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Buckwheat

Game Cover
(Fagopyrum esculentum)

A fast growing and vigorous plant. Very good, rapid ground cover and flowers quickly.

Uses

Green cover, soil improver, pollinator

Sowing Rate

up to 20 kgs/acre

Persistence

Annual

Sowing Period

April to May

Yield Potential

n/a

Management

It is ideally suited to being sown after the last frost for summer cover. Gives very vigorous full cover but will be killed off with the first frost. Often combined with other competitive species for ground cover.

Additional Info

Buckwheat will grow in lower fertility situations and provide a valuable nectar and pollen source.

You can buy Buckwheat or in the following Mixtures:

Companion Crop 1

Schemes: SAM2 & IPM3
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Soil Improver

A short term vigorous mixture to improve soil structure. Scheme: Stubbles Followed by Green Manure in an Arable Rotation
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Soil Improver - Brassica free

A brassica free soil improvement mixture. Scheme: Stubbles Followed by Green Manure in an Arable Rotation
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Buckwheat

A fast growing and vigorous plant. Very good, rapid ground cover and flowers quickly.
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Setter

Will provide you with cover and feed throughout a two year period
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Companion Crop 2

Schemes: SAM2 & IPM3
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