Field practices for lowland rice

Introduction

Land preparation is important to ensure that the field is ready for planting. A well-
prepared field controls weeds, recycles plant nutrients, and provides a soft soil mass for
transplanting and a suitable soil surface for direct seeding. Land preparation of rice fields with
traditional equipment is a slow and costly operation, which often results to undesirable delays
in planting-particularly in fields having deep mud, and/or excessive water where traditional
equipment often bogs down. The Hydrotiller was designed to help overcome these problems.
Improved pump assembly, which can be used for irrigating and draining open surface waters.
Land preparation covers a wide range of practices from zero-tillage or minimum tillage which
minimizes soil disturbance through to a totally 'puddled' soil which actually destroys soil
structure. It typically involves plowing to "till" or dig-up, mix, and overturn the soil harrowing
to break the soil clods into smaller mass and incorporate plant residue, and leveling the field.
Initial land preparation begins after your last harvest or during fallow period. This is important
for effective weed control and for enriching the soil. Generally, it will take 3−4 weeks to
prepare the field before planting.
Objectives

This study aims to know the importance of land preparations to ensure that the rice
field is ready for planting
Methodology

The rototiller can puddle 1.25 ha in 4 hours with average of two passes at a walking
pace of 2.5 km/hr, consuming 5 liters of dielsel fuel.
1. Hitch the upper protion of the rotor assembly to the power tiller.
2. Tighten the four bolts and nuts. Bolt on the bottom rod to secure the rotor
assembly.
3. Slip two belts from engine pulley to rototiller input drive pulley. Place belt tensioner.
4. Before strting the engine, desangage tentioner levers to loosen belts of the power
tiller and rototiller. Engage the power tiller tensioner first, then the rototiller next.
5. Adjust skid to the desired cutting depth of the rotor. When the engine stalls, cut is
too deep.
6. Use appropiate rotor for wetland and dry land conditions.
7. For muddy and wet soil condition especially after harvest, there is no need to plow in
the field. Just submerge the field with 2-3cm of water and use wetland rotor.
Result and Discussion
Conclusion.