Strange story: Sowing rice seedlings in the middle of a water spinach pond in Thanh Chuong

(Baonghean.vn) - To keep up with the season and fight drought, people in Hamlet 1, Thanh Luong Commune (Thanh Chuong) cope with drought by sowing summer-autumn rice in the water spinach pond.

People are joining hands to bail out water to save the rice seedlings that have been sown.

In recent days, Mr. Nguyen Trong Son and his wife, as well as many other farmers in Hamlet 1, have been actively dredging mud onto the beds in Xoi Xoi pond to sow summer-autumn rice. In fact, Xoi Xoi pond is a low-lying area on public land of Thanh Luong commune that is flooded all year round.

Mr. Son said that due to stagnant water, rice plants often die, so in recent years, local people no longer grow rice but switch to growing water spinach, from which the Xoi Xoi pond becomes a water spinach pond. The rice is not good, but the water spinach grown in the Xoi Xoi pond is suitable and grows well.

For about 3 years now, the local summer-autumn rice planting season has often encountered severe drought and water shortages, so the rice seedlings in the wet and dry fields have all withered and "burned to death", even though people still use buffalo carts to carry water to the fields every day to water them.

To cope with drought and naturally prevent drought for rice seedlings, people in hamlet 1 came up with the idea of ​​sowing rice seedlings in the middle of this water spinach pond.

Surprisingly, it is very suitable for sowing rice seedlings. During the recent drought, the sun was strong and the southwest wind blew strongly, while the seedlings sown in other high and moist fields were all “burned”, causing a serious shortage of seedlings for many households in the area, while the seedlings sown in the middle of the water spinach pond still grew well, ensuring the quality of the seedlings.

People prepare the land to sow rice seedlings on time. Photo: Huy Thu

Continuing the “initiative” of previous years, this summer-autumn crop, the people of Hamlet 1 continued to sow rice seedlings in the Xoi Xoi pond. However, the weather in recent days has been rainy, so it is not favorable for the people. The sowing of rice seedlings had to be done over and over again, and many people had to be mobilized to bail out water when it rained. Passersby, seeing the scene of people sowing rice seedlings in the middle of the water spinach pond, were surprised, but only after asking did they find out.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Nam, head of Hamlet 1, said: Although sowing rice in Xoi Xoi pond can withstand drought, it is quite difficult to sow at first. Because the pond is stagnant, to sow rice, you have to pump and drain the water, which takes a lot of effort. If you encounter a storm while sowing rice, all your efforts will be in vain. When the rice seedlings grow green, you have to pay attention to the water until the rice seedlings are well above the flood level, or the weather is favorable, then you can feel secure.

When the harvest is about to start, there is a lot of rain and stagnant water. The practice of sowing rice seedlings in the water spinach pond by the people of Hamlet 1, Thanh Luong Commune to prevent drought for the summer-autumn rice seedlings is truly unique and rarely done./.

Huy Thu