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Buckwheat Green Manure

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fregienewbee

05-05-2008 04:54:00




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I'm planning on planting some buckwheat tonight with the thought of disking it under in a few weeks so I can plant grain sorghum. How many pounds per acre would you plant if I broadcast the seed? It's just a food plot, so I'm not looking for a certain bushels/acre return. Mostly interested in building up the soil with the buckwheat.

Larry in Michigan




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Tx Jim

05-08-2008 04:29:53




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 Re: Buckwheat Green Manure in reply to Leroy, 05-05-2008 04:54:00  
Hugh
Thanks for reply. Approximately how long does it take under normal conditions for it to get to 18"s.



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Hugh MacKay

05-08-2008 15:26:26




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 Re: Buckwheat Green Manure in reply to Tx Jim, 05-08-2008 04:29:53  
Jim: I don't have any planting and plow down dates written down. From memory I'm saying roughly 60-70 days. I know we quite easily get two crops to blossom in a season here in southern Ontario. When I lived in Nova Scotia, roughly 110 frost free days, it was rare for us to get two crops to blossom. Very ocasionally we'd get 130 days.



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Tx Jim

05-07-2008 03:01:22




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 Re: Buckwheat Green Manure in reply to Norman Eastwood, 05-05-2008 04:54:00  
How many weeks does Buckwheat need to grow tall enough to plow under for green manure crop? How tall does one let it grow? I never seen any grown here in N Tx. Thanks,Jim



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Hugh MacKay

05-07-2008 09:22:18




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 Re: Buckwheat Green Manure in reply to Tx Jim, 05-07-2008 03:01:22  
Jim: Up here in the north country it grows about 18" high to blossom. For green manure or weed control we plow it under before blossom, or just as the blossoms start to show. Here it works well for weed control as it grows fast and crowds out all other vegetation. Whether that will happen in your warmer climate is another matter. I have a gut feeling you may have weeds that will outdo buckwheat.

On the green manure issue it does make more phosporus available to subsiquent crops. This is why we like it for a rotation with vegetables or flowers.

There are several good articles on line about buckwheat. Good crop, but I'm not sure how it performs in warmer climates.

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fergienewbee

05-07-2008 00:56:59




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 Re: Buckwheat Green Manure in reply to fregienewbee, 05-05-2008 04:54:00  
Last night I spread 200#/acre of 12-12-12 and planted 50# of buckwheat on .6 acres or roughly 83#/acre. Supposed to rain today so hoping it will be off to a good start. I'll disk it down in a few weeks and plant grain sorghum--if the turkeys don't scratch all the seed out. I'd trade a dozen of these damn turkeys for a pair of ruffed grouse.

Larry in Michigan



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Hugh Mackay

05-05-2008 16:40:05




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 Re: Buckwheat Green Manure in reply to fregienewbee, 05-05-2008 04:54:00  
Larry: If your planting it for green manure plant thick. I don't plant quite as thick as Tom, probably about 65# per acre. Thick planting has an added bonus, buckwheat grows so fast it smothers all weeds. Careful, it wont stand frost, but who am I to be preaching that one, my buckwheat is up, Strathroy ON.

I'm looking for a double crop of buckwheat, on my plot this year. Don't be surprised if I'm planting the second crop in a couple of weeks.

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hd6gtom

05-05-2008 15:48:40




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 Re: Buckwheat Green Manure in reply to fregienewbee, 05-05-2008 04:54:00  
Bee we seed 35 lbs per acre. I use it for late blooming nectar so my bees can build up a late honey crop. I let it go to seed, The wild turkeys pick the plot clean, there will not enough seed left to fill your baseball hat.



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Tom from Ontario

05-05-2008 09:52:57




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 Re: Buckwheat Green Manure in reply to fregienewbee, 05-05-2008 04:54:00  
For green manure, put it on real thick, maybe up to 100 lbs/acre. Knock it down as soon as it starts to bloom. If it gets to go to seed, it will be the gift that keeps on giving.



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