This growing adventure starts back in the winter of 2024, when my friend L gifted me a package of cotton with seeds for my December birthday. She and her husband had gone on a road trip to the South. On her way home to Wisconsin she picked me up my birthday gift. The challenge was, Carla can you grow cotton?
In early June of 2025 I placed the cotton seed ball in to a big pot in my greenhouse. My hope was the greenhouse would replicate enough southern heat to trick the cotton into thinking it was not in Wisconsin, but really in its home of Missouri.
Look, we have growth.
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| Cotton Flowers |
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| The excitement of having cotton flowers, oh boy, one step closer to having Wisconsin cotton. |
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| Late autumn was setting in and I needed to button up the greenhouse. I brought in all the plants I planned to try to save during the winter. The cotton was one of them. We still had to make it to harvest. |
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December 2025, it is looking good, two pods of cotton have formed and will soon be ready for harvest. One for my friend L and one for me.  Wisconsin cotton boll sitting in my window sill. I started the cotton in early June and harvested two stems in mid December. It worked. ♥ Carla |
Wait just a cotton picking minute! This is Amazing!! You must truly have a green thumb! Now, what will you do with all your lovely cotton? Use the cotton balls for removing makeup? Or save them and weave them into something lovely someday? (I know nothing about how to do that, but it sounds good). Thank you for sharing your cotton story with us!! Just don't let those "cotton balls get rotten", or you won't get "very much cotton" in those old cotton fields back home... LOL. Have a lovely day!!
ReplyDeleteWell you are definitely gifted in the growing department : ) Just last year I discovered there's a field of cotton growing very nearby us. I'd never seen it in all the years we've been here but it was so pretty. I love the way cotton looks when it blooms. Have a nice week!
ReplyDeleteYAY for your success in growing cotton in Wisconsin. Once driving through West Virginia we came across fields of it. It was white everywhere. So cool. Janice
ReplyDeleteThis is so neat! I love that you grew cotton in Wisconsin!! It's such a pretty flower and the cotton is so cool looking. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so exciting Carla. Way to go....We have cotton fields about 40 miles West of us and I always enjoy driving past them... The white cotton atop the plants is so pretty to see. When I think about the growing of cotton, I think about how God meets our needs in ways that we seldomly think of.
ReplyDeleteCarla you have the magic touch. I think you can grow just about anything. I love the flowers that come on the cotton plant so pretty. Congrats on your Wisconsin cotton. Have a great week. Hugs. Kris
ReplyDeleteThat is super cool!The cotton flowers are so pretty too!What are you doing with your cotton?
ReplyDeleteCarla, this is SO cool! I've never actually seen this plant in person before. Good job on keeping it warm and happy.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool, Carla. And it worked cause your hands are magic and love all things gardening. I've never seen a cotton flower before. I can't believe it started with a little cotton seed and grew into a cotton ball! You and your friend must be pleased. I loved this story, Carla. It looks so pretty in the little blue vase on your window sill.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That is exciting to see. I don't think I have ever seen a cotton plant.
ReplyDeleteWell done you!
ReplyDeleteWell, if anyone could grow cotton, it would be you!! That's fabulous. This is all new to me, I've never seen a cotton flower, but now I want to grow some, too!! Haha!!
ReplyDeleteWow!! I have never heard of growing cotton in a pot. This is amazing! And it is doing so well. So not only do you have a green thumb, you also have a white thumb!
ReplyDeleteCotton fields are so pretty. We see them on the way to our daughter's house. I've never seen anyone grow cotton in a pot! That is pretty awesome!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful, Carla! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow Carla this is wonderful ... simply amazing.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Oh my goodness, that is so amazing that you grew cotton, Carla! The flower itself was so pretty and reminded me of moon flowers. I’ll bet you were so excited to grow it in a pot! Great job! XO
ReplyDeleteWay to be awesome! I loved all the pictures. But the last one with the cotton in the window, with the contrast of the snow in the background, gave me a chuckle.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are so lovely! Cotton fields are so pretty to see! We actually have some here in Arizona.
One time we were following a truck full of cotton. Little pieces of cotton were flying everywhere. When we stopped to get gas, we noticed our car's front grill was loaded with cotton! Lol!
Well done on growing cotton. I am impressed! Congratulations!
Happy Tuesday!
Wow that is so cool.
ReplyDeleteI have to say that I am really impressed. That last photo of the cotton is amazing. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteFun! Experiments like this are so enjoyable. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! I never thought of growing cotton in Wisconsin. Maybe we'll have to try it at school next year!
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that you decided to grow cotton. What do you plan to do with it? I grow a few cuttings in water. It gets pretty hot here in the summer. No gardening for me!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool.
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