Can someone explain how rice is cultivated please?
Rice is a water loving plant ( Technically called Hydrophyte ) so it requires to be in submerged conditions . As the grains mature then water must dry out. Grain with brown husk ( this is fruit and seed combined ) is called paddy ( Hence rice cultivation is also called paddy cultivation. The dehusked grain is called rice ( It is white and with out the embryo part . so if put in soil it will never germinate . It is only the paddy mentioned above capable of germination ) Paddy cultivation requires “Transplanting ” That is after germination the seedlings with good height are literally uprooted and replanted in another plot in water logged conditions . This is perhaps what you saw the rice farmers doing in paddy field Rice is a close relative of wheat and the two are similar in an appearance from distance . A click on the following links will give you an insight in rice cultivation and more = http://www.indepthinfo.co
