Cotton Facts Crossword Puzzle

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Cotton Facts Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST:

  • fruiting : branches that grow in a zigzag pattern
  • three : how many boll development phases there are
  • white flower : occurs once the bud blooms
  • match head : when the bud is one third of its full size
  • pinhead : the first stage a square can be identified
  • photosynthesis : when the plant turns the sun into energy
  • two : amount of branches a cotton plant has
  • pink : the colour tinge the flower has by the next day after it blooms
  • vegetative : straight growing branches intended for producing energy
  • white : colour when the bloom opens
  • ripening : a key part of the dehiscence process
  • filling : this phase begins during the 4th week and lasts 2 weeks
  • maturation : phase begins when boll reaches full size
  • enlargement : when the fibers produced begin to elongate
  • five : amount of cotton bud development stages
  • candle : occurs prior to bloom
  • deposition : when the secondary walls of the cotton fiber form
  • boll : opens in about 50 days with optimum growing conditions