[Market-farming] Cotton Burrs

Catherine S farmerwantabe at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 30 18:34:23 EST 2008


My husband row crops cotton and I asked him about your question. If you are in the high plains they use cotton strippers (machine that strips everything from the plant, bowls, stems, everything called: gin trash) to harvest the cotton, we use cotton pickers (machine that only pick the cotton and leaves the trash in the field) here in Tennessee.  You should be able to get gin trash from the cotton gin. The burrs will be in with the gin trash and will compost but will take some time to break down, it will make a good compost but it won't be fast. Other concern would be residual of any plant growth regulators and/or herbicides and pesticides, if you are organic this could be a problem. Get a sample of the gin trash and have it tested for pesticides. Hopes this helps.
Catherine and Ben Simmons
Flying S Farms
Woodbury TN

 
 
 
 > From: billbradshaw at hughes.net> To: market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:40:42 -0600> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cotton Burrs> > Mark, I have not, but if I had them local and at a for nothing price I > would. Bill> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TxBeeFarmer" <TxBeeFarmer at HotPop.com>> To: "Market Farming" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:33 PM> Subject: [Market-farming] Cotton Burrs> > > > Any of you ever composted large quantities of cotton burrs?> >> > How about using uncomposted burrs for mulch?> >> > Thanks> >> > TxBeeFarmer (Mark)> > West Texas Zone 7b> > _______________________________________________> > Market-farming mailing list> > Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming> >> >> >> > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG Free Edition.> > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.15/1248 - Release Date: > > 1/28/2008 9:32 PM> >> > > > _______________________________________________> Market-farming mailing list> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming> 
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