Buckwheat – Organic
10.00$ - 22.00$
Buckwheat is very well adapted to poor soils and is renowned for its great ability to smother weeds. Its rapid growth makes it a perfect choice for use before or after the main crop, as it can be buried in the ground after just 30 or 40 days which corresponds to the start of its flowering.
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Buckwheat is very well adapted to poor soils and is renowned for its great ability to smother weeds. Its rapid growth makes it a perfect choice for use before or after the main crop, as it can be buried in the ground after just 30 or 40 days which corresponds to the start of its flowering.
Description
- The growing time of buckwheat as a green manure is 30-65 days. Its well-branched root system allows good structuring of the first centimeters of soil.
- This plant is a phosphorus extractor which purifies the soil.
- The most effective green manure for smothering weeds.
- Very sensitive to cold, buckwheat must be sown once the risk of frost has passed (from the beginning of June to the end of July in soil at 15-25°C).
- The seeds germinate in 2 to 6 days and the plants are returned to the soil as green manure after 30 to 65 days.
- Even though its flowers attract many beneficial insects, it is better to bury them when they appear so as not to let them set seeds.
- Seeding rate: 2 kg/100 m2 – 4 lb/1000 ft2
