Back To Nature With Natural Cotton

Most of us are familiar with the end products that are sold to us. In its natural state rarely does the consmer get to know how the product has reached its final stage. So is the case with natural cotton crop that is grown in more than 70 countries. It is considered a cash crop for many developing nations. It has been cultivated for centuries. Over a period of time new technologies have been evolved and used in the...

De-Constructiong The Cotton Plant

Cotton plant requires most of our daylight time from March until November–It is a natural fiber of vegetable origin. Mostly composed of cellulose and formed by twisted, ribbon-like shaped fibers, cotton is the fruit of a shrubby plant commonly referred to as the ‘Cotton plant’. The cotton plant belongs to the Malvacae family. It comprises approximately one 1500 species, including the baobab tree, bomb axe...

What is cotton fiber?

Cotton fibre is gathered from the seed pod of the cotton plant and ginned. A gin is a machine that separates the seeds from the cotton fiber. It was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 and is one of the revolutionary events in cotton processing. The fiber is then spun into thread and woven into fabric. The commercial process is actually far more complicated and complex but those are the general steps. One of the most...