How Cotton Grows

[@claymonsterpottery]

This video is equivalent to a college course in cotton’ology. Lord, I need to watch it again and take notes. I appreciate that he stood out in the sun sweating to teach us this. I have 8 cotton plants growing in my garden. I’m so excited about them and I hope they have enough DD60’s to produce enough that I can spin and make something. Started them indoors in March and put them out April. Thank you!

[@ImGinaMarie]

I try not to wear anything but cotton, its the coolest and when layered is super soft and cozy...Im a quilter and i also spin wool, I'd also like to spin cotton as well. Its maddening that they are pushing other materials in with cotton instead of 100% cotton items..wool is another natural sustainable fiber that also has so many benefits that people are unaware of still...mother nature is amazing and must be respected at all costs! ❤ 🌱🐑

[@rideausheep]

I had no idea about cotton we are sheep producers here in Canada and watch Ag. Day and every now and then they talk about the cotton harvest and we were curious. We found this very informative thanks.

[@gregrhodes8451]

Amen brother! I love cotton, ole fella told me it was a crop that would fool you every year. He was right, promise you everything an give you nothing or look like nothing an give you everything. God bless you.

[@joelrangel8992]

Sir you’re the man you know it all thank you

[@JackdeDuCoeur]

Your channel is a great field classroom and you're a great teacher.

[@thisnicklldo]

Great video, clear explanation at just the right level. I'm ashamed to say the closest I have come to any of this is buying a pair of jeans in a store, so all new to me.

[@frankgibson8861]

Thankyou for sharing your knowledge on how cotton grows very informative & interesting i look forward to your talk on soya beans if you have not already covered them regards frank in N Ireland .

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Great information thoroughly enjoyed this. Never seen cotton and never will to far north but what I can say cotton clothes are the best my white t shirts are the best to wear,hard to say where the cotton was grown though. Just want to say thanks to our heavenly father for the wealth of knowledge he has instilled in you that you can share this. Have a great day.

[@verariffle3211]

Very interesting. Thank you! I think the color of that bloom is beautiful. Would love to see a field of it in bloom!!

[@davidanderson7389]

I used to love seeing ripe cotton ready to get harvested in the California central valley.

[@louispaparella5766]

Thank you! I learn from every one of your videos.

[@jimbuford4147]

Back in the 1940' cotton was grown some in Southern IL. This is about 100 miles of so from Mr. Griggs. In the 50's some old closed cotton gins were still evident.

[@jblifeasitis895]

Thank you for the excellent information

[@jvin248]

I grew up with corn and wheat so seeing your good explanation of the cotton angle was quite interesting, thanks.

[@mikelCold]

What a great explanation video!

[@lauraradford8610]

This was the best information I have found. I have a few seeds growing in Baltimore LOL we will see what happens.

[@griggsfarmsllc]

Good luck! You might want to give it a head start by planting some of your seeds indoors and then transplanting when it’s warm enough.

[@claymonsterpottery]

I’m in Baltimore too! I had 8 plants come up from seeds someone gave me. I’m so excited. @lauraradford8610

[@peteparker7396]

We had a roller gin when I was a kid and a few farmers grew pima. There’s always a few folks that plant it because the loan on it is almost 90 cents. Low and behold another gin west of Lubbock put up a roller gin stand. Before that you’d have to send it to El Paso or Las Cruces New Mexico. That gin did so well they are adding two more stands for this year. We are talking about planting some next year. That gin is 2.5 hours from us.

[@carlaustin7398]

Very informative. Thanks Matt.

[@wandapetrino1295]

Thank you for your trouble to enlighten me. I live on the Gold Coast, Australia and have my second year crop of cotton from 3 seeds planted into a pot on my balcony each August. So exciting. I heard cotton likes water so give it some every day. We had too many rainstorms after the cotton buds popped. I have puffs in a tiny vase in my kitchen.

[@richardpratt3480]

Matt, you are simply amazing sir!!! From here in new Jersey this is quite a learning experience. Thank you Sir...

[@rogerdobbins4502]

Great video! Very educational. Thanks Matt for taking time to educate us.

[@navygunz1851]

Matt, appreciate the in depth explanation of the cotton plant. Very interesting and informative video! Thanks!

[@rich5858]

Matt, Thank You for the very informative explanation of cotton grow cycle. During my cotton harvesting experience last year in SEMO I brought home some cotton seed to plant at home just for the pretty blossoms, however being just south of Chicago we don't have enough units here to get it the flowering stage which explains what happened. Keep up the great videos and stay safe.

[@darylorage]

Thank you. I'm considering a test plot.

[@jgroves55]

That was very interesting video, so much knowledge about the cotton plant and an excellent job educating us . thanks for taking the time to make this video , hope harvest goes well, looking forward to those videos.

