RED RICE – लाल चावल बीज (50 Gm)

🌾 Red Rice Growing Guide (Organic Method)
🔹 Common name ➜ Red rice, Lal chawal
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Oryza sativa (red variety)
🔹 Type ➜ Traditional rice / desi rice
🔹 Speciality ➜ High antioxidants, iron rich, healthy rice
✔️ Popular in: ➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Traditional seed conservation
➜ Desi beej cultivation

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India season:
➜ Nursery sowing ➜ May – June 🌧️
➜ Transplanting ➜ June – July
➜ Harvest ➜ October – November
📍 Punjab timing:
➜ Nursery ➜ May
➜ Transplant ➜ June
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 20–35°C

🌱 Nursery Preparation
Steps:
1️⃣ Select organic red rice seeds
2️⃣ Soak seeds 24 hours
3️⃣ Keep wrapped 24 hours (for sprouting)
4️⃣ Sow in nursery bed
Seed rate: ➜ 8–10 kg per acre

🌾 Transplanting Method
After 20–25 days nursery:
Spacing: ➜ Row ➜ 20 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 15 cm
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Good tillering
➜ Strong plants
➜ Higher yield

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before transplant: ➜ FYM ➜ 8–12 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Green manure
During growth: ➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
➜ Mustard cake fertilizer
✔️ Improves: ➜ Soil microbes
➜ Grain quality
➜ Natural yield
💧 Irrigation
➜ Keep 2–5 cm water level
➜ Drain water sometimes (root oxygen)
Important stages: ➜ Tillering
➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Grain filling

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common pests: ➜ Stem borer
➜ Leaf folder
➜ Brown plant hopper
Organic control: ➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Light traps
➜ Fermented buttermilk spray
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic rice production
➜ Chemical free farming

⏳ Crop Duration
Depends on variety:
➜ Early varieties ➜ 110 days
➜ Traditional varieties ➜ 130–150 days
✔️ Red rice usually takes slightly longer than hybrid rice.

🧺 Harvesting
Harvest when:
➜ Grains become hard
➜ Plants turn golden 🟡
➜ Moisture around 20–25%
After harvest: ➜ Dry properly ☀️
➜ Store in dry place

📦 Yield
Organic yield: ➜ 12–18 quintal per acre
Traditional varieties focus more on: ✔️ Nutrition
✔️ Taste
✔️ Health benefits
(not only yield)