And brown. I had some blue 20 years ago?

@farmboy2017 Are the nature grown cottons bleach resistant ?

@Cast1es I don't know. I grew some years ago and didn't do anything with it. There was a plant physiologist(??) by the name of sally Fox that was breeding colored cottons for jeans. That project never took off. I think it had either patent issues or maybe it was the timing when Monsanto came out with their RoundUp Ready Cotton seed and no one would gin the colored stuff for fear of being sued by Monsanto. I'd have to research it.

The thorns are actually the ends of the boll that look like a flower petal. It's the end of the fruit itself. Yeah, it mutilates your hands!!

@farmboy2017 I don't spin cotton by itself. It destroys my finger tips. But I do mix it with wool to create a fiber called linsey-wooley, originally mixed from linen and wool and the preferred material for next-to-the-skin garments in the 18th century. I guess, your customers are weavers. They love cotton, linen and nettle for the shiny finish.

@Spinliesel I wish I had customers! I'm hoping to find a better way to market my garden products. I did the local farmer's market for about 7-8 years and all I do is break even and eat some of my own veggies. I'd like to become a 'seed grower' for okra for example. And if I were able to find a market for the okra bark, that would go for hand made paper. So...I could sell okra as veggies, for planting seed, and for art paper. The cotton could be similar; planting seed and fiber. The regular veggie crops aren't profitable. I'd have to have 20 acres of yellow squash and sell the whole thing to a cannery, yikes! I'm exploring niche markets. That's my idea, anyway

We have a boll weevil eradication program. Supposedly we've done 'him' in. I think I'm in good shape ??