Cotton is usually planted when all danger of frost is past.
It isn't harvested until october but this is Alabama more South than the Carolinas. It is dangerous for the crop in September because the rain sets in and is liable to damage the crop just before harvest.
Hopefully we will have a good year because we had substantial rainfall during the winter and it is time to plant now. I just hope it rains during late july and early August so the fields will get enough water to sustain them until the October harvest.