Cotton flowers
Cotton flowers

Cotton Flowers are one of the cutest flowers in the world. They are softer, fluffier and lighter. One needs to be very careful while handling them. They are so delicate in nature but worth it. 

They can alter the bad mood of a person into the rapturous one with fluffiness.

And can make the cheerful one merrier by their softness and adorable beauty. These flowers have the nature of wilting early. It is important for one to take proper care and acquire knowledge about the flowers they are going to use for any reason. 

Cotton belongs to the Hibiscus family and its botanical name is Gossypium hirsutum or Gossypium barbadense. 

It is a perennial shrub in nature and grows up to a height of 3.5 metres. For commercial purposes, it is harvested before it can grow fully and only reaches a height of 1.2 metres.

After around 100 days of planting and watering the cotton tree, cotton bolls begin to fill and bloom up where once flower was. Each boll holds about 32 immature seeds from which cotton fibres will start to grow up. The boll itself is in reality considered a fruit because it holds seeds. Then, after the fibres begin to mature, the bolls begin to increase their girth and form a hollow cotton fibre inside of the boll which is nearly the size of a small fig.

The boll reaches its full size after about 25 odd days after the petals fall and naturally burst open after 35 to 55 days more. The underlying cotton is then exposed and dried out in a ready to pick up manner.

After about 180-day growing process is complete, each plant will contain nearly 15 to 20 bolls and, on average, each boll will contain nearly 500,000 fibres of cotton. Isn’t it wonderful?

 

What does the cotton flower symbolize?

This flower symbolises wealth and well being in your life. This odd yet stunning flower means to cherish the people around it, making it one of the best gifts for birthdays, proposals or anniversaries.

Seeing cotton plants in your dreams is a message that you are awakening. You are receiving a prophecy from the Godly realm that assures wealth and material well being. Know that the good news you receive right now is valid.

The cotton flower is grown all over the world, and recently, it is planted even on the Moon. It has its root embedded in many ancient civilizations and cultures, as well as plenty of uses in the modern world.

Cotton flowers
Cotton flowers

In many parts of the world cotton is  associated with dreams:

1. Dream About Cotton Balls

To see cotton balls in your dream means that you need to fully apply yourself and dedicate yourself to your project at hand. However, dirty or used cotton balls suggest that you may be possibly ignorant or confused over a matter.

2. Dream About Cotton Wool Roll

Dreaming about a roll of cotton wool, symbolizes innocence and softness. You need to apply a more delicate approach to the issues that you are faced with.

3. Dream About Cotton Field

Dreaming about working cotton fields, may suggest the scale of work that you have. If the cotton field is really large and endless, it may refer to the work as endless and exhausting. If you are going along and feeling happy about the cotton field that you have, it could mean that you will be gaining plenty of profits. However, you might need someone’s help to achieve your goals.

4. Dream About Cotton Tree

Cotton trees in the dream indicate that money and profit will grow on trees. It indicates a certain type of successful business that you are handling. You will still need to hire the right kind of workers to help you harvest the cotton. If you do not do anything about profiting off your business, you will miss out on wealth and abundance.

5. Dream About Cotton Seed

Dreaming about planting cotton seeds or taking care of cotton seedling plants, means that you have plenty of hard work in front of you. However, if you could push through the tough periods, you will eventually enjoy the result of your hard work.

6. Dream About Cotton Flower

To see cotton flowers blossoming in the dream, is a flattering indication for better times shortly before you. You have worked hard for a long time, and you are now seeing the first sign of effectiveness. Continue working and the time to collect your reward is soon.

 

How long can cotton flowers last?

Cotton is a natural growing plant that has been with us for ages. There are many different varieties of cotton found.

The beginning of the life of cotton flowers depends upon the farmer as to which variety is going to be planted. The plantation of cotton depended mostly on the economic variety of the cotton and the desired area of plantation.

For the plantation, the soil needs to be moist and once the seed is placed it will take 5 to 10 days of germination cycle and the sprout will grow.

The seeds needed to be planted at 2 or 3 inches of depth in the soil. The temperature of the ground must be 600F or higher than it for the seed to germinate accordingly. 

In under 2 to 4 weeks the sprout starts to prepare leaves of the cotton plant. And at this stage with the help of the leaves, the plant will start bearing feed for its living. This time period of the cotton plant is known as a stand. At this point in time, farmers will be aware of how good their plants are and how best will be the harvest. The only thing that can hamper the harvest is the infestation of pests, or drought in the area or too wet conditions for the plant.

