Question

What is the process happening in cotton plant?

Answer 1

The cotton wool is obtained from cotton plants. The cotton plants are grown in fields. They are usually grown at the places having black soil and warm climate.

The fruits of the cotton plants called cotton bolls are about the size of lemons.
After maturing, the bolls burst open and seeds covered with cotton fibres can b,e seen.

From the cotton bolls cotton is picked by hands. Fibres are then separated from the seeds by combing. This process is called ginning of cotton. It is done by hand or by machines. These fibres are then converted into yam.

*Yarn is spun on charka to make cotton thred.
*Cotton threads dyed with colours by the proces of dyeing.
*Dyed threads are wound on reels by the process of reeling.
*Reeled threads are woven into cloth by the process of weaving.
*Weaving is the process of arranging two sets of yarns together perpendicular to each other to make a fabric. Fabrics are woven on looms. These looms may be operated by power or by hand.