-Starts four months after planting /bolls.
-Open at about 4-4½ months after sowing.
-Picking should start, as soon as the first bolls open.
-Done on weekly intervals to prevent discolouration of lint.
-Grading of cotton starts in the field during harvesting.
-Seed cotton is sorted into two grades AR (safi and BR (fifi)
-During harvesting the picker carries two containers one for grade AR and the other for grade BR.
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