Does anyone know how to grow rice?

Jerry, you might create a rice learning experience if you 'google up' the town of Crowley, LA;...
Rice seed is available from several seed companies who specialize in heritage/heirloom and/or open-polinated seed.. There are varieties that do not require standing water as a growing medium..
Yes, Barb, the USA produces enough rice that some is exported, produced mostly in the Mississippi delta region..
Just a FYI note from Hank....

 

Where I live it used to be nothing but rice (and soybean) paddys. Now, if you go east towards Beaumont, you'll find a couple of paddys still in operation.
Every young man's rite of passage was to work at the rice dryer. What a dusty job that was!

 

Oh that makes sense. The rice lady I talked to said all her rice has gone through the dryer. That must kill the viability with the heat.

They don't want to share any unhulled rice with us. I think they think we will compete with them and put them out of business.

Barb in Pa.

 

From the sound of it rice production in the Northeast will be very low. I wonder if you can call putting rice through a dryer riceicide ? The hunt for a few viable seeds may be more of a challenge than growing rice.

Jerry

 

I agree but I will make a call on Monday.

Barb in Pa.

 

rice

I haven't looked but rice seed seems like the kind of thing seedman.com would have. I look now.
Edited to add.... I don't see it, sorry.