Proper rice care during the flowering and ripening stage helps maintain plant health, protect rice panicles, support strong and healthy grains, and improve final crop quality with Baconco’s specialized 3-product solution.

Rice care during the flowering and ripening stage plays an important role in determining final yield

The flowering and ripening stage is a crucial period in the rice growth cycle, directly affecting grain formation, grain quality, and final productivity.

During this stage, rice plants are easily affected by unfavorable weather conditions such as heavy rain, high humidity, and disease pressure. Therefore, proper rice care during the flowering and ripening stage is essential to help plants maintain healthy flag leaves, develop strong panicles, and support effective grain filling.

To support farmers during this important period, Baconco recommends a 3-product solution including COTRIHEX 280SC, CO-MYCIN, and KALIBO to protect rice panicles, provide essential nutrients, and support grain development.

Protecting rice panicles from flowering with COTRIHEX 280SC

During rice care during the flowering and ripening stage, managing fungal diseases affecting rice plants is an important factor.

COTRIHEX 280SC, combining Hexaconazole 30g/l + Tricyclazole 250g/l, helps prevent and control fungal diseases on rice during the flowering stage.

COTRIHEX 280SC supports:

• Maintaining green and long-lasting flag leaves.
• Protecting rice panicles during flowering.
• Limiting grain discoloration and incomplete grain filling.
• Creating favorable conditions for better grain development.

When rice panicles are well protected from the early flowering stage, plants can maintain stable growth, contributing to the development of healthy rice panicles and improved grain quality.

Recommended dosage: 1 – 1.2 liters/ha.

CO-MYCIN supports bacterial disease management and maintains healthy rice plants

Besides fungal diseases, bacterial leaf blight is also a factor that can affect rice growth during the late crop stage.

CO-MYCIN contains Kasugamycin 10 g/l + Ningnanmycin 40 g/l + Streptomycin 100 g/l, supporting the management of bacterial leaf blight on rice plants.

The combination of three active ingredients helps:

• Support the limitation of bacterial development and spread.
• Maintain green leaves.
• Help plants recover better when diseases appear at an early stage.

During rice care during the flowering and ripening stage, regular field monitoring helps farmers identify abnormal signs early and apply suitable solutions.

Recommended dosage: 300 ml/ha.

KALIBO provides Potassium and Boron to support uniform flowering and grain filling

During flowering and grain development, rice plants require sufficient nutrients to support pollination and nutrient transportation into grains.

KALIBO is a foliar fertilizer providing both Potassium (K) and Boron (B), two important nutrients during rice flowering and grain filling stages.

Including:

Boron (B):

• Supports healthy pollen development.
• Contributes to improved pollination.
• Supports uniform rice flowering and helps reduce incomplete panicle emergence.

Potassium (K):

• Supports starch transportation from leaves to grains.
• Helps improve grain development.
• Contributes to strong and healthy grains with better quality.

Proper nutrient supplementation during this stage is an important factor helping rice maintain plant strength and improve grain quality at harvest.

Recommended dosage: 150 – 300 g/ha.

Recommended timing for rice care during the flowering and ripening stage

To achieve better results in rice care during the flowering and ripening stage, farmers can refer to the following application timing:

First application: When rice begins flowering, around 5%

This stage helps protect the panicle neck early, support flowering performance, and reduce the risk of fungal and bacterial infection.

Second application: When rice flowers uniformly, 7–10 days after the first application

This application continues protecting rice panicles and flag leaves during the milk grain to dough stage, supporting better grain filling.

Choosing the appropriate application timing helps improve rice care during the flowering and ripening stage, allowing plants to maintain stable growth and better grain development until harvest.

Notes for rice care during the flowering and ripening stage

During the flowering and ripening stage, farmers should regularly monitor their fields, especially when facing unfavorable conditions such as frequent rainfall, high humidity, or fragrant rice varieties that are more susceptible to diseases.

Important factors to consider include:

• Monitoring rice panicles and flag leaf conditions.
• Maintaining balanced nutrition throughout the growth stage.
• Detecting abnormal signs early for timely management.
• Considering the combination of CO-TRICY 700WP and other pest management solutions according to technical recommendations when necessary.

With proper care, rice plants can develop better panicles, support strong and healthy grains, and improve final crop quality.

Conclusion

Rice care during the flowering and ripening stage is an important step to help rice plants maintain health, protect panicles, support grain filling, and improve final crop quality.

With the 3-product solution including COTRIHEX 280SC, CO-MYCIN, and KALIBO, Baconco accompanies farmers in protecting rice plants from flowering to ripening, maintaining healthy rice panicles, supporting strong and healthy grains, and moving toward more sustainable cultivation.