Upland Rice, Loto
Product Description: (Oryza sativa) Yes, you can grow rice at home — and this upland variety won’t require any flooded paddies either!
Loto is a heritage short-grained rice from the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, where its small oval grains are renowned for their nutty flavor, excellent cooking stability, and creamy-yet-firm al dente texture. These qualities make it particularly well-suited for traditional Italian dishes like risotto, arancini, and timballo.
Perhaps even more impressive is Loto’s suitability to northern climates. Vermont seed saver Sylvia Davatz identified this rice as a clear favorite in her upland variety trials and helped bring it into wider circulation among growers in the Northeast and Midwest. Each plant reaches about three feet in height, bearing multiple seed heads on lodging-resistant stalks. And better yet, its easy-to-remove hulls make Loto a great choice for small-scale growers without access to an arsenal of dedicated cleaning equipment. 50 seeds per packet.
Growing Information: Begin soaking the rice seeds in mid-April, refilling the container with fresh water daily until a small white shoot begins to emerge from one end of the seed. Plant the seeds into plug trays with potting soil with the shoot facing up. Transplant outdoors after all danger of frost has passed, spacing the plants 8-10 inches apart. Keep the soil evenly moist until the plants become established (mulching is recommended). Saturate the soil when the panicle/seed head begins to form inside the stem (around 45 days old). After harvest, thresh the seed to remove any chaff. Best stored with the hulls attached but these will have to be removed before consumption. This is most easily accomplished with dehulling equipment but can be done by hand using a variety of methods. 110 days to maturity.
How To Save Rice Seeds
With no need to remove any hulls, growing rice for seed is easier than growing it for food! Simply allow the seed heads to fully mature on the stalk, harvest the hulled grains, winnow off any loosee chaff, and dry the remaining seeds thorougly.
Product Description: (Oryza sativa) Yes, you can grow rice at home — and this upland variety won’t require any flooded paddies either!
Loto is a heritage short-grained rice from the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, where its small oval grains are renowned for their nutty flavor, excellent cooking stability, and creamy-yet-firm al dente texture. These qualities make it particularly well-suited for traditional Italian dishes like risotto, arancini, and timballo.
Perhaps even more impressive is Loto’s suitability to northern climates. Vermont seed saver Sylvia Davatz identified this rice as a clear favorite in her upland variety trials and helped bring it into wider circulation among growers in the Northeast and Midwest. Each plant reaches about three feet in height, bearing multiple seed heads on lodging-resistant stalks. And better yet, its easy-to-remove hulls make Loto a great choice for small-scale growers without access to an arsenal of dedicated cleaning equipment. 50 seeds per packet.
Growing Information: Begin soaking the rice seeds in mid-April, refilling the container with fresh water daily until a small white shoot begins to emerge from one end of the seed. Plant the seeds into plug trays with potting soil with the shoot facing up. Transplant outdoors after all danger of frost has passed, spacing the plants 8-10 inches apart. Keep the soil evenly moist until the plants become established (mulching is recommended). Saturate the soil when the panicle/seed head begins to form inside the stem (around 45 days old). After harvest, thresh the seed to remove any chaff. Best stored with the hulls attached but these will have to be removed before consumption. This is most easily accomplished with dehulling equipment but can be done by hand using a variety of methods. 110 days to maturity.
How To Save Rice Seeds
With no need to remove any hulls, growing rice for seed is easier than growing it for food! Simply allow the seed heads to fully mature on the stalk, harvest the hulled grains, winnow off any loosee chaff, and dry the remaining seeds thorougly.
Product Description: (Oryza sativa) Yes, you can grow rice at home — and this upland variety won’t require any flooded paddies either!
Loto is a heritage short-grained rice from the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, where its small oval grains are renowned for their nutty flavor, excellent cooking stability, and creamy-yet-firm al dente texture. These qualities make it particularly well-suited for traditional Italian dishes like risotto, arancini, and timballo.
Perhaps even more impressive is Loto’s suitability to northern climates. Vermont seed saver Sylvia Davatz identified this rice as a clear favorite in her upland variety trials and helped bring it into wider circulation among growers in the Northeast and Midwest. Each plant reaches about three feet in height, bearing multiple seed heads on lodging-resistant stalks. And better yet, its easy-to-remove hulls make Loto a great choice for small-scale growers without access to an arsenal of dedicated cleaning equipment. 50 seeds per packet.
Growing Information: Begin soaking the rice seeds in mid-April, refilling the container with fresh water daily until a small white shoot begins to emerge from one end of the seed. Plant the seeds into plug trays with potting soil with the shoot facing up. Transplant outdoors after all danger of frost has passed, spacing the plants 8-10 inches apart. Keep the soil evenly moist until the plants become established (mulching is recommended). Saturate the soil when the panicle/seed head begins to form inside the stem (around 45 days old). After harvest, thresh the seed to remove any chaff. Best stored with the hulls attached but these will have to be removed before consumption. This is most easily accomplished with dehulling equipment but can be done by hand using a variety of methods. 110 days to maturity.
How To Save Rice Seeds
With no need to remove any hulls, growing rice for seed is easier than growing it for food! Simply allow the seed heads to fully mature on the stalk, harvest the hulled grains, winnow off any loosee chaff, and dry the remaining seeds thorougly.
