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Summertime... โซ aaand living is eeaasy.
Fish are jumping... and the cotton is high! ๐พ
I planted a cotton seed around new year, because why not. Apparently it likes it here.
I also put a seed into a balcony pot, which isn't doing as well. I thought it was too cold outside maybe, but I have another suspicion...
(Edit: seems to be a rusty tussock moth.)
I didn't know you could grow cotton plants in a pot, that's very cool. I wonder how much cotton a single plant would give
I didn't know either, I just put random seeds into pots, sometimes they work. I'm curious about the harvest too.
(3 months later) Enough for a sock?
I harvested one, and it was easy to twist into a short strand of rope by hand. Strong enough that I cannot rip it apart. But it took a long time and I only managed a thick and uneven yarn. Maybe I should skill up and learn spinning...
Anyway, the plant has tiny aphids or something, and I'm too lazy to fight them. I think it's supposed to dry out on its own soon.
