I know cotton isn't grown in the UK, but the machinery and process is pretty fascinating.
Cotton Ginning Explained in 10 Minutes
Cotton Ginning Explained in 10 Minutes
Thought some of you would like to see a cotton gin
- Thread starter N Turner
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Veryfruity
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interesting
Thanks
Thanks
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
I grow cotton
friends of mine own the local cotton gin
cotton ( both irrigated & dryland ) is a major summer crop in northern NSW / southern QLD
have also run a contract harvesting crew on cotton. In 4 months, with 2 machines, we did 10,000 ha, or $2million worth of contracting
friends of mine own the local cotton gin
cotton ( both irrigated & dryland ) is a major summer crop in northern NSW / southern QLD
have also run a contract harvesting crew on cotton. In 4 months, with 2 machines, we did 10,000 ha, or $2million worth of contracting
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
These are the 2 machines we were running in 2019, in a VERY poor, drought year, following on from about 3 years of very reduced rainfall & above average temperatures.
that was a 900 hectare field, we did it in 3 days, running 24 hours
that was a 900 hectare field, we did it in 3 days, running 24 hours
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Those were cotton strippers.
this vid is of a cotton picker, picking my crop
this vid is of a cotton picker, picking my crop
- Location
- Lincolnshire
So, as we see more "exotic" crops grown in UK conditions, what are we missing for growing cotton? Too cold? Too humid?
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
too cold, too short a summer growing season, too humid, not enough deep soils with high moisture holding capacity ( cotton, being basically a desert plant originally, doesn’t really like rain, but prefers to draw its water up through its roots )
- Location
- Haute Vienne, France
There is supposed to be only one cotton grower in the whole of France and he sells everything he produces via a website.
It's 50 euros for T shirt or 120 for a polo shirt.................!!
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- Limousin/Charentes toad land
There is supposed to be only one cotton grower in the whole of France and he sells everything he produces via a website.
It's 50 euros for T shirt or 120 for a polo shirt.................!!
Do you have a price for a boiler suit?
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- Location
- South East
Have you ever come across Myamba Farming near Towoomba, he moved farms and changed business name now I think. I worked for them maybe a year or 2 before the round modules came in, it was all boll buggies and module builders
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
yeah, no, sorry, don’t know of them.
my involvement with cotton dates back to the early 90’s & 2 row pickers, before boll buggies . . .
- Location
- Very Southern NSW Australia
What's the difference between a picker and a stripper? I understand there is a difference in the method of collecting the cotton bols of the plant but what is the benefits or minis of both types of machines?
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
very basically, pickers are better suited to high yielding irrigated crops & strippers are better suited to dryland crops.
Also, in an Australian scenario, strippers are easier to extend out to 12 metres wide for skip row dryland crops
a stripper will harvest a higher yield than a picker, in the same crop, but in theory a picker will have a higher turnout of cotton lint after ginning . . .
Although that is now up for debate as we were getting very high turnouts from the strippers
stripper heads are a lot lower maintenance than picker heads & don’t require a constant source of water & grease
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
a picker has rotating serrated spindles, that literally “pluck” the cotton from the bush. It can leave quite a bit behind, “tagging”, but what it does pick is generally the best quality fibre & is clean & free of trash
a stripper has rotating brushes that “strip” everything off the bush, ALL the cotton lint, including short & weak fibres, but also any leaf or green bolls or anything else on the bush, so quite a bit of trash as well. But, strippers do have a mini gin on board which cleans a lot of trash out before it goes into the accumulator then bale chamber
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
The only cotton harvesting machinery available here is John Deere. They make both strippers & pickers, equivalent machines but for different applications. Either one is worth close to $1million Oz
Current models are CP690 ( cotton picker ) or CS690 ( cotton stripper )
They run 500 hp engines & make JD S780 headers ( combines ) look like Tonka Toys
Current models are CP690 ( cotton picker ) or CS690 ( cotton stripper )
They run 500 hp engines & make JD S780 headers ( combines ) look like Tonka Toys