I went to the co. extention office for info cus I wanted to grow a few cotton plants in my flower bed just to see how to grow it and in SC you have to have all kinds of papers to grow it and you arent allowed to just have a "few plants around your house" - seems they still have this giant boll weavel angst. I have stopped on the road where cotton has been picked and gleaned a few handfuls of leftover balls - its just like the stuff in the top of pill bottles! - and used it to stuff little things like in cushions, sharet