The pickings spent winter an spring drying our in a kitchen. Two or three weeks after being brought inside, the Pima cotton capsules started opening. It was probably another month before the Uplands o… more →
Oregon Cottonwrote 1 year ago: The pickings spent winter an spring drying our in a kitchen. Two or three weeks after being brought … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In the Willamette Valley, we usually get one good weekend in October,. Today the crop enjoyed 65F. w … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The Pima cotton plants seem to have quit blooming, and the Upland are down to perhaps their last two … more →
wrote 2 years ago: These Pima cotton squares appear to be still filling out their capsules. The Up … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Several Upland cotton blossoms A Pima and an Upland square. Cotton plant … more →
wrote 2 years ago: An eye catching Pima cotton plant blossom. The next morning, the same Pima cotton blos … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The sixth and last cotton plant to bloom, a Pima, finally succeeded. The spiders continue doi … more →
wrote 2 years ago: An exotic Pima blossoms. A frilly Upland blossom Some Upland cotton buds … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Day #146, July 26 Time for the Pima cotton plants to strut their colors. July 26, 10:15 13:45 July 2 … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Day # 136 – July 16, a blossom is about to emerge from this badly focused Upland cotton husk … more →
wrote 2 years ago: 7-13 Coccinellids (ladybugs) are now starting to appear. This one landed on an Upland cotton leaf. E … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Each cotton plant now host spiders on the undersides of several leaves. Wherever they setup their we … more →
wrote 2 years ago: 116, June 26 Why regular inspection of cotton plants is important. From the top, this Upland … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The extremes of new growth can bee seen from this Pima starting over, to a more filled in Upland … more →
wrote 2 years ago: A recap of the recent warm weather Day #, Temperature 86, planting day 60 87, 72 88, 85 89, 9 … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The temperature topped out at 72-degrees today. Larger plants did not do well. The lack of roots pre … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The danger of frost passed about two weeks ago. However, the night temperatures have been in … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The intent was to show leaf venation, but more was captured. The black spots on this Pima cotton lea … more →
wrote 2 years ago: From when the cotyledons matured, to the present, both Pima and Upland cotton plant’s leaves have pi … more →