I'm hoping to have a bumper crop of cotton this year, especially the white. This was new seed that I grew this year which was donated by a Rav/Facebook friend in Italy (thank you Elisa). Look how perfect these bolls are :-
Most of the white ones are like this. My previous white cotton was a bit messy and disorganised, but these are just perfect.
The green has done well too, although there won't be quite as much. I grew quite a lot of cotton this year and by the time I came to repotting the green (and some of the white) I'd run out of large pots. All of the green ended up in much smaller pots than I would like, but they're still producing 5 o 6 bolls per plant. When it came to repotting the sienna plants, I had a brainwave - plant them in used compost bags with their tops rolled down - worked a treat.
The green colour is quite subtle because the sun fades the outside fluff, but in the centres they're greener. A promise of things to come!
The star of the show for me this year (and there won't be an awful lot of these as they were planted later than the others, and I only have six plants) has to be the sienna.
Perhaps not the best-looking boll in the world, but look at that colour! I must admit to being rather disappointed when this boll first opened as it was rather pale and didn't look much like the seed cotton I bought from Sally Fox earlier in the year. I left it on the plant for a while though and it's gradually darkened to the colour I remember.
This morning I picked all the bolls from the plants that have finished producing (mainly the ones in the smaller pots) but there are lots more to come.
Note to Self : buy more large pots for next year!
The question is, as these were all grown in fairly close proximity to each other, will they have crossed? Exciting times ahead (maybe)!
Most of the white ones are like this. My previous white cotton was a bit messy and disorganised, but these are just perfect.
The green has done well too, although there won't be quite as much. I grew quite a lot of cotton this year and by the time I came to repotting the green (and some of the white) I'd run out of large pots. All of the green ended up in much smaller pots than I would like, but they're still producing 5 o 6 bolls per plant. When it came to repotting the sienna plants, I had a brainwave - plant them in used compost bags with their tops rolled down - worked a treat.
The green colour is quite subtle because the sun fades the outside fluff, but in the centres they're greener. A promise of things to come!
The star of the show for me this year (and there won't be an awful lot of these as they were planted later than the others, and I only have six plants) has to be the sienna.
Perhaps not the best-looking boll in the world, but look at that colour! I must admit to being rather disappointed when this boll first opened as it was rather pale and didn't look much like the seed cotton I bought from Sally Fox earlier in the year. I left it on the plant for a while though and it's gradually darkened to the colour I remember.
This morning I picked all the bolls from the plants that have finished producing (mainly the ones in the smaller pots) but there are lots more to come.
Note to Self : buy more large pots for next year!
The question is, as these were all grown in fairly close proximity to each other, will they have crossed? Exciting times ahead (maybe)!
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