When to plant lazy rice and how many times a year lazy rice is harvested

AbstractLazy rice is sown around June each year, about the same time as rice planted once a year. It was developed by crossing two wild rice plants with multiple common rice varieties many times over, producing a new rice variety that only needs to be planted once yet can overwinter and be harvested for many years.

Lazy rice was developed by Mr. Hu Daishu, a farmer in Zhongxian County, Chongqing. Lazy rice is very much like chives in habit: it does not need to be sown and transplanted every year. It only needs to be planted once and can be harvested for many years. The oldest lazy rice is already about 30 years old. Lazy rice is harvested once a year. Let me introduce it to you below.

When to plant lazy rice

The planting time of lazy rice is about the same as rice planted once a year. It is sown and transplanted around June each year.

Lazy rice was developed by Mr. Hu Daishu using two wild rice plants, crossed many times over with multiple common rice varieties, into a new overwintering rice variety that only needs to be planted once yet can be harvested for many years.

The growth cycle of lazy rice is just over one month. Lazy rice differs from ordinary rice. With ordinary rice, sometimes after a few days of rain and strong wind, the stalks are broken and the rice falls over in the field. But the stalks of lazy rice are very firm. After several years of planting, the stalks of lazy rice are as thick as an adult's finger and very hard, and the root system is also extensive, so it resists lodging very well.

How many times a year lazy rice is harvested

Lazy rice is about the same as rice planted once a year. It is harvested only once a year, but for many years afterward it does not need to be replanted; it only needs to be harvested each year, saving the steps of re-plowing, sowing and transplanting, and also saving a great deal of manpower and material resources.

The grains of lazy rice are very white in color, not large, and oval in shape. The taste is very much like rice from northeast China, soft and glutinous, and very delicious. Moreover, the milling yield of lazy rice is about ten-plus percent higher than that of ordinary rice. The protein content in lazy rice is also higher than that of ordinary rice, making it more nutritious.

Lazy rice has now been successfully planted in 11 provinces and cities including our Chongqing, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan. Because of its overwintering characteristic, the climate in northern regions is very cold in winter, which would directly freeze and kill lazy rice, so northern regions are still not suitable for planting lazy rice.

After reading the above introduction, I believe friends are very curious about lazy rice. If I have the chance, I would also like to go and see that lazy rice that has been planted for nearly 30 years.