The smell of buckwheat in bloom....

Eldon (WA) · Aug 13, 2016

I thought I was smart planting my first field of sweetcorn where I had a buckwheat cover crop last year. Problem was, the volunteer buckwheat crowded out the sweetcorn and I got a poor stand. The corn is ready now, and although it is not the best crop I have had, I noticed no coon or skunk damage so far. I wonder if the smell of the buckwheat is keeping them out of the corn?? If so, I'm tempted to surround my fields with buckwheat next year as a barrier....hopefully this well be a good lesson learned from a mistake.

K Effective · Aug 13, 2016

It does have its own special aroma, doesn't it.

Dick2 · Aug 13, 2016

I don't know about the critters, but the smell of buckwheat in bloom would definitely keep me away. That's kind of funny because I like buckwheat pancakes.

Cory Schmidt · Aug 13, 2016

Same thing happened with our garden in the clay on the farm, it was taken over by volunteer buckwheat. for a couple weeks the stuff that was planted was 2 inches tall and the buckwheat was 5, not being able to see a row we couldn't cultivate. Now the problem is to try and find the crop to harvest.

bjr · Aug 13, 2016

I had a the Extension agent look at my "Buckwheat" and said what I had was Sheppards Purse, which
is a weed. I had a lot of it right after I'd planted so called cleaned alfalfa seed. It finally
went away after several hay mowings, but sure looked like a cover crop. bjr

CGID · Aug 13, 2016

I've never smelled a buckwheat flower but I've tried some buckwheat honey. It was nearly as dark as molasses and had a very strong, odd flavor. I can't say I liked it. I'll go a long way for a buckwheat pancake though.

The smell of buckwheat in bloom....

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