When Is Rice Mature in the South?

Rice is one of the main food crops in our country, and it is grown in most areas of both southern and northern China. So when does rice mature in various parts of the south?

The south has two harvests a year, and Hainan has three harvests a year.

When rice matures in various parts of the south

In the three-line hybrid medium indica rice region of Jiangsu, rice is generally sown in early to mid-May and generally matures in early October, with a whole growth period of about 140 days.

In the Huaibei region of Jiangsu Province, medium-maturing medium japonica rice varieties are sown in early May and generally mature in mid-to-late October, with a whole growth period of 150-160 days.

In the central Jiangsu and Ningzhenyang hilly regions of Jiangsu Province, late-maturing medium japonica rice varieties are planted, generally sown in early to mid-May and generally maturing in mid-to-late October, with a whole growth period of 150-160 days.

Southern Jiangsu can grow rice with two harvests a year; early rice matures in late July, and late rice matures in mid-to-late October.

The upper reaches of the Yangtze River are dominated by single-season medium rice. It is mostly sown around Qingming, transplanted in early May (around Lixia, with transplanting completed before Xiaoman), and harvested in mid-to-late August.

In the middle and lower Yangtze Plain, early rice is sown in early to mid-April, seedlings are transplanted in early May, and it is harvested in late July, immediately followed by transplanting of late rice (known as double rush), which generally must be completed before Liqiu, and late rice is harvested from late October to November.

Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, has recently begun to enter the harvest period! For double-cropping rice, early rice is harvested in mid-July and late rice in early October; the season in 10 years was delayed by more than 10 days; single-cropping rice is harvested in late September; southern Jiangxi is slightly earlier by 1-3 days.

In addition, rice in the south is planted for two seasons. The first season of rice is transplanted in late April and harvested in late July; the second season of rice is transplanted before August 1 and harvested at the end of October.