When will millet be threshed in the south?

Rice harvesting in the south is divided into two times:

Around June and July of the lunar calendar, the countryside is called Zaohe;

Around October of the lunar calendar, the countryside is called Dadong.

Rice planting

Rice planting techniques, including paddy field and transplanting, were invented in China. Legend has it that Shennong taught people how to grow rice. At present, in addition to the traditional manual farming methods, there are also highly mechanized farming methods. But still don't lose the following steps:

Carry out soil preparation

Before planting rice, the paddy soil must be ploughed to make it soft. This process is divided into three stages: rough tillage, fine tillage and leveling. In the past, animals and plows, mainly buffaloes, were used for soil preparation and ploughing, but now machines are used for soil preparation.

grow seedlings

Farmers first cultivate seedlings in a field, which is usually called a paddy field. After sowing rice seeds, most farmers will sprinkle a layer of rice husk ash on the soil. In modern times, special seedling-raising centers use seedling-raising boxes to make rice seedlings grow. Good rice seedlings are the key to the success of rice cultivation. When the seedlings grow to about eight centimeters, they can be transplanted.

Transplanted rice seedlings

Insert the seedlings carefully in the rice field, and the space is neat and orderly. The traditional transplanting method will mark the rice field with seedling rope, seedling label or transplanting wheel. When transplanting rice by hand, you will wear a seedling separator on your left thumb to help farmers divide seedlings and insert soil. The climate of transplanting rice seedlings is very important, such as heavy rain will damage the seedlings. There are many rice transplanters used in modern times, but in paddy fields with large fluctuations and non-square shapes, manual rice transplanting is still needed. Seedlings generally show a north-south trend. It is also more convenient to throw seedlings.

Weeding and killing insects

When the seedlings grow, we should always take care of them, uproot weeds, and sometimes use pesticides to get rid of pests (such as snails).

Fertilize soil or land

When the seedlings rise and grow the first rice stalk, it is called tillering stage. During this period, fertilization is often needed to make rice seedlings grow healthily and promote the fullness and quantity of rice quality in the future.

Irrigation and drainage

Rice is more dependent on this procedure. Upland rice is a upland field, and the process of irrigation and drainage is different. However, it is generally necessary to strengthen irrigation after transplanting, when young panicles are formed, and at the heading and flowering stage.

Harvest When the ears of rice droop and are golden and full, you can start harvesting. In the past, farmers cut them one by one with sickles, then tied them up and separated the ears of rice with threshers. There are harvesters in modern times, which directly separate the rice ears from the stems after they are involved, and the rice ears become rice one by one.