Things that you must know and needed to prepare in order to have a successful rice production in your farm. Rice production for direct seeded and transplanted rice. Cultural practices that are still suitable in rice production.
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Rice Production Guide
and Procedures
The Philippines main crop during rainy season is rice, and Filipinos are rice
eating people, that is why the demand of rice is high. There are several
varieties of rice available in the country today, there are a lot of it in the
province of Nueva Ecija, the Philippine’s rice granary.
There are two ways of planting rice;
1.
Direct
seeding- directly sow in the field, sustain and nurture it until harvest.
2.
Transplanted-
sow in a seedbed first, then transplanted after 15-30 days.
Select rice seeds suited for the period, climate, and soil texture of the farm. Find the seeds of your choice, be sure to obtain them from good source. Prepare your inputs; seeds, fertilizer, insecticide, fungicide, and foliar fertilizer, they are essential to obtain high or your target harvest.
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For direct seeding, prepare the area to be planted, plowing it then apply water to loosen the soil then make it plain by using rotavator, harrow, or hand tractor. Put levees if needed to control the level of water, you may spray 3k fertilizer to speed up the conversion of plant remains into organic materials needed by the plant. Three days before the scheduled direct seeding, soak the seeds in water for twelve hours, replace the water every six hours if you’re using drum or basin. After twelve hours remove the water from the basin, put it in a shady part, cover it to avoid direct exposure to sunlight, check it after twenty-four hours if there is a sign of germination, if the roots began to come out, it is now ready to be sown. Put about two to three inches’ water deep to the area to be direct seeded to avoid dislocation of seeds during unexpected rainfall, then drain the water after fifteen hours to allow the seeds fast germination.
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For transplanted rice, prepare the seedbed, while preparing the seedbed you may now soak the seeds for twenty fours, same process done in direct seeding seeds of rice. The quantity of rice seeds sown in a seedbed depend on how thick and wide is the spacing you desire in planting rice.
For
example, you may prepare 120-130 kilos 15 x 15 meters of seedbed for 1 hectare.
Here
are the activities and schedule to take note in rice production for 1-hectare
rice field;
|
Activity |
Schedule |
Needed Materials |
Required Manpower |
|
Land preparation 1-2x plowing |
1-2 weeks before transplanting. 1-2 weeks before sowing |
Tractor with stable or rotavator |
1-2 persons |
|
Preparing and fixing levees |
1 week before planting or transplanting |
Plow, string, and shovel |
3 persons |
|
Preparing field for sowing and transplanting/ spraying 3k fertilizer |
2-3 days before sowing and transplanting |
Hand tractor, rotavator, and sprayer |
3 persons |
|
Sowing and transplanting |
Zero days of seeds 15-25 days of seedlings |
Sower and Trans planter |
Machine, or 10 persons for transplanting 3 persons for sowing |
|
First application of fertilizer |
1 week after sowing or trans planting |
100kg urea and 50kg complete fertilizer |
3 persons |
|
Herbicide application, depends on weeds growth and quantity |
Pre-emergence herbicide 1-2 days after transplanting. Post-emergence, 2-3 weeks after transplanting or sowing |
Pre-emergence Machete. Post-emergence with broad leaves and grasses Nominee one, Grasses
Finale |
2-3 persons |
|
Second application of fertilizer |
For yellowish and smaller rice plant after application of herbicide |
50 kg urea |
1-2 persons |
|
Foliar application |
3-4 weeks after sowing or transplanting |
3k fertilizer, chelated calcium, anaa, silwet |
2-3 persons |
|
Foliar application and insecticide |
7 weeks after sowing or transplanting |
Anaa, 3k fertilizer, power grower combo, silwet, cartap |
1-2 persons |
|
Last application of fertilizer |
8 weeks after sowing 8-9 after transplanting |
100 kg urea |
1-2 person |
|
Last application of foliar and insecticide |
10 weeks, or at panicle initiation |
Anaa, chelated calcium, 3k fertilizer, heavyweight tandem, prevathon,
and silwet |
1-2 persons |
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