Where do cotton plants grow,how does cotton plants grow and what conditions does it need?
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at
4:46 pm
How do cotton plants grow ? Where does Cotton Plant grow? Do they grow in trees? What conditions does cotton plants need?
Please answer the questions.
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It needs a moderate climate and grows in Tennessee, Arkansas, etc. They are a plant that grows out of the ground during the course of a year, and about 2-4ft tall with cotton blooms on the plant about a couple inches in diameter. They pick it with special tractors, then clean it, and bale it for manufacture use.
1) Here is a detailed description how to plant cotton seeds in your home (inside planting) with a cartoon video. It will definitely helpful to you check http://www.cottonsjourney.com/art/growcotton.asp
2) Here is Fun Plants for Kids website . It will teach gardening for kids. Many articles for planting different plants in your garden are here. It is very useful to you in future also see, http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/children-in-the-garden/fun-plants-for-kids.htm
3) Cotton Seeds (botanical name is Malvaceae Gossypium)
A tropical, perennial plant, cotton is grown from seed in the U.S. as an annual crop. Cotton, also known as “White Gold”, is very easy to grow from seed. Growing cotton from seeds is a great educational tool to show the kids where the fabric cotton actually comes from. Kids love to get involved in such seed growing projects!
Beautiful white flowers grace the cotton plants in mid-summer. Dried cotton bolls can be used as filler in flower arrangements.
4) Here is kids encyclopedia about cotton : http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/co/Cotton
I hope it is helpful.