Picture from yesterday morning looking down the rows. This is the stage I’ve been hoping to see for a while now. When the bolls in the middle of the plant start to mature and add weight, the plants look like they are squatting, and the rows kinda disappear. This usually means the plant is done growing taller. I would have liked it to be another 6” taller but Mother Nature thought otherwise.
Look closely and you can see a lot of white bloom flowers in the top. That is new fruiting positions being put on, and generally any white bloom before August 25 will result in harvestable fruit. After 3-4 days the white bloom will turn red, then in another 3-4 days it will fall off as the small boll is developing underneath. That is the red you see in the top.
I’m very anxious to see what we have here. This year I planted on a different seeding configuration and I’m not sure how it will turn out. We’ve had some small showers the last 2 days and are set to get rain today. If we catch anything over 1/2” I’m done irrigating for the year, which means I get to be home in the daylight hours.