Growing Cotton In Containers

[@MIgardener]

That was SOOO cool! If I was a homesteader, I would definitely grow cotton, and have the things to spin it! WOW. SO cool.

[@SleestaksRule]

Thanks Luke. I had no idea I could take it to harvest but would be a for sure thing to grow out on a homestead.

[@JesusChrist-cf1xn]

@@SleestaksRule thanks man I appreciate it now you can make me some pillows! 😂👍

[@SleestaksRule]

@@JesusChrist-cf1xn Haha, See you Sunday.

[@simplyimpish1055]

I got a random cotton plant grow from cotton in my straw bales. I love the little plant so much, I’m using seeds to grow more. They are perennials.

[@ADHUK]

If I buy seed cotton (at great expense, cost more in shipping than the cost of the fibre) then I don't take the seed out, I spin straight from the seed on to my wheel. Gives a lovely thread!

[@guidejamaicatv876]

Let's connect

[@ode2reading]

Thanks for the video. I grew up on a farm in Alabama where my grandparents grew cotton. I often think about growing it myself.

[@NEMO-NEMO]

How were the seeds removed before the cotton gin?

[@emmadalrymple4102]

Great video! I "obtained" a few cotton seeds recently, and I have always wanted to try and grow some. I think it is a valuable tool in showing kids where so much we use of this plant, comes from. My mother used to tell us about many tales of her growing up years, which was done with picking cotton, digging peanuts, digging sweet potatoes, and whatever you had to do, to earn money during the Great Depression. Thank you for sharing this, and the link of where it is illegal. I haven't checked it, but I am pretty sure my state is on the no-no list. Ssshhhhhhh....

[@SleestaksRule]

Thanks. Plant as soon as possible. They need a long season.

[@emmadalrymple4102]

SleestaksRule I am in one of the no-no states, lol, where cotton was king, and I already might have started. Our growing season is long, zone 8. I am a former New Englander, a former zone 5.

[@marthaalvarez4275]

Me too ✌sunny side California !

[@laryssaneel9210]

How has no one mentioned his gluten free comment?! ....who is eating cotton??

[@SleestaksRule]

Haha.

[@beatrizfuentes3957]

I am only reading the comments to find the same anwer you are looking for.

[@natatron]

I know!!! You can’t eat cotton. Not a good idea

[@Karene-gj9nt]

Buddy the Elf likes cotton balls!!

[@quinnfischer5433]

Natalie Vasquez yes you can!!!

So cool. Although I didnt know it can prick your hands by pulling it off. I feel for my ancestors. That must of been hell for them. I'd like to see a video of the spinning of the cotton and the whole process. Too bad my generation never learned this stuff from our ancestors. It would be cool to pass down some useful knowledge to make this generation more self sufficient.

[@violetcarson5532]

I agree 💯 I plan on doing this.

[@bweaverla]

There are dozens of videos on spinning cotton and also weaving it. Try using a supported spindle, basically just a stick and a weight. It doesn't take much cotton to make a little bracelet. It can be dyed with plants. Brown is the easiest color to dye cotton with. You just need some tannin-bearing plants like Eucalyptus leaves. Many videos on KZbin about that. If youre going to grow it, you have a choice to grow green and brown cotton also. There are many sites on the internet that sell cotton seeds in these colors.

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

A superb video and very interesting - I've never actually seen a cotton plant up close before. Cheers Ted.

[@SleestaksRule]

I never saw one up close either so I was pretty fascinated with it. Thanks!

[@openusers9726]

I have touched groups of thom

[@FROYOLOLOTM]

awesome man I grow cotton by myself too And a time ago I make some pieces of cloth all by hand it's quite fun but takes a lot of time however cool to see you growing cotton plans mate thumbs up😊

[@africanherbswoman7302]

did you have any of the boll weevil?

[@AppleSlicesUnite]

wow, real cotton. awesome! if you make a fabric with it can you show us? thanks

[@SleestaksRule]

My wife is planning on it. I'll post something when that happens.

