Buckwheat

[jlane35]

For those of you planting buckwheat, do you try and get two crops or one?

My plan is to use the buckwheat for a fall throw and mow. Should I hold off and do a single crop 6-8 weeks before my fall planting date? Or satisfy my itch and plant in a few weeks?

Also, this plot hasn’t been planted in 5+ years if that matters or changes anything.

 

[THE LLC]

I get two. Easily here in the south.

 

[BoneCrusher20]

For those of you planting buckwheat, do you try and get two crops or one?

My plan is to use the buckwheat for a fall throw and mow. Should I hold off and do a single crop 6-8 weeks before my fall planting date? Or satisfy my itch and plant in a few weeks?

Also, this plot hasn’t been planted in 5+ years if that matters or changes anything.

I'm too far north 1 crop is all i plan for could probably get 2 before fall planting, so i usually don't put anything in ground until close to memorial day or after, i let weeds come up little bit in spring most of it is winter rye from prior year spray it off, throw buckwheat down, give it about 8 weeks to grow and then i'm cutting it down so it can decompose in time for fall planting around 8/1.

 

[KSQ2]

Is buckwheat seed a problem with a fall throw and mow? I'm considering doing the same this year, but I don't want the buckwheat to outcompete the fall cereals and clover blend. For our zone, I typically plant fall plots the middle of September.

 

[jlane35]

Is buckwheat seed a problem with a fall throw and mow? I'm considering doing the same this year, but I don't want the buckwheat to outcompete the fall cereals and clover blend. For our zone, I typically plant fall plots the middle of September.

I’ve planted buckwheat in fall mixes. With only a little in the mix it’s amazing to see how much the deer actually browse it.

 

[KSQ2]

I’ve planted buckwheat in fall mixes. With only a little in the mix it’s amazing to see how much the deer actually browse it.

I'm assuming there will be a ton of seed in the mature buckwheat that I mow down, instead of just the little bit that was in your mix. Will that be a problem for the cereals?

 

[Mennoniteman]

I'm assuming there will be a ton of seed in the mature buckwheat that I mow down, instead of just the little bit that was in your mix. Will that be a problem for the cereals?

I've planted buckwheat in the spring and transitioned to another crop like brassica in the fall, and self reseeding buckwheat has never been much of a problem for me, and if it was, I'd consider it a good problem, since it's also deer food.

 

[Drycreek]

Same as MM here. I’ve gotten second crops but very thin. That might have something to do with our moisture though as we don’t usually get much late in the summer.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Same as MM here. I’ve gotten second crops but very thin. That might have something to do with our moisture though as we don’t usually get much late in the summer.

I think It'd actually be a wonderful thing if buckwheat reseeded as good as the rural rumors make it out to do. We'd have a perpetual soilbuilder that would feed deer all at the same time, without any maintenance

 

[Elkaddict]

I’ve found BW not particularly effective in the fall because it seems easily killed by the first freeze. When I have let it go to seed from a spring planting, I get excellent germination....which the frost quickly kills. I really like it in the spring.

 

[THE LLC]

I hope for carry-over into my fall plantings and then let the first frost kill it. Doesn't do anything but help the soil.