Rice in the UK

[MattD]

Anyone ever grown rice in the UK?  The kids were asking me last night over supper whether we could grow rice and my initial thought was no, but then I thought maybe it would be fun.

It grows in italy and france so with a good summer I reckon it might work here.

But all the rice I've ever seen is polished and treated and probably isn't going to sprout, so where could I get seed?

Anyone got any advice?

Matt

[MattD]

[Jeannine]

I have seen seeds. Jungle Seeds I think.Don't knmow how well it would go though, we had a neighbour in Canada that grew the posh black one

[Froglegs]

Did your neighbour make some kind of paddy Field or will it grow in in normal soil?. What part of Canada Jeannine my Dad lived in Penticton BC for 20 odd years. :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

It's definitely a warm-climate crop, but I've heard of people growing it in greenhouses. Different varieties have widely varying needs; it grows in everything from damp soil to six feet of water.

[Jeannine]

My friend grew Japanese rice and wild rice, the wild rice grew on the edge of his stream naturally and the Japanese rice he grew in soil  in a huge poly tunnel which was kept damp but not in a paddy field, this ws just outside Vancouver