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Seedling Stage
Image: Unsplash The cotton life cycle starts with planting seeds in well-drained soil. The seeds germinate and grow, producing two cotyledons or the first leaves.Vegetative Stage
Squaring Stage
In the squaring stage, small square-shaped buds covered in fine hairs appear at the tips of the cotton plant's branches. These buds eventually transform into flowers. Image: UnsplashFlowering Stage
During flowering, cotton produces large white or yellow flowers with both male and female reproductive parts that are pollinated by insects. Image: UnsplashBoll Development Stage
After pollination, the flowers wilt, leaving a green boll that grows and changes colour to yellow or white. Cotton fibres mature inside the boll. Image: UnsplashHarvesting Stage
Mature bolls split open to reveal fluffy white cotton fibres, which are harvested and processed into cotton products after separating them from the seeds. Image: Unsplash