She needed boiling water. Okay.

Taking a water can, Nora pointed her wand at it and mumbled "Aguamenti," waiting until it was filled with water. Pointing it again at the can, she heated the water until it started boiling, and then added just a tiny bit over the newly planted fire seed, taking care not to drown it. The soil was only a bit moistened, and Nora was pretty satisfied with her job.

Muttering a "Scourgify" as she pointed her wand at the can, she also pointed it at her gloves to clean them, but she didn't take them off yet, nor did she take the goggles off. You know, other were still planting and no one knew what could possibly happen.

While waiting for new instructions, she remembered that professor Bentley told them that they were free to mark their pot, so that was what she did, neatly writing Nora Reed on it. There. Her property, her fire seed, and no one would touch it. It was all hers.