Carolina Gardening: is it legal....?, 0 by raydio

raydio wrote:
I grew some colored cottons last year and had huge plants by season's end. Start them indoors for an earlier start on the season and give them as much sun as possible. They love the heat.

They *will* attract weevils, so beware. By the time you discover the larvae, it's too late to save the affected bolls. I think I used Sevin liquid a couple times, but didn't keep it up, so I did have a bit of damage from weevils, but not a lot. No cotton fields anywhere close by, so those little fellers have good noses it seems!

Some of my plants were 5+ feet tall while others were shorter. I think that was partially dependent on the different types but due to the different soils they were in. The richer the soil, the larger the plant, generally. I didn't fertilize, but I couldn't see any evidence that they wanted any, lol. Give them lots of room as they will side-branch and crowd out whatever is in their way and if they are too crowded together, production is cut.

There were several colors of blooms, which deepened as they aged, but I don't recall any scent at all. If it was there, I missed it, I suppose, but if there was any, apparently I wasn't terribly impressed, ;-). Blooms first appeared about mid-July. I planted my seeds in the ground, sometime in spring once it had warmed a bit.

Good luck!

A pic of some cotton crowding out the zinnias and worrying the nanners: