For the first time, a few of the fruits on the cotton plants in my community garden had matured fully where they burst forth to reveal the white, silky cotton inside their hard, dry cases! The picture below was taken on Monday morning.
The “cotton” has to be harvested immediately to maintain their pristine white colour so as to not be soiled by water, rain or mud splashes. The seeds can be found being embedded in the mess of fibers and are difficult to retrieve them totally free of cotton fibers.