Cotton flowers
Cotton flowers

The cotton plant will continue to grow. In 5 to 7 weeks when the cotton plant has grown its branches and elevated its height then the small flowering buds start to emerge, also known as squares. The leaves are called bracts to surround or cover up the buds. In the 8th to 10th week of the cotton’s life, the flower of the plant breaks through the bract and becomes visible.

Now the flower is all visible and can contact its nearby surroundings.  The air will get the plant to create its pollen within the 3 days. The life cycle of the flowers can be known by their colour. From the bud, the flower will come out in white colour.

During the pollination time, the flower will be pink in shade. After all these processes, the blooms will start to fall off the branches. This will uncover the immature ball of cotton that has begun to form in the base of the bud where the flower was. 

There will be cotton seeds and fibres in the ball which will develop and be called Cotton. The growth will continue and the fibres will get thicker and longer with the passing time. The ball will be open to the air exposing the cotton fibres into the 18th to 20th week of its cycle of life. 

In the 25th week, the cotton is all set to be harvested.  

 

Where to get cotton flowers in Singapore?

Cotton flowers
Cotton flowers

Cotton flowers look adorable and provide the finest beauty to the ambience. One can get the best quality of cotton flowers available the whole of the year and for any occasion. One can contact their local florists but if there’s a foundation of time the best is to opt online. One can go through trusted websites such as FlowerAdvisor and get fresh blooms delivered to their doorstep. There are varieties available such as Cotton flower bouquet, and cotton flowers arrangements for several occasions, also through flower delivery Singapore.

 

Do cotton flowers die?

Cotton flowers do not die instead they go through a major transformation as the bolls start to take proper shape. On a windy day, the feeble cotton bolls will blow away and the good ones will stay on the branches.

A healthy plant will flower, first turning yellow-white before becoming red. It then dies, leaving a boll.

 

What do cotton blooms look like? 

Cotton blooms are adorable fluffy bolls. They are a circle of happiness for individuals. They look so beautiful and like a sense of peace to the eyes.

In their life cycle, they transform into many colours.

  • White flower/ white bloom: The very first cotton ball blooms in white or creamy yellow color.In the middle of the day, it pollinates itself because of released pollen.
  • Pink flower/ pink bloom:  When the pollination occurs the flower transforms it into pink colour and becomes a vibrant Fuschia in a few days.
  • Young boll: As the pink Fuschia start to fade away the young boll starts to take its place. The boll continues to grow as the seed and fibres grow.
  • Cracked boll: Cotton bolls open up slowly when the cotton fibre matures and the bracts dry and separate.
  • Open boll: This is the part of the plant that most people have the imagination of cotton. It’s the perfect time to harvest. It looks like the cotton bolls used in accessories.

 

Why is it illegal to grow cotton in some places?

Cotton flowers
Cotton flowers

Cotton is a cash crop and it is not allowed by the law to grow in the backyard all because of a little beetle known as Bolo weevil. The boll weevil is a harmful beetle and hampers all the crops. They feed on cotton buds and flowers and can devastate the large scale producers if not Seriously controlled.  

Most of the country’s economy is dependent on successful cotton growth that is why it is the prime duty of the farmers to keep boll weevils aggressively controlled.  This is the main reason cotton growth just for fun or casually is illegal. 

Commercial cotton growth (that is grown for sale purpose) is grown in areas where strict observation is being done for boll weevil activity. If cotton grows outside these areas it poses a high risk of reintroduction of the Beatles even to those areas from where it has been completely eradicated.

In all of the cotton-producing states, cotton growers have millions of dollars invested in the crops and in the eradication of the boll weevil population.

It is strictly advised that cotton seeds shouldn’t be distributed and sown without monitoring or proper observation. It is prohibited to grow cotton in non-commercial areas. 

 

How can the boll weevils be controlled?

It is so easy for boll weevils to reinfest and attack the areas from where they have been completely eradicated. 

They are the most dreadful beetles and invasive pets who eat all the cotton buds, cotton blooms and the actual cotton bolls too. These beetles love to travel and go from place to place by hitching a ride on farm equipment or even on the vehicles that visit cotton fields. They can also be blown out by vehicles of nature such as high winds, tornadoes and hurricanes.

They multiply very quickly and start damaging the crop the minute they reach the destination. So it’s important for the cotton growers to know how to identify them and what measures to adopt to do complete eradication of them.

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