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ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

You’re thinking of something else, rice requires the land it’s planted on to be under some centimeters of water. Just look for any image of a rice field. Only when it’s ready to harvest that the field can be drier

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chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
There are varieties of rice that don’t require flooded fields. They’re called upland rice. They have issues with weeds and pest control that regular rice doesn’t have, but these varieties still manage to feed about a hundred million people.

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FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Just because that’s what you see on photos doesn’t mean it’s the only way to grow it, it just means it’s the most efficient way. I had a quick look and found multiple sources corroborating GPs information: rice doesn’t need to be under centimeters of water, it’s only done to improve yield (by combatting weeds and pests).

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piccolo@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Actually flooding rice drowns it. Unfortunately the traditional system for growing rice has prevented realisation of plants’ natural potential by transplanting them too late, by spacing them too closely, and by cutting off the oxygen supply to their roots by continuous flooding of paddies. SRI changes practices that are thousands of years old to bring out rice plants’ significant possibilities for greater yield.

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