Originally Posted by FF_T_Warren (Post 664420)

I am wanting to plant some rice and a mix blend of millet with other things. Anyone know where I can get rice seeds? And some mix? Aside from online because everyone is killing me with shipping from online places. The closer to Baton Rouge or alexandria the better.

Originally Posted by FF_T_Warren (Post 664425)

Also do any of you know about planting rice. I've been reading up on it but seems like there are several methods and would like some first hand info if someone would like to help me out with some tips

Originally Posted by bgizzle (Post 664429)

Such as?

We hand spread some rice in a low water marsh and 50% took. It's gotta be let to grow it's natural life cycle, or harvested to be able to flood and hunt over I believe. If you can control your own water you can do a moist soil management and you'll have all the food you want and be able to manipulate it as you will


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Originally Posted by hudson (Post 664434)

Japanese millet will work all by its self.plant in late July and you good to go

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Originally Posted by hudson (Post 664437)

Plant on dry ground then we flooded it.its more water tolerant than brown top

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Originally Posted by FF_T_Warren (Post 664472)

What about wild rice? Everything I'm reading about rice says take germinated seeds and just broadcast into the water and it will sink to bottom and sprout up. Says works in water 8-36". Sometimes as little as 4 and as much as 5ft

Originally Posted by H2OFwlKlr (Post 664473)

Farmers used to pre-sprout rice, before there were chemicals to control the "wild" red and black rice that were harmful to there conventional rice crop. Soak it, till it started to "pip", or sprout, then fly it in the water in the field. The water was then drained, the root would turn to find moisture, the mud, then a few days later water was pumped back on the field. This allowed the conventional rice a head start over the red and black rice in the ground, by not allowing the red and black rice to start a root, because it did not know where the ground was in the water.

If you get what I'm saying, then by planting your rice in the water, it will all sprout, but only a small percentage will actually make a root and grow. Rice when planted in water allows it to sprout sooner because it is a hard seed, but the water has to be removed for it's root to find the soil and establish a root base, then water is reapplied.

So, my suggestion is throw some in the water if water control is not an


option, some may grow, but also throw some on the bank when the water level drops, it will sprout with just moisture in the soil also, and then when the water level rises it will continue to grow and head out.

Sorry, long winded, if you need more info, pm me.

Originally Posted by Gottogo49 (Post 664476)

Can you sprout them and grow them else where and re-plant them in the water like the Vietnamese do?

Originally Posted by Bdub (Post 664454)

Anyone ever make something like this work in a salt marsh?