Buckwheat - Cover Crop Seed
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$9.00
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Species: Fagopyrum esculentum
Days to Maturity: 40 days to bloom
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Buckwheat is widely grown as a grain crop, bee pasture, soil improving cover crop and as wildlife cover. It is a warm season grain which grows rapidly during the summer and several crops per year may be had with proper management. This rapid and dense growth chokes out weeds and is used in crop-free fields in rotation with vegetables.
Buckwheat is often grown to attract beneficial insects and as pasture for honey bees. Sow in late May through July and till in about a month later, when flowering has begun. For grain harvest, sow 3 months before fall frost. Harvest after killing frost.
Grown locally by Doubting Thomas Farm in Moorehead, MN
Planting rate: 1 lb./300 sq.ft. (60 lb./acre) Broadcast into loose soil before rain in summer months Mid June through Early Sept.
Certified Organic. 1lb seed
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