[grayhouse farms]

If your spot can be pulled down but still may stay wet then I understand why you were going with J. millet but you are right it goes away fast. We used rice in 3 holes this past year. It will work anywhere J. millet will and last till the end of the season and youth days. It does not pull ducks as well as a good crop of chufa, but that is a bear to grow.

 

[grayhouse farms]

I have only planted chufa in pond pulldown flats near the Catawba R and in S.Yadkin river bottoms west of Statesville. Weed control is the biggest thing. 24D b will control most broadleafs , and post will control grass (only burns chufa a little). but turn your back more than2 weeks and the weeds are back in it even if you use Prowl as a pre E. If you can grow it clean , feed it well ,do not get flooded by 7 inches of rain when it is too young then it will pull ducks like no other thing I have seen .....better than 150 bu /acre corn ! P.S. do not use any of the 2-4-Ds other than 2-4-D b they will kill chufa.

 

[grayhouse farms]

As for rice not putting on grain my guess would be you did what I did the 1st time I planted it. Not enough fert. use 500 lbs 5-10-10 or 250lbs 10-20-20 when you plant. Then when it gets 8 inches put 200lbs urea (45-0-0) or some other high N product that will give you 80-90 units of N. At the same time add 1-4 inches of water and keep water on it from then on. That water will really keep the weed out. (rice seed 75-100 lbs per acre) On the Chufa most years I plant about end of May ...Flood it mid Sept. hunt all 3 seasons and youth day, leave it flooded until March ,then drain it and let it draw turkeys in. WEEDS are the biggest problem , if it is not clean and weed free , it gives up.

 

[grayhouse farms]

Rice takes 110 days to grow. late May will work.....did not plant until the 1st week of June and it still did well this year.