Buckwheat
Quick-growing, broadleaved summer annual ready to incorporate in 35 to 45 days.
Potential for multiple plantings per year. Grain crop reaches maturity in 70 to 90 days. Very competitive with tough-to-control perennial and annual weeds like giant ragweed and Canada thistle. Easy to control and residue breaks down rapidly making this an ideal choice for small-scale producers. Excellent scavenger of P and other nutrients. Attracts beneficial insects and pollinators with its abundant flowers.
- Excellent full-summer cover crop & pollinator-forage crop
- Thrives on nutrient poor and varying soil types, but not on compacted, droughty, or wet soils
- Buckwheat seed for sale is sensitive to frost, drought, excessive heat, and any carryover herbicides
- Terminate crop at first sign of flowering to avoid volunteer weeds
$20.00 – $56.00 / 50lb Bag
Buckwheat
Performance Table
Species Name | Drilled | Broadcast/Aerial | In Mix | Approx. Seeds/lb | Seeding Date Range | Seeding Depth | Winter Kill |
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Buckwheat | 50-100 | 100 | 15-25 | 15,000 | May-Aug | ½ - 1 ½ inches | Yes |
Peredovik Black Oil Sunflower | 7 | NA | 3-5 | 5,000-7,000 | Apr-Aug | 1 - 3 ½ inches | |
Tuatara Plantain | |||||||
Phacelia | 3-5 | 7 | 1-2 | 220,000 | Aug-Sept | ¼ - ½ inch | Yes |
Antler Forage Chicory |
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