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Post by rainmaker on Sept 7, 2011 11:13:39 GMT -5
Hi Friends, I just signed on here as a result of a search for Duborskian rice.I attended the 2nd Annual Northeast Rice Conference in Vermont this August and have plenty of info to share with those seeking to try growing rice.To begi her are some websites to check out: www.ricenortheast.org, www.ricediversity.org, and sririce.org . I am just getting my first crop of paddy-grown rice this year (I'm in New Hampshire),but I won't have very much to share until next year .I'm looking for anyone who sells or trades seed to broaden my collection.Please be patient with my response time-I have limited access to the internet.Thanks!
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Post by 12540dumont on Sept 7, 2011 11:56:58 GMT -5
This is what is left of my rice trial after the pigs rooted it. Good thing I don't have to depend on to eat or I would starve. The Duborskian can be grown as an upland rice. Upland is my focus in rice. Next year I will repeat the trial and put your name on the list for seed. Google Solstice Seeds and tell Sylvia Davatz I sent you. She's been growing rice trials for many years. Ask her about her dazzling Jamon Purple! If you PM me, I will send you all my paddy rice seed. I found Blue Bonnet at Baker Creek Seeds and it's a fine rice. Also upland. Good luck with your ricing. Watch for pigs... Attachments:
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Post by steev on Sept 8, 2011 0:55:18 GMT -5
Any day now I expect to get ten rice varieties listed as cold tolerant from GRIN; if I'm not Raptured, I expect to set them out next May. It is suggested that some rices may need to be flooded for support;Carolina Gold is one such, but so far, so good. I was thinking laying out fence mesh or re-mesh on supports 8" or 12" off the ground might be a way to deal with lodging.
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MikeM
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frost-free 365.25 + clayish soil + altitude 210m + latitude 34S + rain 848mm/yr
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Post by MikeM on Oct 22, 2011 8:50:03 GMT -5
Alan,
I can probably get you some Sorghums - a little late in your growing-year, I guess, but maybe in time for next season. South Africa has reportedly the largest Sorghum breeding program in the world (run by the SA Dept. of Agriculture) so I'll get hold of them and see what they can provide. Sorghum is another of those things that I simply haven't got around to (yet) this year, though there's still time, since I have been told that a number of Sorghum varieties want really WARM soils to germinate, and that I should not bother sowing until November (remember that I am in a frost-free area!)
Barleys: I grew a overwintering cover crop of some unnamed 2-row Barley, but slashed it out too soon as I needed the space. I have a small quantity of a black 6-row Barley (unknown provenance that I liberated from a local Barley-breeding programme.) It is just starting to head, so will be a little while, yet. I was surprised at how much slower the 6-row was than the 2-row.
I also have a small quantity of Spelt available (sent to me by Patrick, and stepped up 1 generation - did really well for me!)
Let me know if you're interested.
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