What is the process to dry/preserve cotton stalks?

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Big lulu on Oct 04, 2017

Cut them off with the length of stem you want. Hang them upside down until they dry.

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- Stephanie Pincheon on Aug 23, 2018
  
  Will the pods pop open once dried?
  
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Robert Ballester on Oct 04, 2017

hang upside down for one week then spray with clear acrylic

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Naomie Moore aka baileyanddaisey, Castaic CA on Oct 04, 2017

Oddly this is all I found . . .

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep004

When I am lucky enough to get some, I just hang upside down till dry.

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