When is the right time to sow rice?

Sowing time of rice

Single-season rice is also called single-season rice. It is usually more suitable to be sown before Qingming Festival. The specific suitable time for sowing is March. Do not sow too late, otherwise you may encounter cold dew wind in the second season, which will cause the empty shell rate of rice to increase and affect the quality.

Sowing method of single-season rice

Choose varieties with well-developed root systems, vigorous growth, strong lodging resistance and large yield potential. Draw lines to divide the fields 3 to 5 days before sowing, remove weeds from the field, apply base fertilizer after leveling the land, dig field ditches and surrounding ditches, level the field surface and then sow.

Coat the seeds with seed dressing agent or mix them with ethylenediaminetetrachloride, then spread the seeds in the soil, sow them sparsely and evenly. Cover them with a thin layer of soil after sowing, so that the rice grains are not visible.

Key points for planting single-season rice

When planting a single-season rice crop, the soil needs to be turned over and stubble killed in winter to control overwintering pests. Combined with field preparation, attention should be paid to timely watering during the planting process. It is also necessary to remove weeds, choose a reasonable crop rotation and sowing period, and avoid the high incidence period of diseases and insects during the growth period when rice is easily infected.

One-season rice harvest

Generally speaking, a season of rice will mature in about 140-160 days after sowing, and can then be harvested, usually in mid-to-late July.