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Cotton

Latin Name

Gossypium spp.

Description

Cultivated since ancient times, people have utilized the lint for spinning and weaving. In frost free areas, cotton can be a perennial shrub or small tree. Approx. 20 seeds/packet.

Cotton seeds can only be shipped to AZ, NM, TX and OK addresses.

Culture

Plant in spring after last frost, 1/2 inch deep, 12 inches apart. Wild cotton seeds need to be presoaked or scarified. Plants need a long season for bolls to mature.

Seed Saving

An annual, mainly self-pollinating but with large showy flowers that attract insects which will cross varieties. Harvest dried pods as they mature. Remove bad seeds and cotton fiber before storing.