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May 25, 2012

Cotton 101: Saw My First Cotton Plants for the Season

One of the things I really got used to the last several years is seeing cotton seed and plants throughout the season. Its amazing how much I miss it when I live somewhere else. I’ve lived other places before and was able to keep up on the crop and with social media, I have lots of people willing to help me stay up-to-date on the crop in various areas, but its not the same. So when I was back in Memphis recently, I decided to take the backroads for a while rather than popping on the Interstate and making a bee-line out of town. I didn’t see many cotton fields on this trip, but once I was able to row a field (that means see rows of plants from the highway), I turned in and decided to take some photos and soak up a little of my favorite fiber!

cotton plants just shedding the seed coat

cotton plants cotelydon stage

rowing a cotton field

cotton plant just after emergence

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Comments

  1. Mimi says

    May 26, 2012 at 2:24 pm

    I had no idea what a cotton plant looked like in this stage! Glad you stopped and grabbed some pics!!

    • Janice Person says

      May 27, 2012 at 9:56 pm

      🙂

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