Anyone here have any experience with wild rice planting?
I haven’t but I’ve always thought of growing some in a raised bed (lined so I can flood it, unless I can find upland rice) I’ve found I can’t find a source of rice seed for actual planting.
Rice is a pretty big in Louisiana… Second only to Arkansas in the US.
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Im looking for the northern American types. They grow in water and the natives harvested it using canoes.
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i was wondering if you can just buy wild rice at the super market and plant that.
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I’ve been growing it in a 4’x4’ tub for a number of years. It reliably self seeds and comes back every year.
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Did you just plant hull on wild rice from a health store?
No. Wild rice sold for food has been heated. To plant one needs fresh seed that has never been dried out or heated.
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where do you get it? it sounds interesting to grow- a kiddie pool or big aquarium setup might work
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I got them from Everwilde.
If anyone local to me wants some I’m always happy to share in western Washington.
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could you explain you way of growing it? i would like to try this soon.
I put compost in the plastic tub, topped it off with water and then dropped the seeds in. Sited in a sunny spot with additional water added as needed. It’s that simple. The only challenging parts are finding a source for live seeds (these should still be wet) and removing hulls after harvest (which requires heating).
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Thank you for the details, i guess dry seeds from the store wont work then.
Hoping to grow it in a pond one day…once I have a pond.
What is your yield like @JohannsGarden? 1, 10, 100 meals?
Unless you’re growing them on a large body of water I wouldn’t expect significant yields. In my 4’x4’ tub I can produce enough to collect a small jar to mix into various dishes, but as a stand alone ingredient it wouldn’t go far.
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