[@rickdeckard6280]

A very informative video. Excellent job on this video, I had no idea how this came about.

[@cheri3762]

Great job Matt. UTM Agronomy at it's best !

[@gregdubiel7620]

Great information, had no idea what is involved in such an important plant.

[@Kathleen58]

This is really interesting!

[@ishtiaqmehmood1525]

Indeed informative and educational video. In the way of high yielding varieties we don't have here in Pakistan.

[@albertlee8342]

I ❤️ cotton for its biodegradable property that's good 👍 for our environment.

[@sripadgoswami8152]

My best wishes for your channel your information on cotten farming is deep very interesting i give support not only American cotten farmers producers but also all cotten producers in world cotten is important and valuable farm product in the world indian cotten producers face various problems in every year first is cotten plants not grow properly when come into flower various species of insects attacks on them and not control by any pesticides second is lack of fertility in seeds scarcity of tradational seeds there are varioos reasons by these cotten farming is affected badly in india thanks

[@laineyfike2000]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@Hobocreekfarm]

This was a great video, very informative and interesting. Thank you. The branches you pulled off, would those be like a sucker that grows on other vegetables like tomatoes and peppers?

[@griggsfarmsllc]

Good question but no. Those beaches are a result of the plant adapting to the environment it’s in. If given sufficient time, those branches add significant yield. Those monopodial branches are like having a secondary main stalk the other sympodial branches grow out of.

[@familyfarmertn8931]

Is there a dd60 app. for cotton? I have a gdu calculator for corn but haven't found one for cotton.

[@griggsfarmsllc]

There was one that I used for several years. Then last year it quit working for whatever reason. I haven’t been able to find another one since. GDU calculators work off of 50 degrees I believe

[@ZuhraAsqarova-r8c]

Thank You.

[@sharafzadehamin3037]

Hello, good time. How many tons of cotton do you harvest per hectare?

[@betterman_me]

I have a question. Is cellulose the fibres?

[@griggsfarmsllc]

Yes the fibers are primarily made of cellulose

[@betterman_me]

@@griggsfarmsllc got it, thanks.

[@kingdubbs143]

Yes. Brother. Is there any way we can contact you on a personal level. I'm interesting in growing some on our land.

[@ishtiaqmehmood1525]

Do you wanna cotton farming

[@CeciliaSaili-zz7cy]

You like

[@danmorgan8745]

Deer is the biggest pest that I have

[@michael1sukenik]

If growing cotton is good for environment? Yes - if it grown ORGANICALLY. Tons of toxic pesticides do not make environment any better …

[@griggsfarmsllc]

Organic is the biggest con job of our generation. Plenty of pesticides used in organic production. Just because those pesticides are naturally occurring, doesn’t mean they’re dangerous. Regardless how cotton is produced, it’s still much better for the environment than clothing made out of synthetic fibers, which is basically a form of plastic manufactured using fossil fuels

[@TheSunnyTrails]

In our family farm ORGANIC means no pesticides or herbicides, soap and neem oil would be the only thing used Only fertiliser we use it compost or manures with known sources, we get manures from people who’re against giving their animals needles and medication. Chickens are fed like royalty and we use their manure often.

[@Gustav4]

Dont know if this is the most sustainably way of producing fiber though, I say a sheep that is managed properly to where the grassland improves is more sustainable. You put quite a bit of artificial inputs into this that is polluting the environment and the water, used a lot of fossil fuels to produce it, and has very low biodiversity in the field. Further more, animal fibers produces something we can eat as well.

[@griggsfarmsllc]

We can go around and around about this. We’ll just have to agree to disagree on what is sustainable and what is actually possible to do on a large scale. Regardless ANY natural fibers, produced in the most polluting way possible, are far better for the environment and more sustainable than ANY synthetic fibers, which right now, have the largest market share in the world.

[@dmc3742]

@@griggsfarmsllc Your critic above didnt take into account the large amount of CO2 that is scrubbed from the atmosphere by this crop and the O2 that is produced by the process of photosynthesis.

[@griggsfarmsllc]

@DMc or the larger amount of CO2 that was sequestered by the cover crop planted beforehand. To be fair, wool grown from animals that are pasture grazed still is probably better as far as greenhouse grasses, but producing enough wool to clothe 4 billion people is probably not possible. For one thing there are not that many sheep farmers in the world. And the second thing, to produce that much wool would require so many animals that land space would be a concern and would require some kind of confined space to raise that many animals. Something similar to hogs and chickens. And then you would have the outcry of PETA and other radical organizations.

[@dkcarter240]

Any relation to Bobby Griggs in Hartsville SC?

[@griggsfarmsllc]

No but my dad was named Robert Griggs and went by the name Bobby also