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#13
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Location: Corpus Christi, Texas (that's me!)
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Come down to Robstown, Texas and you'll see more cotton growing, especially during the Spring and Summer. Drive down Highway 44 and you'll see pieces of cotton lining the entire highway on both sides of the Highway where the cotton is being transported. Robstown is about 18 miles away from Corpus Christi, Texas.
#14
There are huge cotton fields across from my house... They have just started harvesting. What amazes me is how much cotton is left on the bushes after they take the machines thru to harvest. Seems like such a shame. But I guess it is cost prohibitive to do it any differently.
Also, about 2 weeks ago the crop dusters sprayed defoliant so that when they harvest, all that is left are the branches with the cotton bolls.
Also, about 2 weeks ago the crop dusters sprayed defoliant so that when they harvest, all that is left are the branches with the cotton bolls.
#15
Originally Posted by DeneK
There are huge cotton fields across from my house... They have just started harvesting. What amazes me is how much cotton is left on the bushes after they take the machines thru to harvest. Seems like such a shame. But I guess it is cost prohibitive to do it any differently.
Also, about 2 weeks ago the crop dusters sprayed defoliant so that when they harvest, all that is left are the branches with the cotton bolls.
Also, about 2 weeks ago the crop dusters sprayed defoliant so that when they harvest, all that is left are the branches with the cotton bolls.
#16
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 5,510
Isn't it neat to watch them grow and transforms into a fluff? We did peanuts 1st and then the cottons, my grandkids loves to get up close to'em and pull a few for show/tell @ school.
The peanuts were pulled first & then they went over the vines and whipped into bales for feed and all that's left is the field.
The peanuts were pulled first & then they went over the vines and whipped into bales for feed and all that's left is the field.
#17
Were you in the Lubbock to Seminole area? That field looks like one that wasn't irrigated, but relied on nature to help. The irrigated fields are much hardier, bigger plants and way more cotton bolls.
The cotton from the Lubbock to Seminole area isn't the premium quality needed for top notch fabric, but there are millions of uses for it anyway, like Q-tips & cotton balls. It's a rather short ataple. I agree, we need to keep on producing that cotton so we have plenty of gerige goods to send over to whereever thay send it to print and send back to us!
I could spit everytime I think of everything that is produced in China. Indonesia can keep on producing our batiks, though! :thumbup:
The cotton from the Lubbock to Seminole area isn't the premium quality needed for top notch fabric, but there are millions of uses for it anyway, like Q-tips & cotton balls. It's a rather short ataple. I agree, we need to keep on producing that cotton so we have plenty of gerige goods to send over to whereever thay send it to print and send back to us!
I could spit everytime I think of everything that is produced in China. Indonesia can keep on producing our batiks, though! :thumbup:
#18
Originally Posted by QuiltswithConvicts
Were you in the Lubbock to Seminole area? That field looks like one that wasn't irrigated, but relied on nature to help. The irrigated fields are much hardier, bigger plants and way more cotton bolls.
The cotton from the Lubbock to Seminole area isn't the premium quality needed for top notch fabric, but there are millions of uses for it anyway, like Q-tips & cotton balls. It's a rather short ataple. I agree, we need to keep on producing that cotton so we have plenty of gerige goods to send over to whereever thay send it to print and send back to us!
I could spit everytime I think of everything that is produced in China. Indonesia can keep on producing our batiks, though! :thumbup:
The cotton from the Lubbock to Seminole area isn't the premium quality needed for top notch fabric, but there are millions of uses for it anyway, like Q-tips & cotton balls. It's a rather short ataple. I agree, we need to keep on producing that cotton so we have plenty of gerige goods to send over to whereever thay send it to print and send back to us!
I could spit everytime I think of everything that is produced in China. Indonesia can keep on producing our batiks, though! :thumbup:
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