How does rice grow? Detailed answer

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How does rice grow?

Did you know that almost half of the world's population lives almost exclusively on rice? Most of these people live in Asia, but rice is of great importance to Europeans as well. There are thousands of varieties of rice that differ significantly from each other.

Wild rice grows on shallow lakes in northeastern Canada and the United States. It is only distantly related to the cultivated rice that most people eat. And where there are hills or plateaus, rice can be grown in dry fields on the plateau, like other crops.

But most of the rice, which is called lowland rice, is grown on flat, muddy soil that has been deposited by water. Such soil is usually found on the banks of rivers and lakes. This soil is not only wet, but it can also be flooded during rice growth. Rice is planted in specially prepared seed nests. The seedlings are then transplanted into flat fields surrounded by dams called checks. The fields are then flooded with water, which passes through special gates in the walls surrounding each field.

During the ripening of rice, the rice grower must maintain a water level of at least 13 centimeters. For weeding, the water is drained and the weeds are pulled out by hand.

Then, before the leaves turn from green to yellow, the fields are drained again for harvest. So, as you can see, growing rice is very labor intensive. No one knows where rice first appeared, but it is one of the oldest crops.

The Chinese have been growing rice for 5000 years! But perhaps rice first appeared on the banks of lakes and rivers in India, and from there it spread to other countries. In Europe, rice began to be grown in the fifteenth century in Italy.

Author: Likum A.

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