What are the requirements for raising golden apple snails in rice paddies?

There are many requirements for raising golden apple snails in rice paddies. If you do not master them well, it will directly affect the farming benefits of golden apple snails. So let us take a look at what requirements there are for raising golden apple snails in rice paddies.

1) Rice paddy requirements for raising golden apple snails in rice paddies: The rice paddy used for raising snails is required not to dry up all year round, and pesticides must not be used either.

2) Rice paddy preparation for raising golden apple snails in rice paddies: Leave empty paths when transplanting rice, and dig ditches within 1 week after planting, with a ditch width of 20—27 cm and a depth of 13—17 cm. After releasing snails into the rice paddy, set up fences or polyethylene gauze with smaller mesh at the water inlet and outlet, and strictly prevent mice and snakes from burrowing holes and causing water leakage on the surrounding field ridges, so as to avoid the golden apple snails escaping.

3) Timely stocking for raising golden apple snails in rice paddies: From the tillering to long panicle stage of rice, that is, from late June (15 days after rice transplanting) to early August, stock them in time. Generally, 2000—4000 young snails weighing 2—4 grams are released per 1 mu of rice paddy. If natural bait is abundant, release appropriately more; otherwise, release appropriately less. If duckweed is grown in the rice paddy, the stocking density can be increased to 8000—10000 snails.

4) Proper feeding for raising golden apple snails in rice paddies: Generally, about 25 days after raising snails in the rice paddy, the amount of natural bait declines. For fields where bait is obviously insufficient, land grasses, vegetable leaves, melon rinds, etc. can be put into the ditches, and the amount put in should be just enough to satisfy the snails' feeding.

5) Timely harvest for raising golden apple snails in rice paddies: They can be harvested 30—50 days after stocking. Before catching, drain the surface water of the field, guide the snails into the ditches or lure them with bait, catch the large ones and keep the small ones, and it is possible to stock once and catch multiple times.

6) Scientific fertilization and reasonable disease and pest control for raising golden apple snails in rice paddies: For fertilizer in snail rice paddies, adopt 1 basal application before planting, appropriately supplemented with topdressing. For disease and pest control in rice paddies, choose low-toxicity, high-efficiency pesticides such as chlordimeform, bisultap, jinggangmycin, etc., and spray with water; it is not suitable to mix with soil and broadcast.