Does anyone here grow rice? If so, tips?

[Esther Knapicius]

guess I could look it up. but what is a quintals. ??

 

[Tropical Gardening Noob]

Why would transplanting the rice be necessary? Just curious.

 

[DrCase]

All the early rice around here goes in the ground around mid April
The seed is drilled into the ground

 

[remnant]

I have no experience with growing rice but I come from the tropics where rice is a major staple in my country. I know for a fact that cereals especially dryland ones are nitrogen intensive plants. You could do well to intercrop with desmodium which enriches the soil with nitrogen. Incorporating well composted manure and fertilizers like DAP will definitely replenish the soil. I know of a breed of dryland rice called Nerica rice which you can easily find out about its agronomy on the internet.

 

[DrCase]

The rice is just starting to come up in Arkansas

 

[Corzhens]

Honestly, I haven't planted rice but let me contribute with what I know. We have been to ricefields before. After the soil is plowed and the fertilizer is applied, the rice bed is sown with the seeds. When the sprouts are 3 inches high, it is the right time to plant. The distance of planting is from 10 to 12 inches apart but the planting material is a bunch of maybe 5 to 10 sprouts (as opposed to that pic). That is how rice is planted by rice farmers here.

 

[Tropical Gardening Noob]

Awesome, thanks for the advice! My rice has long produced its golden-yellow seed heads. I've been harvesting them, and (with much despair) have been hulling the rice in a very inefficient way. Yet again, I only have nine plants, as this is mainly an experiment.
They've produced and have done well with very little care. I am impressed with their yield.

 

[DeborahJane]

Awesome, thanks for the advice! My rice has long produced its golden-yellow seed heads. I've been harvesting them, and (with much despair) have been hulling the rice in a very inefficient way. Yet again, I only have nine plants, as this is mainly an experiment.
They've produced and have done well with very little care. I am impressed with their yield.

I would love to see some pictures of your rice crops. I love rice and it would be fascinating to see it grow. I've seen paddy fields in Bali and Korea but it would never occur to me to grow it. Good luck withnit and pleae share your progress

 

[DrCase]

Rice is up in Arkansas

 

[DrCase]

I like the color of a early rice crop