Comments on: Cotton 101: What does a cotton plant or field look like?

By: Ken Harskamp

Ken Harskamp — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 23:26:58 +0000

How did you start the seed. I just stopped in a Georgia field and picked huge pile of cotton do I plant the seeds with some cotton on them? mrken@longlines.com. Thanks for your help

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 13:51:58 +0000

Hi, I moved into a new home in south Florida and I had a small 2′ plant in my front yard that produced pretty flowers resembling a hybrid hibiscus but the leaves were not of a tropical hibiscus at all. As it grew, to my amazement it was producing cotton boles. It is beautiful, grows rather quickly and is a great conversation piece in my yard for visitors. It has produced much cotton on it and has reached about 8′ to 9′ high and I need to know when to cut it back and how to cut it? I would like to transplant it to another location if possible. Any direction in this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your blog. 🙂
DB

By: chante

chante — Sun, 08 May 2016 01:43:23 +0000

I appreciate all the farmers way back in the day that picked cotton by force. If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have much of what we have today. It started way back in slavery days. I thank God for them men and women who started this for Us. Give thanks to the true cotton pickers.

By: Jerry Noble

Jerry Noble — Tue, 03 May 2016 14:01:41 +0000

In reply to JPlovesCOTTON. Having grown up in the 50's and 60's chopping and picking cotton I did not consider it beautiful at all.

By: Martiniano Chapa

Martiniano Chapa — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:29:10 +0000

Thanks for all those pictures about cotton, it takes me back to the day, where my family had to travel hundreds of miles to pick cotton. In order to put food in our table, this was done for over twenty years, I give thanks to the cotton fields it was our only hope to back, a stepping stone to a better life. Thank again. Martiniano Chapa

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Janice Person — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 03:13:10 +0000

In reply to Beth Stanton. Glad you enjoyed it!

By: Beth Stanton

Beth Stanton — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 02:14:45 +0000

Awesome article! Thank you!!

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