Harvest some while they are green and you’ll encourage the plant to keep fruiting. While the UK is fixated with red chillies, in most countries chillies are picked when green. … Don’t worry if your chillies turn black – this is simply part of the ripening process and the fruitsRead More →
To combat this, the kapok or silk cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) grows spike-like thorns on its trunk and branches. … Wild roses clamber over other plants to pursue light, and they anchor their thorns into them to facilitate climbing. Did cotton have spikes? Cotton is a labor-intensive crop and takesRead More →
The first practical cotton picker was invented over a period of years beginning in the late 1920s by John Daniel Rust (1892–1954) with the later help of his brother Mack Rust. … In 1933 John Rust received his first patent, and eventually, he and his brother owned forty-seven patents onRead More →