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Growing Cotton?
23 June 2014, 22:34, (This post was last modified: 23 June 2014, 22:40 by Mortblanc.)
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RE: Growing Cotton?
"Super easy?"

planting, growing, chopping, picking, ginning, carding, spinning, weaving all in a year long labor intensive process that requires a minimum of 220 frost free days and rain at just the exact right moment and dry at just the exact right moment.

I grew up in the "sunny south" of the US, which is the largest export area of cotton in the world. I can attest that there is not one single aspect of growing cotton that is "super easy". Working cotton is the agricultural equivalent to a bad horror film. We even write songs about escaping the cotton fields!

Stick to wool and flax, they are better suited for your climate and as self sufficient crops.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aByT3YjMjY

One good side effect of working cotton,

Escaping cotton field workers are responsible for developing Blues, R&B, Rock and Roll and most modern country music.
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Growing Cotton? - by Scythe13 - 23 June 2014, 21:04
RE: Growing Cotton? - by Mortblanc - 23 June 2014, 22:34
RE: Growing Cotton? - by Scythe13 - 23 June 2014, 23:00
RE: Growing Cotton? - by Sunna - 24 June 2014, 09:17
RE: Growing Cotton? - by Bug_out_Bag - 24 June 2014, 09:48
RE: Growing Cotton? - by Tigs - 24 June 2014, 10:17
RE: Growing Cotton? - by SecretPrepper - 24 June 2014, 10:29
RE: Growing Cotton? - by Tartar Horde - 24 June 2014, 11:08
RE: Growing Cotton? - by Tigs - 24 June 2014, 12:32
RE: Growing Cotton? - by Scythe13 - 24 June 2014, 12:33
RE: Growing Cotton? - by bigpaul - 24 June 2014, 12:55

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