Sunn hemp / buckwheat mix

I personally like to do buckwheat by itself because I can get 3 crops out of it from 1 planting here in SC. Once the sunn hemp takes of it will probably shade out the buckwheat from any volunteer growth. That’s what I would think would happen.

Do you add more buckwheat seed to the plot?

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I’m going BOB + buckwheat in a few weeks. WINA Power Plant (soybeans, cow peas, sunn hemp, sunflowers) with buckwheat mixed in. Ultimate summer salad bar.
 
I’m going BOB + buckwheat in a few weeks. WINA Power Plant (soybeans, cow peas, sunn hemp, sunflowers) with buckwheat mixed in. Ultimate summer salad bar.
I’ve read great reviews about power plant. I may see if I can get some cow peas and make my own blend.
 
I’ve read great reviews about power plant. I may see if I can get some cow peas and make my own blend.

I would go for it. I planted 1/2 acre of Power Plant last year and it was awesome. I’m sold on that summer blend for smaller plots.
 
Did you get a lot of deer hammering that plot?

It was mostly ignored in June as the deer were focused on native spring growth. That allowed it to really get going. The deer started hitting it pretty good in July and really starting hammering it in August, but by then it was a jungle and the vining soybeans and cow peas kept up with the browse pressure. The forage soybeans kept producing forage into our late September archery season, so I was able to hunt it for a few weeks.

That said, our area has a medium-low deer density. It’s pine plantation with no agriculture around for many miles.
 
I got two small plots sewed this morning and got a nice shower as I parked the tractor. Anxious to see how the Sunn Hemp and buckwheat plots look in a couple weeks
 
The buckwheat will come up quick.

I hope so. My plan is to get two crops of buckwheat on one of the plots. It was mostly broomsedge and blackberries. I used mostly buckwheat in that plot with a little Sunn Hemp since I’ll disc it in in about a month and a half
 
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