Actively cover the plating with plastic

(Baonghean) - Spring crop production often encounters severe cold weather, so in recent years people have focused on protecting seedlings from the cold by covering them with plastic to ensure warmth for safe seedling development and ensure the source of seedlings for transplanting.

While carefully covering the edges of the plastic for 4 rows of newly planted seedlings, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong in Hamlet 8, Nam Trung Commune (Nam Dan) excitedly said: "This year the weather is so cold, my family has to carefully cover the seedlings with plastic, it only costs a little more money to buy plastic, otherwise if we don't cover it, it will be very cold, and the seedlings will die, which will cost more money to buy seeds, and the crop schedule will be delayed. My family grows 5 sao of spring rice, now we have just planted seedlings for long-term varieties such as AC5, glutinous rice lines 87, 97, and hybrid rice seedlings will be planted around January 10. To ensure enough seedlings for 5 sao of rice fields, my family bought 5 kg of plastic to cover the entire area of ​​​​planting seedlings, in addition to fertilizing with phosphate and wood ash to keep the field warm."

People in Nam Trung commune (Nam Dan) cover rice seedlings with plastic to protect them from the cold.

In addition, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hanh's household in Hamlet 3, Nam Trung Commune is also covering the early spring rice seedlings with plastic. With 7.5 sao of spring crop production, Mrs. Hanh has bought nearly 7kg of plastic to prepare to cover the entire area of ​​seedlings. For spring crop production, every year her family implements cold protection measures for seedlings, thanks to which the source of seeds is always guaranteed, the seedlings are healthy, the rice grows well for high yield.

In the spring crop of 2014, Nam Trung commune plans to plant 323.6 hectares of rice, 70 hectares of peanuts, 30 hectares of corn and about 20 hectares of other crops. Of which, 30 hectares of pure rice variety X23 has a long growing period, so people have planted seedlings since December 8, 2013 and covered them 100% with plastic. Tea 2, glutinous rice varieties 87, 97 and pure rice varieties AC5, BC15, including 43 hectares, have been planted since December 20, also covered 100% with plastic. For 200 hectares of hybrid rice, they will not be planted until January 12-14. Mr. Pham Van Phuong - Head of the Agriculture Department of Nam Trung commune said: Every year, Nam Trung people proactively protect their seedlings from the cold because they determine that it is to ensure benefits for their families. In recent years, people have been very proactive in covering them with plastic when planting spring seedlings. Up to this point, the people of the whole commune have received 1.8 tons of nylon (supported by the price of the province and district), in addition, people have also bought 600 kg of nylon, ensuring enough nylon to cover the entire area of ​​seedlings against the cold in the commune. In addition to covering with nylon, local people have increased phosphate and ash fertilization, kept water in the fields, and kept warm to ensure the quality of the seed source. Up to now, the early rice seedlings have been planted for more than 20 days, although the weather is very cold, the seedlings are still growing normally, people have complete confidence in traditional cold protection measures. The commune has increased inspection and timely guidance for the people, if severe cold persists, people are directed to promptly overcome the situation, in any case, it is necessary to ensure that the seed source for planting covers the entire production area.

Up in Do Luong district, although the seeds have not been planted yet, local people have prepared materials to protect the seedlings from the cold. Due to the seasonal conditions this year, the seedlings are sown in the mild to severe cold season, so people have decided to cover them 100% with plastic. Severe cold often affects the germination of seeds and the growth of seedlings; covering seedlings with plastic not only helps to actively protect the seedlings from the cold but also has many other benefits such as avoiding sucking aphids that transmit yellow dwarf, leaf curl dwarf and black striped dwarf diseases; shortening the seedling stage, the seedlings reach 3 leaves after only 15-16 days.

Ms. Dao Thi Son's family in Hamlet 1, Nhan Son Commune (Do Luong) is skillfully using bamboo sticks to support the seedling beds. Ms. Son carefully reminds her husband to carefully attach the edges of the plastic sheet to the edges of the seedling beds to create a completely sealed chamber, ensuring that the wind will not blow it open. Ms. Son's family grows 4 sao of spring rice, including 2 sao in Hoc Cho area. Seedlings were sown on December 31. After 1 week, the 2 ends of the plastic sheet will be opened to let the seedlings get used to the environment. Ms. Son's husband shared: "In 2008, there was a model of covering the seedlings with plastic in the commune. Seeing that the seedlings grew quickly and safely, everyone in the commune learned how to cover the spring seedlings with plastic to protect them from the cold, ensuring good quality of the transplanted seedlings and healthy growth of the rice plants.

In cold weather conditions, uncovered seedlings are very susceptible to frostbite. If the seedlings are still stable, it takes more than 30 days to be transplanted. Moreover, the growing period is long, old seedlings must be planted densely, which wastes seeds and is prone to many pests and diseases, and the rice yield is not high. Meanwhile, seedlings covered with plastic only take 15-20 days to be transplanted into the field, young seedlings, and farmers plant sparsely, which saves seeds and gives high yield. Every year, my family does a good job of protecting seedlings from the cold and planting sparsely, so the yield of hybrid rice in the spring crop always reaches an average of 4.5 quintals/sao, and we rarely have to spray pesticides. Mr. Dang Huu Tu, hamlet 4, Thuan Son commune (Do Luong) boasted that he carefully stored the canopy frame to cover the seedlings, and every spring crop he brings it out to use. For the past 5-6 years, his family has always covered the seedlings with plastic, so even in extremely cold weather, the seedlings still grow safely.

Mr. Phan Ba ​​Binh - Chairman of Thuan Son Agricultural Cooperative said: In the spring crop of 2014, Thuan Son commune produced 154 hectares of rice, 40 hectares of peanuts, and 85 hectares of corn. The entire rice area was planted with seedlings and covered with 100% plastic. Up to this point, the cooperative has taken back 1.2 tons of plastic to cover seedlings to supply to each household, and nearly 4 tons of plastic to cover peanuts to meet the entire peanut area covered with 100% plastic. Farmers in Thuan Son commune have a fairly intensive level of cultivation, regularly applying scientific and technical advances in production, covering seedlings with plastic to prevent cold has been applied by people for many years. The same goes for peanuts, planting peanuts covered with plastic is guaranteed to develop well, with a high amount of sprouting and fruiting, thanks to ensuring humidity, creating conditions for the tuber rays to contact the ground to create more tubers, giving a yield about 10% higher than planting peanuts without plastic.

In the spring crop of 2014, the whole district of Do Luong has a total rice planting area of ​​7,500 hectares. To serve the planting of the above total area, there must be an area of ​​​​about 170 hectares of seedlings. The district has fully prepared to supply the communes with 27 tons of plastic to cover the seedlings. In the face of complicated weather developments, prolonged cold, the People's Committee of Do Luong district directed the communes to have a plan to cover the area of ​​​​seedlings about to be sown according to the process of covering with plastic to protect the seedlings from the cold, proactively prevent and control yellow dwarf disease, dwarf twisted disease and other diseases, at the same time follow the crop calendar of the district People's Committee to direct the production schedule. Any unit that does not follow the process correctly and causes the seedlings to freeze, the chairman of the commune People's Committee must be responsible before the district People's Committee.

Quynh Lan