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Woody Wodraska <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 27 Sep 1997 10:31:05 -0400
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Greg:
 
FWIW cotton is one of the most heavily pesticided crops grown.
 
Woody
 
On Sat, 27 Sep 1997 09:45:39 -0400 Greg Hankins <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Cotton has re-emerged as a preferred cash crop in my part of North
>Carolina. There are substantial fields 4-5 miles south of me that used
>to
>be soybeans but are now cotton. I'm thinking of establishing an
>outyard
>next year closer to that source, at least during the bloom (though
>I've
>read that cotton has extra-floral nectaries as well).
>
>I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has experience with
>cotton
>honey. Good, bad, mediocre? Worth making a special effort to get?
>Length of
>bloom time?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Greg
>
>____________________________________________________
>Greg Hankins                       Mt. Gilead, NC
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