Systems of Rice Cultivation in Tamil Nadu
Irrigation management
Mat nursery
- Watering : Water the nursery with rose can as and when needed (twice or thrice a day) to keep the soil moist. Protect the nursery from heavy rains for the first 5 DAS. At 6 DAS, maintain thin film of water all around the seedling mats. Drain the water 2 days before removing the seedling mats for transplanting.
Watering with rose can
- Irrigation only to moist the soil in the early period of 10 days
- Restoring irrigation to a maximum depth of 2.5cm after development of hairline cracks in the soil until panicle initiation
- Increasing irrigation depth to 5.0cm after PI one day after disappearance of ponded water
Alternate wetting and drying (irrigate after development of hairline crack)
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| Systems of Rice Cultivation in Tamil Nadu Mat nursery Watering : Water the nursery with rose can as and when needed (twice or thrice a day) to keep the soil moist. Protect the nursery from heavy rains for the first 5 DAS. At 6 DAS, maintain thin film of water all around the seedling mats. Drain the water 2 days before removing the seedling mats for transplanting. Watering with rose can Irrigation management Irrigation only to moist the soil in the early period of 10 days Restoring irrigation to a maximum depth of 2.5cm after development of hairline cracks in the soil until panicle initiation Increasing irrigation depth to 5.0cm after PI one day after disappearance of ponded water Alternate wetting and drying (irrigate after development of hairline crack) | |
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