Success! We have rice and it's finishing before a killing frost. Certainly has been an education and wow this stuff loves nitrogen!! I drilled at 3 different levels and clearly rice likes to be dense. The best is planted at 110 lbs per acre. The less dense areas at 95 lbs and 75 lbs suffered from competition, more spraying and shorter stems due to more sunlight. Did I say this stuff loves nitrogen?!
Certainly a first for me, maybe for Stewart county. Once I learned how to manage the water it became much easier. After it's 8 inches tall, flood it but you really need a level hole. This hole is 8 acres (6 in rice) graded to drain to one corner. 6 inches fall over 600 ft south to north and 6 inches fall over 1000 ft west to East so NE corner is 12 inches below the SW corner, just gotta keep the tops out of the water.
Certainly a first for me, maybe for Stewart county. Once I learned how to manage the water it became much easier. After it's 8 inches tall, flood it but you really need a level hole. This hole is 8 acres (6 in rice) graded to drain to one corner. 6 inches fall over 600 ft south to north and 6 inches fall over 1000 ft west to East so NE corner is 12 inches below the SW corner, just gotta keep the tops out of the water.
