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goodlife
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Cotton
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June 23, 2010, 14:48:23 »
While just window shopping in net ..I ended up with packet of cotton seeds..amongst other stuff.. ::)
So next year I'm going to have ago growing this..
Has anybody else here grown cotton before? How did you do? Any tips?...or what did you do wrong? ::)
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GrannieAnnie
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Re: Cotton
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June 25, 2010, 05:33:09 »
I picked up a boll that blew off a truck in Greece.
Try planting it in a big pot which would heat up sooner.
It needs full sun and hot weather. Lots of both.
I grew enough cotton for one cotton ball or 10 Q-tips.
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Jayb
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Re: Cotton
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June 25, 2010, 09:08:40 »
I grew some cotton plants last year, biggest thing I didn’t start them early enough although they flowered it was very late in the year, November and nothing set. But as the flowers were so pretty I was more than happy with that. I’ve over wintered a plant which has grown on well so far, much bigger and more advanced than last year at this time, I'm hoping it will flower earlier in the year.
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GrannieAnnie
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Re: Cotton
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June 25, 2010, 17:20:49 »
It's easy to understand why mean cotton growers forced people into slavery
to pick the stuff- very sharp plants that tear the skin and growing in unbearably hot fields. A dreadful job being a cotton picker.
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goodlife
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June 25, 2010, 17:31:16 »
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I grew enough cotton for one cotton ball or 10 Q-tips.
.. ;D ;D
well..that is better than nothing.. ::)
Oh..those flowers are really beautiful..and what time did you started your plants..or when should you have started..?
I was thinking end of Feb...?..bit like starting with chillies..?
Is your plant in pot?..I was thinking of growing in 3 litre pots..black..like GrannieAnnie said..big enough..well I suppose they can be planted larger later on if needs to be..
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Jayb
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Re: Cotton
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June 26, 2010, 07:24:58 »
I think Feb should be fine, yes start with warmth. I have mine in a pot and I'll pot on if needed but I think at the mo it is about 3lt size ;D
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GrannieAnnie
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Re: Cotton
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June 26, 2010, 12:09:49 »
I hunted back in my notes and only found it was grown 2002 and still in flower mid Sep but that is here. As I recall it was in a pot maybe 14 " in diam.
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campanula
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Re: Cotton
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June 27, 2010, 21:59:03 »
like most of the malva clan, they are fast and don't mind poor soil. No point sowing till April.
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calendula
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Re: Cotton
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June 28, 2010, 13:44:24 »
it is all over the moors in lancashire - for the cotton mills that once were
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goodlife
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Re: Cotton
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June 28, 2010, 14:38:15 »
Lovely as it is the plant that grow in moor is cottongrass..and the cotton we refer is the tropical sort...unless Lancashire has changed its climate ... ;D ;)...feels like it now though... ;D ;D
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calendula
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Re: Cotton
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June 28, 2010, 15:10:20 »
of course silly me ;D but still fluffy though and maybe a good substitute?
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goodlife
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Re: Cotton
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June 28, 2010, 16:44:44 »
Hmm..believe or not but I have actually tried to spin some cotton grass fluff..I couldn't.. ::)..I wasn't experiece enough and it so different to handle than cotton..
but with this 'proper' cotton..it's only a growing experiment for me..if I get anything out of it in fluff wise..well it is bonus.. ;)..but so that I can tick cotton off from my list.."been there done that"....thats all..
But if and when I get it growing it does have other uses than the fluffy bits..flower petals are supposed to be edible.. ::)..and it does something to gents too..but I leave that for you to find out.. ;D ;)
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calendula
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Re: Cotton
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June 28, 2010, 17:01:28 »
birth control ;D that I do know 8)
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GrannieAnnie
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Re: Cotton
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June 28, 2010, 21:34:52 »
Found my old photo and took a photo of my photo which is fairly clear!
As I recall the plant only had one adequate sized boll on it though I have no idea how big they would get when grown in a field.
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goodlife
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Re: Cotton
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June 28, 2010, 21:38:04 »
Does the fluffy bit actually feel like cottonwool out of bag...?
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GrannieAnnie
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Re: Cotton
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June 29, 2010, 01:35:55 »
Slightly cottony feel but the seeds inside the cotton feel lumpy.
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