Response to Buckwheat info wanted

Well i have used it extensively for a cover crop. I would plow and fit the soil, plant, (broadcast) 5# to the acre or heavier, it will shade out all the weeds. In the north east you can plant as late as July 4, or as early as the last frost is past. If not harvested it will reseed it's self or you can mow it after the blossoms have gone and turn it under. You could also over seed it on a taller crop like corn, in garden rows and kill off the weeds. Buckwheat will grow on poor ground and will help break up clay, it makes a great trash crop and soil enhancer.

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