Greater sunlight penetration into the canopy should lead to increased second and greater boll set on lower plant nodes. The objective of the present investigation was to determine the effects of a skip row vs. solid planting pattern on cotton fiber properties. The research was conducted at two locations, Alexandria and Lettsworth in Louisiana in 1995 and 1996. The experimental design was split-plot with skip and solid row planting patterns as main-plots and three varieties, DPL5415, H1220, and SG404 as subplots. Fiber properties were determined by HVI at the LSU Cotton Fiber Laboratory from grab samples. Planting arrangement was not significant at either location or across years. Fiber properties were significantly different between varieties across location and years. These result indicate planting arrangement had no effect on fiber properties; however, significant differences were found between varieties for fiber properties.