Ending Tet early, farmers go to the fields to take care of spring rice

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue, a farmer in Hamlet 1, Vinh Thanh Commune (Yen Thanh) prepares fertilizer for rice. Photo: Xuan Hoang

The warm and sunny weather in the past few days has helped spring rice grow quickly. Therefore, farmers in Yen Thanh, Nam Dan, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc districts... had to end Tet early to go to the fields to prune and take care of the rice from the afternoon of the 3rd and 4th day of Tet.

In the field, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hue, a farmer in Hamlet 1, Vinh Thanh Commune (Yen Thanh) said: This spring, her family planted 8 sao of rice fields. Right after Tet, she and her husband took advantage of the warm weather to go to the fields, weed, and use nitrogen fertilizer. For shallow fields, she applied 8 kg of nitrogen per sao, and for deep fields, she applied 6 kg of nitrogen per sao.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai, a farmer in Hamlet 7, Khanh Thanh Commune (Yen Thanh) said: This year's spring rice planting ended on January 20, the sunny weather helped the rice grow quickly. Therefore, right after Tet, she went to the field to clean the grass on the banks, trim and weed the rice, then fertilized with nitrogen fertilizer so that the rice plants could tiller on time.

Farmers in Nam Dan district also went to the fields on the third day of Tet to take care of the rice. Photo: Quang An

In addition to rice, farmers in Nghi Loc, Dien Chau... also actively take care of spring peanuts right from the first days of the new year. Households must open the plastic bags in time to prevent peanut sprouts from withering in the sun.

Farmers are worried that the prolonged hot weather will affect the growth of spring peanuts. Photo: Quang An

Mr. Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection recommends: Farmers need to focus on taking care of spring rice by weeding, hoeing, and concentrated fertilization, not sporadic fertilization, to limit ineffective tillering. For vegetables, peanuts, and corn of all kinds, farmers should sow the remaining areas when the weather is favorable to ensure the season, especially for peanuts, it is necessary to remove the plastic covering on the beds so that the peanuts can grow.

Localities need to focus on killing rats to protect spring crops, using the following measures: Clearing bushes, using traditional rat traps and biological rat poison./.