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Gossypium hirsutum
Upland Cotton
MALVACAE
These are very unexpected
flowers.
Cream to pink, showing like a bashful hibiscus,
slowly disappearing into a large pod or capsule that seems
to sit on the shrub for ages until it finally opens in the
heat to
reveal four large cotton balls.
The seed hairs in the capsule can be woven into cotton, the seeds pressed for oil which is anti-viral, anti-bacterial and eases menstrual pain.
Packet of 20 seeds $3.50
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There have been suggestions that the
oil is a possible source of hormones and may act as a male
contraceptive but we have found no conclusive results to
discuss this further. Do not harvest directly after rain or
watering as 'dem cotton bolls' really do get rotten.
Make sure
that they are very dry before harvesting. |
