Got buckwheat ?

Drycreek · May 21, 2020

I do ! These pics are a few days old so the plants are probably twice as tall now knowing how quickly buckwheat grows. The first two are on my home place and I had spread some lime before I spread the fert and seed. The lime had some wet chunks in it that I broke up by hand and I thought it would be ok but the chunks smeared out in the bottom of my seeder and closed off the holes. I was able to clear one of the holes with a nail bar I keep on the tractor, so in effect I had a one-legged seeder. That’s why the semi-bare strip on one side of the plot.

Drycreek · May 21, 2020

These plots are on our lease, two buckwheat, and two mixes of red rippers, IC peas, beans, sunn hemp, and sunflower.
Oops, the two top pics are the same buckwheat plot, the two bottom pics are the mix.

TreeDaddy · May 22, 2020

looks good,Don

Even got ol Sarge to make sure things are done right!

bill

white cloud · May 22, 2020

That looks great. I am heading down to our property today and will check on mine.

Kennychestnut · May 22, 2020

Looks good . I planted some up here in Missouri . One plot I’m going to let go to seed them now down in late August or early September. Doves should come in for the seed . The other plot I’m thinking of rolling down then throw in brasscus and beans .
Curious will deer hit buckwheat if left stand into fall ? I’ve only planted this stuff once before for doves .

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BoneCrusher20 · May 22, 2020

I just put mine in the ground yesterday. Try to time my planting 12 weeks before fall planting (2nd week august for me) at 10 weeks right around the time it is getting ready to put on seeds i mow it down and let it decay for 2 weeks and then disc it in. From what i read buckwheat needs like 2-3 weeks after termination before the valuable phosphorous is available for the next planting, so right in time for fall food plots to go in. Just one way trying to cut down on synthetic fert usage.

Baker · May 22, 2020

Looks great. I like your mix

Drycreek · May 22, 2020

Thanks guys. I might add that those solid buckwheat plots in the first post and the top two in the second post were only limed this year. I expect them to do better next year and probably will be planted with the mix that the bottom pics are planted with next spring. Wheat will be the crop this fall.

bearcat · May 25, 2020

That is looking good. I got some buckwheat mix plots put in about 2 weeks ago and they starting to look close to yours. Hopefully you guys in ETx are getting all the rain the we are getting north of the DFW area.

Drycreek · May 25, 2020

bearcat said:
That is looking good. I got some buckwheat mix plots put in about 2 weeks ago and they starting to look close to yours. Hopefully you guys in ETx are getting all the rain the we are getting north of the DFW area.

Pretty well, and got 2.5” more today.

Baker · May 25, 2020

Parts of my fields are too wet. Seeds and plants of summer blend rotting. With more rain on the way.

jlane35 · May 26, 2020

We got our buckwheat in 8 days ago and have only had .15 of an inch of rain. More is supposed to be coming in a few days. I hope the seed survives the initial shot of water and all of the turkeys living in the plant daily.

Mennoniteman · May 27, 2020

I notilled buckwheat and oats into ladino clover in the middle of March for soil improvement and whatever the wildlife can get from it. The buckwheat is flowering right now and the oats is soon ready to form seed heads.

jlane35 · May 27, 2020

Mennoniteman said:
I notilled buckwheat and oats into ladino clover in the middle of March for soil improvement and whatever the wildlife can get from it. The buckwheat is flowering right now and the oats is soon ready to form seed heads.

I don’t know much so correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve read frost will kill buckwheat. Are you far enough south that you didn’t get any frost after you planted?

g squared 23 · May 27, 2020

Has anyone tried a buckwheat and millet mix as a dove attractant? I’ve got some left over japanese millet, will put the buckwheat in a week from now. It’ll be my first attempt.

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Mennoniteman · May 28, 2020

jlane35 said:
I don’t know much so correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve read frost will kill buckwheat. Are you far enough south that you didn’t get any frost after you planted?

I've heard that too about buckwheat and frost, but I'm always experimenting to see what actually works at my specific location, so I drilled these oats and buckwheat into existing ladino clover fields on March 13th in zone 6b, Huntingdon county Pa, and we've had several heavy frosts since, but the buckwheat population is very close to 100%. Maybe the existing clover helped protect it, or maybe the leaves were frostbitten and recovered?

bearcat · May 28, 2020

Mennoniteman said:
I've heard that too about buckwheat and frost, but I'm always experimenting to see what actually works at my specific location, so I drilled these oats and buckwheat into existing ladino clover fields on March 13th in zone 6b, Huntingdon county Pa, and we've had several heavy frosts since, but the buckwheat population is very close to 100%. Maybe the existing clover helped protect it, or maybe the leaves were frostbitten and recovered?
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Drycreek · May 28, 2020

I just looked at my buckwheat/IC pea plots this morning. Looks like I went a little heavy on the peas.......

Drycreek · Jun 1, 2020

These are from our lease. The BW was heavy with bees ! A little disconcerting to drive through the one but there’s no choice. It’s on a pipeline R. O. W. and is our main road. Pea mix in the bottom pic.

jlane35 · Jun 1, 2020

That looks fantastic!

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