[@AppleSlicesUnite]

Thanks. i'm looking forward to it.

[@ehoffenkamp]

Loved the video. went to your site and you showed the seeds there. They look like Pima Cotton seeds. Your description of how hard they were to get out also gives a clue. Pima is harder to deseed. A cool way to deseed cotton is with a small hand crank pasta machine and a piece of denim or other grabby solid fabric. Now you need to look into getting a Charka to spin the cotton. That is really fun. And look into natural colored cottons also.

[@kimapalibee3173]

Wow! This is so cool! Do you still have cotton plants? If so, could I buy a few seeds to give this a try??

[@cappyjones]

I have some seeds from a plant that I "aquired" a few years ago. I'd be happy to send you some 😁👍

[@guidejamaicatv876]

Nice

[@TheEmptynester]

Thanks, I learned allot from this. I had no clue it could be illegal to grow in some places.

[@SleestaksRule]

I had no idea it was illegal either until reading all I could about growing it.

[@yummypiekittylove2123]

SleestaksRule what really? I have some seeds and am going to grow them its OK in my country

[@Markam248]

very cool. it is always fun to see what you can grow even in the colder areas. i am in Michigan. i agree with Luke if i had a homestead i would grow that also.

[@ErnestLingerfelt]

This is for Georgia : Before you plant the cotton seed you must have permission to grow it. The staff of the Plant Protection Division in the Georgia Department of Agriculture says that they only grant permission to educational or historical organizations. Only rarely would they give it to individual homeowners. Their reasoning is that uncontrolled cotton gardening could lead to an outbreak of the cotton boll weevil.

[@Cityheart221]

Thank you for sharing that.

[@christianacain2756]

that's a lot from one plant! you're gonna end up with like 10 new underpants from all that lol

[@EagleArrow]

😂

[@gardeninginnorway478]

Cool! That would be an interesting plant to try out here in the future. :) All the best, Halvor.

[@bweaverla]

Its Gossypium hirsutum, native to Mexico. Named hirsutum from hirsute meaning hairy and that is referring to the seed. It's the reason the gin was invented. 5% of the cotton grown around the world is hirsutum. Another species of cotton native to the New World is Gossypium barbadense native to Peru originally. It was found in Barbados (hence the name) by an Englishman, who named it. This cotton is much easier to gin. You might want to try to grow some of this. At least it will be easier to gin. By the way, the boll weevil has been eradicated in all states except Texas so most states have eased up restrictions growing it. You can check with the state farm programs in your state.

[@gardennotch5586]

It's so nice to see a video from you again, I can't believe cotton would be illegal anywhere :) I love the editing you use too! Are you still growing indoors and working on mushrooms? I'm hoping my inoculated logs will produce this upcoming spring :)

[@SleestaksRule]

Thank you. I got a late start on my indoor growing but it's happening. For mushrooms I was sent 4 different varieties as plug spawn from somebody who picked them up at a garden show. They were sample packs and I'm working on getting them to spread and produce. I'm working on one grand project that will take a while but it's all I think about lately. You should see that late February time permitting. As for editing video, that's half of the fun.

[@gardennotch5586]

***** Oh my I'm very excited to see what you're cooking up :) I was actually a little sad this past year that I didn't see as many of your video's, yours are absolutely my favorite :)

[@SleestaksRule]

Garden Notch Haha, I promise to put as much science fiction into the garden as possible in 2015!

[@cspritch76]

Cool video. It was nice to see your experiment with cotton... now, I don't have to!

[@SleestaksRule]

Exactly, haha.

[@montyboy9809]

Awesome! I just saw my first cotton plant in FL on vacation. It looked like a bush. Now I want to grow it just for fun. I'm in WI so it will be tough, but I think it will work as I can start with it indoors. I'm actually going to purchase one that starts at 4inches tall. Maybe I can spin it into thread😄Thanks for video!

