Product Review

Buckwheat:

While many people think that buckwheat is a cereal grain, it is actually a fruit seed that is related to rhubarb and sorrel making it a suitable substitute for grains for people who are sensitive to wheat or other grains that contain protein glutens.

Buckwheat flowers are very fragrant and are attractive to bees that use them to produce a special, strongly flavored, dark honey.

Buckwheat is grown as a grain crop, bee pasture, soil improving cover crop and as wildlife cover.

Buckwheat is a warm season grain which grows rapidly during the summer.

It takes about 70-80 day from seeds to harvest so you can can have several crops per year.

For grain harvest, sow 3 months before fall frost

Harvest after killing frost.

Planting rate: 2-3 lb./1,000 sq.ft. (60 lb./acre), one-fifth less when planting for grain harvest.

Avg. 14,200 seeds/lb