Cover Crop – Buckwheat

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A quick-growing short-season cover crop. It takes just 70 to 90 days to develop, bloom, and mature, and its residue decomposes fast. Buckwheat cover crops repel weed growth while attracting beneficial insects and pollinators with of blooms. It ingests soil phosphorus and is simple to get rid of.

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Cover Crop – Buckwheat

  • Sow buckwheat after all threat of frost is gone.
  • Drill 50 to 60 lb./Acre at 1/2 to 11/2 inches deep in 6 to 8-inch rows in tilled, lightly tilled, or clean-tilled soils.
  • To quicken the development of the canopy, use heavier rates.
  •  96 lb./Acre onto a firm seedbed for a quick smothering crop
  • Mix into the earth using a harrow, tine weeder, disk, or field cultivator.

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10lb, 25lb, 50lb