Cotton on the outside of the rows has better air circulation, and bolls are fluffing out. But deeper in the field you see how bad it is. I looked at some fields late last week in Desha County where cotton had been rotting as fast as it opened, plus bolls were locking and seeds were germinating in the bolls. Our problem isn't so much boll rot in places as it is hard lock. It's horrible in some spots.
Conditions are more favorable now.
Some of it is picking well where it's north of the areas that got heavy rains. Everything that opened before the rain has sprouted in the burr. It's the worst boll rot I've ever seen, rotten up and down the plant. I picked a plant at random and counted 10 rotten bolls out of 25, and some of the rotten ones weren't even open yet. We're seeing sprouting to the point that cotyledon leaves are pushing out on one side and little tap roots on the other.