how to plant rice
Seeta Fernandes
Professor Giordano
ENC 1101
21 January 2012
How to Plant Rice.
Do you know what rice is only when it’s on your plate? Rice is eaten worldwide
in all forms and styles, but do people really know where this rice came from or all the
hard labor put into producing this amazing source of food? When it is covered by a
brown hull, rice is called paddy; rice fields are also called rice paddies, or paddy fields.
When planting rice, these are some important steps you will need to know in order to
have a successful crop.
First, you have to consider the season because you have to plant rice closer to the
dryer months to make use of the solar radiation, which is at its strongest during that time.
The plants are healthier and produce higher yields then. Next, you have to check for soil
fertility. The more fertile the soil is, the nearer the plants can be planted next to each
other. Then, you have to prepare the land, so you will need a tractor with a plough to
make shallow furrows in the fields. Since the fields will have to be slightly flooded, you
will also need a fully functioning drainage and irrigation system. Rice thrives under wet
and warm conditions. After all of this, the fields will be ready for the seeds to be sown.
Now that the conditions are favorable for planting, you gather the pre-germinated
seeds, which are paddies soaked in a shallow pond or any source of water for twenty four
hours and incubated at room temperature for another forty eight hours. These seeds are
then sown manually or by aircraft, in neat rows, in the water- covered fields, and left in
these conditions for three or four days when the water will be drained off the fields. After
this process, fields will need to be flooded at intervals. Here you would need to use the
irrigation canals to control the water, in and out of the fields. While the rice is growing,
you have to tend to
Professor Giordano
ENC 1101
21 January 2012
How to Plant Rice.
Do you know what rice is only when it’s on your plate? Rice is eaten worldwide
in all forms and styles, but do people really know where this rice came from or all the
hard labor put into producing this amazing source of food? When it is covered by a
brown hull, rice is called paddy; rice fields are also called rice paddies, or paddy fields.
When planting rice, these are some important steps you will need to know in order to
have a successful crop.
First, you have to consider the season because you have to plant rice closer to the
dryer months to make use of the solar radiation, which is at its strongest during that time.
The plants are healthier and produce higher yields then. Next, you have to check for soil
fertility. The more fertile the soil is, the nearer the plants can be planted next to each
other. Then, you have to prepare the land, so you will need a tractor with a plough to
make shallow furrows in the fields. Since the fields will have to be slightly flooded, you
will also need a fully functioning drainage and irrigation system. Rice thrives under wet
and warm conditions. After all of this, the fields will be ready for the seeds to be sown.
Now that the conditions are favorable for planting, you gather the pre-germinated
seeds, which are paddies soaked in a shallow pond or any source of water for twenty four
hours and incubated at room temperature for another forty eight hours. These seeds are
then sown manually or by aircraft, in neat rows, in the water- covered fields, and left in
these conditions for three or four days when the water will be drained off the fields. After
this process, fields will need to be flooded at intervals. Here you would need to use the
irrigation canals to control the water, in and out of the fields. While the rice is growing,
you have to tend to