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 growth and ensure the source of seedlings for transplanting.

While carefully covering the edges of the plastic for 4 rows of newly planted rice seedlings, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong in Hamlet 8, Nam Trung Commune (Nam Dan) happily 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, the cold will be so severe, the seedlings will die, it 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 varieties 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 ​​the seedlings, in addition, we also added phosphate and wood ash to keep the fields 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 measures to protect the seedlings from the cold, thanks to which the source of seedlings 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 are pure rice variety X23 with a long growing period, so people have planted seedlings since December 8, 2013 and covered them with 100% 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 with 100% plastic. For 200 hectares of hybrid rice, it will be planted from 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 consider it a matter of ensuring 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 rice seedling area of ​​the commune against the cold. 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 seedling tea has been planted for more than 20 days, although the weather is very cold, the rice 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 the cold is severe and prolonged, people are directed to promptly overcome the problem, in any case, it is necessary to ensure that the rice seedlings cover 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 all sown in the cold season, so people have decided to cover them with plastic 100%. 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.

The family of Ms. Dao Thi Son 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 insert the edges of the plastic into 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, of which 2 sao are in Hoc Cho area. Seedlings were sown on December 31. After 1 week, the 2 ends of the plastic 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 well 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 is both wasteful of seeds and prone to many pests and diseases, and the rice yield is not high. Meanwhile, seedlings covered with plastic are only transplanted into the field after 15-20 days. Young seedlings should be planted sparsely, which saves seeds and gives high yield. Every year, my family does a good job of protecting the 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 puts 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 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 ensures good growth, high sprouting and fruiting, thanks to ensuring humidity, creating conditions for the tuber-forming rays to contact the ground to form 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 for the above total area, the area of ​​​​rice seedlings must be about 170 hectares. 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 directs the communes to have a plan to cover the area of ​​​​rice 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, twisted dwarf disease and other diseases, at the same time follow the crop calendar of the district People's Committee to direct the correct production schedule. Any unit that does not follow the correct process 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