Complete Guide and Procedure in Planting Rice

 What you need to know and follow in order to succeed in planting rice.

Here are the activities and schedule to take note in rice production for 1-hectare rice field;

Activity	Schedule	Needed Inputs/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 sowing 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