventually saw them exploding watermelons at harvest.

Crop failure was experienced by at least 20 people were farmers who controls 45 acres of plantation land in the vicinity Danyang. Watermelon now they can not sell and had to be used as food fish or pork.