tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post8842461740963837789..comments2024-03-07T03:01:03.278+05:30Comments on Farm, yeah: rice in pond - washed outcsmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557461643577046017noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-72927617173635177632011-01-18T18:28:11.613+05:302011-01-18T18:28:11.613+05:30boovarahan - our second expt is still on and going...boovarahan - our second expt is still on and going decent. check for updates soon. and of course, we shall keep trying, may be not in the pond ;-)<br />i read you emails in the fukuoka farming list :-)<br />and we are planning to build a cottage with adobe bricks and more on that too soon.csmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557461643577046017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-54149393127221863512011-01-18T18:07:27.714+05:302011-01-18T18:07:27.714+05:30Alas the rice experiment did not click through as ...Alas the rice experiment did not click through as expected ! though rice can survive in stagnant water it needs a little bit draining off of water . I transplanted my first ever rice saplings in mid-Purattasi and my rice fields are flooded with water since 20 days of planting the rice. I am yet to see the outcome. Hope you wud give another try in the coming season which will not be affected by Boovarahan Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-25876753013476867782011-01-16T10:32:58.659+05:302011-01-16T10:32:58.659+05:30a - our beds require access from both sides and ha...a - our beds require access from both sides and having rice will not be possible.<br />we tried a variety called nawabi kolam - given by bhaskarbhai save.<br /><br />waiting for ragu-nisha's update on their ragi on raised beds.<br /><br />for rice, we have to look at krishna at solitude farm in auroville. he is just about to harvest his first natural farming experiment with rice.csmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557461643577046017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-25137572099849281702011-01-15T19:39:00.703+05:302011-01-15T19:39:00.703+05:30Have you tried direct seeding of rice on the edge ...Have you tried direct seeding of rice on the edge of the trenches of your mulched vegetable beds. That way they should have more water, and the wider spacing as recommended by SRI should lead to more tillers and yield. What rice variety did you plant? Most of the hybrids I believe are weak, and live within a narrow range of environmental conditions. You should try navare or njavara rice, a tall Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com