Geographical conditions required for growing cotton are:
(i) Cotton grows well in drier parts of the black cotton soil of the Deccan plateau.
(ii) It requires high temperature, light rainfall or irrigation.
(iii) It also requires 210 frost free days and bright sunshine for its growth.
(iv) It’s a Kharif crop and requires 6 to 8 months to mature.
(v) Major cotton producing states are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
