Pictures of Rice Transplanting in China |
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| Seeding rice: seeds are spread onto carefully prepared transplanting beds (Xiejia Village). |  |
| Straw ash applied to transplant beds: after seeding, straw ash left over from cooking is applied to transplant beds as a topdress fertilizer (Xiejia Village). |  |
| Bundling rice transplants: prior to transplanting, transplants are gently pulled from transplanting beds and bundled for tranpsort to paddy fields (Xiejia Village). |  |
| Rice transplanting: transplants are pushed into light clay soil in paddy fields, usually 3 - 6 plants at a time. In this picture Erle Ellis learns the technique from Xue Huailiang (Xiejia Village). |  |