Fagopyrum esculentum
Buckwheat
Common names: True buckwheat, Heath buckwheat
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Description
Buckwheat is a fast summer green manure that thrives even on poor soil, mobilizes phosphate, and with its white flower spikes attracts bees. Botanically a knotweed and not a grain, it does not belong to any vegetable family and fits into any crop rotation. It is very frost-sensitive.
Care instructions
Sow buckwheat from May to July when no frosts are expected, directly into the bed and rake it flat. It germinates quickly and shades the soil within weeks. Water sparingly; it tolerates dryness well. Cut it at full bloom before mature seeds fall, otherwise it will self-sow. Left as mulch it decomposes quickly into loose humus.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
sandy, loamy, well-drained, lean, humus-rich
Feeding
Light feeder
Companion planting
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