Zizania aquatica is a perennial rooted herb of the genus Zizania, family Gramineae.

Wild rice has creeping rhizomes. The culms are tall and erect, 1-2 meters tall. Ligule membranous, ca. 1.5 cm, apically pointed; leaf blade flattened and broad, 50-90 cm long, 15-30 mm wide. It is a perennial persistent herb of the genus Zizania in the family Gramineae. Panicle, 30-50 cm long, branches mostly fascicled, ascending, spreading in fruit; male spikelets 10-15 mm long, compressed on both sides, inserted in the lower part of the inflorescence or in the upper part of the branches, purplish with hairs, 6 stamens, anthers 5-10 mm long.

Female spikelet cylindrical, 18-25 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, inserted in upper part of inflorescence and lower part of branches adnate to main axis, lemma 5-veined scabrid, awn 20-30 mm long, palea 3-veined. The caryopsis is cylindrical, ca. 12 mm long, with a small embryo, 1/8 of the fruiting body.

Wild rice how to culture

1, preparation of soil

Wild rice is suitable for growing in loose, breathable, nutrient-rich soil, the process of breeding, you can be rotting soil, wood chips, garden soil mixed in accordance with the ratio of 2:1:2, to make a well-aerated subsoil. A breathable base soil can be prepared, and well-rotted farmyard fertilizer can be mixed into the base soil for the better growth of wild rice.

2, disease control

Wild rice in the process of growth, easy to appear leaf blight, resulting in plant leaves dry and fall, this time to use sterilized sharp scissors, wild rice infected with disease branches and leaves all cut out, to avoid affecting the other branches and leaves of the growth, and to spray wild rice sterilization agents, so that the plant grows better.

3, precautions

Wild rice has a large amount of fertilizer, the breeding process, you can apply urea in the spring, to improve the growth rate of seedlings, in the wild rice into the tillering period, to provide nitrogen fertilizer, phosphorus and potash fertilizer, to promote the growth of the plant, and in the pregnancy of wild rice, you should provide wild rice with a three-dimensional compound fertilizer, so that the plant grows vigorously.