monitoring the growth of rice in the rice fields at a young age, I will show the development of my rice in the fields of different ages and the pests we are facing in the rainy season, the rainy season the most annoying pest is the snails which damage the rice stalks by laying eggs and also eating young morning stems, the most dangerous if the rice fields are attacked by snails is the shell that can injure the feet of farmers like me, because the farmers in my area don't wear shoes when they go to the fields, the average farmer in my village they always go to the fields with how to check or no footwear.
this is an example of rice that has been attacked by snail pests, it is very difficult to eradicate it, the first difficulty we experienced when we put water into our respective fields, the gap that was cut from one field to the other is where the snail seeds enter or baby snails, they will grow up in rice fields with lots of water, sometimes the best way we do to eradicate them is to take them one by one, then put them in a sack and we take them home for us to make animal feed like our ducks and chickens , if the snails are not too many, we only use chemical drugs that are sold at the nearest farm shop, but that method is very difficult to eradicate the snail pests that have exploded, surely one of you will ask why not use high doses of medicine, if the pests are gone many?
What we fear is that if the snails die they will leave their hard shells in the rice fields and the shells will hurt our feet while we are doing activities in the fields.
This is the process of mixing and inserting chemical drugs into the spray tube, with a special dose so that the rice does not experience an overdose, not just anyone can mix this drug, this is only done by people who are experienced in farming,
this is the process that is done if insect pests or fertilization are often done.
chemical drugs are our choice to eradicate insect pests that can damage rice shoots and can cause rice to die, spraying the whole rice, spraying time is not arbitrary, usually done in the morning and evening, or at a time that is not too hot which can quickly dry rice, or in times where there are no strong winds.
If the rice grains are yellow or almost harvesting, the snail pests are not too dangerous anymore, because the rice stalks are hard, the snails will not disturb the hard or old rice stalks. The next pest also comes when the rice is yellow or almost harvesting, namely sparrows in flocks, they will eat a yellow grain of rice, the most dangerous when it is almost harvest, the rat pest, who does not hesitate to cut rice stalks for them make a nest and eat it.
How to eradicate these two pests usually farmers will guard their rice and make a statue that resembles a human to scare the two pests away.
This is a good post. I enjoyed reading about your rice fields.