Cotton vs Kapok
Both are Fibre. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Cotton
Kapok
| Measure | Cotton | Kapok |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Kharif | Perennial |
| Sowing window | May–Jun | Jun–Jul |
| Days to harvest | 160–200 | 4–6 yr |
| Spacing | 90 × 60 cm | 8 × 8 m |
| Soil pH | 6.0–8.0 | 5.5–7.5 |
| Water | 700–1200 | 1000–1500 |
| Temperature °C | 21–30 | 20–35 |
| Seed rate | 1.5–2.5 kg (Bt) | Nursery |
| Yield | 2–3 t seed cotton | 0.4–0.8 t |
| Watch for | Pink bollworm, whitefly, jassid | Stainer bug, leaf spot |