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How does salt work in paddy? | Salt use in agriculture | paddy farming
Original: వరిలో ఉప్పు ఎలా పని చేస్తుంది? | Salt use in agriculture | paddy farming | paddy cultivation | salt
Takeaway
A 5% common-salt foliar spray (50 g/L) or 5–10 kg/acre dressing rescues rain-soaked paddy by stopping sprouting and speeding dry-down without serious quality loss.
Summary
- After heavy rains lodged and wetted standing paddy, common salt (sodium chloride) is used to halt sprouting on the panicle and hasten dry-down.
- Foliar dose: 50 g salt per 1 litre water sprayed on the crop—brings harvest forward by ~10 days and stops in-ear germination.
- On harvested but rain-soaked paddy heaps: broadcast 5–10 kg salt per acre's worth of grain to pull out moisture and stop sprouting.
- Caveat: excess salt raises milling breakage (nooka %) and lowers rice quality, so stay at 5% solution / 5–10 kg cap.
- First priority is still drainage and lifting lodged plants; salt is the backup when that's not possible.
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