Growing cotton

Whether you want to try your hand at an ancient craft or you're looking to make a little cash, growing cotton the way to go.

In the United States cotton is deeply tied to its role in slavery and the atrocities committed against African slaves. Gardeners growing cotton today get an important piece of living history. Slaves were forced to cultivate acres of cotton and harvest the fiber from sharp bolls all day long in the hot sun. While no

Growing cotton is a fun way to learn or teach kids where fiber comes from. It's amazing to see the little cotton balls growing on the plant and so cool to see the process of making it into something. The cotton plants themselves are gorgeous too.

Raw cotton can be spun into yarn.

Cotton hasn’t always been a domestic plant. This information is important to keep in mind when you are wondering how long it takes cotton to grow because the specific species of plant, combined with the environment in which it is grown combine to determine just how long it takes. In this article, we explore this topic. Read on to learn more on how long does it take for cotton to grow.

Today, LDC is among the world’s leading cotton trading companies. We manage the journey of cotton, from the field all the way to retail clothes and fabrics.

Did you know you can grow cotton in your own garden and it’s pretty simple to do? We grew cotton to learn about how clothing is made and it was really cool.

Cotton growing with kids is easy and most will find this to be a fun project in additional to an educational one. Learn more about how to grow cotton in the following article and give your kids a fun history lesson.

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Professional cotton growers have aggressive measures in place to combat boll weevils. If a backyard grower allows the pests to get established, it could threaten the commercial cotton crop. Read on to learn more on why is it illegal to grow cotton in some states.

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Learn how to grow cotton at home indoors or in your garden outdoors. Grow cotton from seed for gardening, science projects and farming.

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This eBook is full of advice for growing, processing and spinning cotton. Check out an easy way to clean cotton fiber with a pasta maker.

This thread is all about growing Cotton in Canada!. Can other Canadians grow cotton at home?

This year I am on a mission to encourage gardeners to grow textile fibers and take them all the way to clothes to wear. The last post was devoted to flax for linen and this one is about cotton. Not…

How to fight cotton bollworms in your garden.The adult form is a moth, which is easy to spot. To stop them from destroying your harvest, they must be controlled before adulthood.