[@Cityheart221]

Wow you saw the cotton plant in Florida and according to the list they are illegal there. It is a very interesting plant.

[@montyboy9809]

I see that too, no growing in FL. It was on the outside of someone's fenced in yard at a corner street. Not sure if someone planted it or if it pops up every year. I don't know much about a cotton plant. Not sure if it is like most bushes that continually grow year after year.

[@BritneyMuller]

was not expecting the "new pair of underpants" or "you can eat all you want" comments lol

[@gameingknight2389]

Where i live which is chowchilla california CA there are 0 boll weevils and i love it

[@kevinbradleygardeningandou9767]

That is my learning something new, achieved for today, thanks for that, very interesting.

[@saranyasaranya7806]

Can u say plzz where the cotton seeds are available for planting..?

[@SleestaksRule]

You can buy them on Ebay.

[@MsTokies]

Have you ever tried using 5% cotton short fibers in a seed starter mix

[@permofit]

very cool i never thought of cotton

[@shamsmujaddidi4586]

Great info and very useful thanks so much for sharing

[@bunnyfuzzybunny-roblox3344]

Wait so cotton are treees

[@heathsbeesandfarming8109]

How did you get the seed if you have some please send me some

[@EsteeDarla]

do you have any seeds for sale?

[@meehan302]

Most interesting to see how hard it is to get the seed out of the cotton. Pickrick1 had the same problem undoing it. I Like your video and have subscribed. Best wishes

[@masoudabdun-noor8675]

Picking the seeds from the boll is nothing compared to repeatedly picking the bolls from the burrs by force... your back and fucks up your fingers quick.

[@devinmartin7626]

What gene seeds are they.greay crop

[@NANALOVEGARDEN50]

Can I grow it in a pot with the bare root

[@saiprasadchindam5185]

What the quantity of cotton produced by one plant

[@oldchickenlady]

are you a spinner? I am growing brown cotton this year so I can spin it into thread and use it to make dish cloths.

[@AustinFamilyGardeningChannel]

Really cool & unusual -well done !

[@SleestaksRule]

Thanks Larry.

[@jacobmoorison1431]

1:50 you say that like it's the ONLY reason you'd feel bad

[@stansmith4054]

That is really neat!

[@SouthpawDavey]

Cool an interesting plant to grow

[@mrflufay5236]

Wait wait wait so im in California. Its legal for me to grow a few marijuana plants but i cant grow one damn cotton plant.

[@Donnybrook10]

you live in one of the two most f'ed up states in the country. Don't be offended...I live in the other one. Looking to get out as soon as the kids are grown.

[@fuc3-]

@@Donnybrook10 It's not just your state, this whole country is fucked.

[@mikev.2945]

Did you hear why? We have bollweevils in CA and they don't want them to spread to farms. Cotton is a cash crop in CA. This is the same reason there are agriculture checkpoints when you drive into the state. CA is the largest agricultural state in the nation with upwards of 40 billion dollars in crops each year. Kind of a big deal to keep it safe.

[@mikev.2945]

@@Donnybrook10 Did you hear why? We have bollweevils in CA and they don't want them to spread to farms. Cotton is a cash crop in CA. This is the same reason there are agriculture checkpoints when you drive into the state. CA is the largest agricultural state in the nation with upwards of 40 billion dollars in crops each year. Kind of a big deal to keep it safe.

[@BrandonsHealthJourney]

Have you grown cotton again since then? Better luck than the corn. I can't believe it's illegal to grow cotton! I hope your list is right. I'm growing it. I'll double check to make sure though. I was looking up how to grow cotton and lo and behold your video shows up lol.

[@SleestaksRule]

Too late to plant it but I have seeds. I haven't grown since.

[@BrandonsHealthJourney]

@@SleestaksRule I think I'll have to keep it inside for 40 days. The cats will probably like it.

