In a few more days, my cotton plants will be one year old. They are growing quite wildly now among with the weeds. The coming of the rainy season has freshen them up. There are no signs of the aphids, the red cotton stainers, and the weavils, that infested them during the summer. The once dead leaves caused by aphids were replaced with lush green leaves. I think the viny weeds have helped them stood up against the wind during the recent storm that hit us. So i will not be weeding them yet as we will be expecting a few more storms to come. There are also lots of cotton bolls, probably a lot more compared during the summer. However, the rain is severely damaging the bolls, much more than insect damage. The bolls often rot away. I am contemplating of putting a clear roof over them to keep the rain out...
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