Aromatic rice variety with fluffy texture. Engineered for stability in wet season planting.
Preparation
Rice is unique as it performs best in semi-aquatic conditions. Prepare a level paddy field or a sunken bed that can hold water. The soil should be heavy enough to retain water, enriched with organic compost before flooding.
How to Grow Rice
- Materials: Water source for flooding, organic fertilizer, sickle for harvest.
- Method: Soak seeds for 24 hours, then incubate in a damp cloth for another 24 hours until tiny sprouts appear. Sow these pre-sprouted seeds thickly in a nursery bed first.After 15-20 days, transplant the seedlings into the wet main field. Plant them in a grid pattern with 20cm x 20cm spacing. Maintain a shallow water depth of 2-3cm during the vegetative growth phase to suppress weeds. Drain the water completely 2 weeks before the expected harvest date to firm up the soil.
How to Harvest
- Harvesting occurs around 110-115 days.
- The rice is ready when the drooping panicles turn from green to golden yellow and the grains feel hard.
- Cut the stalks using a sickle and thresh the grains to separate them from the straw.
Common Problems
- Brown Planthopper is a major pest that sucks sap from the stems, causing "hopper burn" (plants turn brown and die). Encourage natural predators like spiders or use resistant varieties like Dewi Sri 08.
- Blast Disease causes diamond-shaped lesions on leaves; avoid excessive nitrogen fertilizer.
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