On receipt of showers during the months of May - July repeated ploughing are done to conserve the moisture, destroy the weeds and break the clods.

More care should be taken to level the field to zero level. After inundation puddling has to be done as that of transplanting.

Shallow trenches (15 cm width) at an interval of 3m all along the field will facilitate the draining of excess water at the early growth stage.