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[ed&bunkie <bunked@centurytel.net>]

thanks for the advice Ken. i was wondering about the transplanting. i  
think Bill mentioned on all the PBS gardening/growing shows, one 
observes, like in China, the gardeners putting rice plants/transplants 
in the water. if the root system is so fragile, how do they do this? is 
it the medium of water that doesn't disturb the roots?

thanks, bunkie.


On Saturday, March 1, 2008, at 06:08 PM, Ken Bezilla wrote:

> I've tried growing rice the last couple years.  Useful stuff I've 
> learned =
>
> 1) Plant as early as possible
> 2) Direct-seeding is usually better -- all the transplants we did died.
> 3) When weeding, make sure to keep grass under control -- once grass 
> gets large, it's hard to tell it apart from the rice.
>
> Ken Bezilla
> Acorn
> central VA
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