Posted by JD Seller on March 03, 2014 at 19:16:40 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: buckwheat? posted by Dave from mn on March 03, 2014 at 05:32:54:
I have raised it in the past. It is a late seeded crop. Usually mid to late Jun at the earliest. Often up in July and it will still make seed.
There was no local commercial market here in North-East Iowa. There where a fair number of hog feeders that liked it in their rations so I never had any trouble selling any I grew.
Harvesting it can be a bear if the crop is not real dry. The straw is real tough if it has any moisture in it. The grain can be hard to get to dry down in the field. Remember it is usually a late planted and harvested crop. I usually wanted a real hard freeze and then a few weeks of sunny dry weather to dry it down.
Corn silage or Alfalfa will remove far more phosphorous than buckwheat and have more traditional markets. You need to harvest crop that are green to remove the most phosphorous. Lettuce used a lot of phosphorous too.
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