[@Juliebeans5]

Been thinking about getting into renewable resources

[@SuperModerngranny]

Great video but .....I heard you say "Gluten free and eat all you want." What? I'm confused. Cotton is non-toxic but definitely not edible! You cannot digest that stuff, only fed to cattles but the cotton seed can be used to make cotton seed oil, and the cotton is for making useable stuff.

[@SleestaksRule]

I tend to make stuff up while showing how to do. I love the internet.

[@vampress18]

"For those people who didn't have the cotten gin," Those would be the slaves. You're welcome.

[@danielgomez-xp4qj]

ur lucky no1 is beating u while ur takin them seeds out

[@notgaybear5544]

do you really think slaves were being constantly beaten while they were trying to work? how much sense would that make for productivity?

[@danielgomez-xp4qj]

@@notgaybear5544 you something special aint ya

[@emperorstorm3266]

ILLINOIS ME TOO

[@jubychisti2181]

Ooooooomg I can't wait to plant it

[@tommytong2854]

Great video! I’m growing some this year in my front yard, in rows. With red, black, and green bamboo. They didn’t like my BLM sign sooo I’ll do this instead. 👍🏿

[@WarDog955]

Fuck blm

[@IsaiahLegrant]

Great Work!

[@LaHuertadeIvan]

Good idea ^^

[@JenSpice]

That is too cool! Awesome.

[@Lavenderrose73]

I didn't know you could eat cotton! Is that what you did with yours? Too bad it's restricted in some states, including mine. Guess I'll stick with mint and rosemary. Lol

[@ozzyyzzo929]

Very cool

[@kenkoonwong2166]

Good job !

[@frogboy4276]

its not that hard to get cotton seeds i got like 100 in like 1 hour or 2

[@andrewwawiorka5041]

Gluten free! LOL

[@RainbowGardens]

That is sooo cool! :)

[@SleestaksRule]

Thanks. I plan on trying it again this year.

[@Aurora_Tom_Renton]

Eat all ya want? Gluten free ?

[@ncmagyar]

Would love to spin this cotton right off the seed!

[@pcolvin4235]

Nancy M - I just did that. My sis sent me a few bolls in the mail. It's a learning curve, but I prefer to spin it od the seed than mess with getting all the seeds out. Why work twice? It is a little bumpy, though. But it is as thin as thread, so I will just ply it and who cares about the bumps. I'm gonna have to but a knitting machine now... Been workin on hubby's alpaca sweater for 2 years... lol

[@goldenapples8938]

Hello! Im willing to trade seeds if your intrested

[@guidejamaicatv876]

Let's do it

[@MichaelpforRbe]

Now make me a pair of jeans lol:)

[@SleestaksRule]

No guarantee they'll fit or last more than a day, lol.

[@georgelouis6515]

So you're going to make a pair of gluten free underpants out of it and then eat the underpants because they are gluten free. You health food nuts really need to stop being so crazy.

[@ryu7055]

You feel bad for the people that didnt have a Cotton gin? How about the slaves that were forced to pick cotton

[@EagleArrow]

Looks like Virginia cotton! Good job!👍

[@calvin643]

When I was younger I didn't think cotton came from a plant, I thought it came from fur XD

[@dpx5000]

Time to start my own farm 👴🏻

[@keyplayr61greenhousehydrop14]

Now that's something you don't see every day!

[@OkayG4Mane]

Slaves .. they were called Slaves... That's how y'all got the seeds out💯💯

[@benniedonald]

About how much in weight did you get from this plant? Asking for myself. My friends can ask their own questions. LMAO

[@singhsahab3745]

I see in laptop iys very intersting

[@RoyAndrews82]

Wow !! that's really nice. (+1 : 82)

[@Eco-pu2zs]

Don't feel so bad for people who didn't have the cotton gin, its invention did NOT make their lives better.

[@PureWhite91]

Everything was cool but fuck that tick tock shit

[@Deltaboyzoutside]

racist

[@jubychisti2181]

Ooooooomg I can't wait to plant it