Section 3 of 5
Crop
Rice, beans, and the rotation between them.
The crop register
Entry, what it turns on, reading time.
- Rice stands in waterThe flood is a weed-control and temperature strategy before it is anything else.4–6 inches of flood4 min
- The bean yearWhat the rotation is for, below ground rather than above it.One day of ponding2 min
- Stand establishmentGetting an even stand on ground that has just been cut and filled.Emergence, cut against fill2 min
- Heading and heatThe few nights that decide the yield, and why the flood buffers them.68°F at night2 min
- Draining to harvestThe field has to carry a combine. Timing the drain against the grain.Twenty tonnes on wet clay2 min
Elsewhere in the register