Many rice fields in Nghe An died due to severe cold.

People in Quynh Hau commune are worried when rice seedlings die close to the district's planting schedule. Photo: Hong Dien

Mrs. Hoang Thi Danh in Hamlet 1, Quynh Hau Commune,Quynh Luu districtsaid: This year her family sowed 13 kg of rice seeds of various types: Thai Xuyen, Long Huong, Phu Uu to serve the planting on an area of ​​9 sao of spring rice. After sowing, she carefully covered the seedlings with plastic to keep them warm. However, after the recent cold spell, she checked and discovered that a large area of ​​seedlings had died, mainly on the Thai Xuyen variety.

Not only Mrs. Danh but many other households in Quynh Hau commune have the same situation. According to the people here, most of the rice seedlings are concentrated in areas by the northerners and 100% of the rice seedlings are covered.plastic coverBe careful. The current situation of many dead seedlings is due to the low temperature days, no water source in canals and ditches so people cannot bring water to the fields, causing dry conditions and weak seedlings.

Areas of rice seedlings that die like this must be re-sown. Photo: Hong Dien

Mrs. Ho Thi Tuyet, in Hamlet 2, said worriedly: Currently, she and other households open the plastic bags during the day to let the seedlings get used to the current weather temperature. At the same time, they mix phosphate with wood ash and spread it evenly on each bed and add water to keep the seedlings warm so they don't die.

In Quynh Dien commune, the phenomenon of dead seedlings also occurred locally, in clusters mainly concentrated in hamlets 1, 2, 3 and hamlet 4. Mr. Vo Trung Kien - Agricultural officer of Quynh Dien commune said: Currently, the commune is directing hamlets to strengthen field inspection work, when detecting the rate of dead seedlings of more than 20% on the bed, it is recommended that people soak and plant seedlings with a growing period of 110 - 120 days such as: Nghe An 2, TBR 225, Khang Dan... to ensure the general crop schedule of the whole district.

Many rice seedlings in Quynh Hau commune died at a high rate. Photo: Hong Dien

After planting the seedlings, use transparent white plastic to cover them so that they can photosynthesize better. At the same time, propagate that families need to regularly maintain 3-5 cm of water in the field to keep the seedlings warm, absolutely do not let the seedling beds dry out. In addition, increase the application of wood ash and phosphate powder to strengthen the plants and help the seedlings develop strong roots.

People pour water onto the rice seedlings so that the phosphate and ash can quickly soak into the ground to keep the seedlings warm. Photo: Hong Dien

Recently, Quynh Luu district has established delegations to inspect the work of disease prevention and control.severe coldFor crops in communes in the district, it was found that on spring seedlings with 1.5 leaves, there were scattered deaths, with some beds having over 20% of the area. This situation is common in areas with high, dry soil, concentrated in Quynh Hau, Quynh My, Quynh Thanh communes...

Localities in Quynh Luu district have concentrated rice seedlings in areas and carefully covered them with plastic, but the seedlings still freeze to death. Photo: Hong Dien

The district recommends that people, in warm and sunny conditions, open both ends of the beds and cover them before 5 p.m. to both protect against the cold and prevent rats and planthoppers from entering and causing damage, and transmitting black-striped dwarf disease. Along with that, absolutely do not water with foliar fertilizers containing a lot of nitrogen before planting./.