Blooms!!!!!!

We might actually have cotton!!!!!!  I spoke with my papaw this morning and he told me a little bit more about how things should progress now that we have blooms.  When I asked why the blooms are different colors on different plants, he told me that the bloom is first white and then changes color.  The pictures below show some of the darker blooms shriveled up.  This is a good sign.  That means the blooms will fall off, leaving what Papaw said folks call a "square."  Apparently, its actually triangular shaped.  From the square comes the boll.  It's so nice to be able to talk to him about what's going on, instead of searching the Internet.

Look closely and you can see the bloom on the right hand side.

This one has two so far.

My pride and joy!

From here, the boll will start to form.  My Uncle Powell, manger of a farmer's co-op, said we should have bolls by July 4th.  Won't that be amazing?!