The Most Versatile Cover Crop: Buckwheat

Buckwheat is the most versatile cover crop. It grows fast, improves soil fertility, feeds beneficial insects, and goes to seed to feed livestock as well. Buckwheat is a wonderful cover crop that deserves a place in your cover cropping system.

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00:00 Introduction
00:40 Description of Buckwheat
01:53 Buckwheat Germination
02:18 Shading Soil and Smothering Weeds with Buckwheat
02:33 Dry Matter Production of Buckwheat
03:01 Buckwheat and Phosphorus
03:35 Buckwheat's Rapid Growth
03:52 Successive Crops of Buckwheat
04:39 Seeding Rates of and Planting Buckwheat
05:27 Buckwheat Cover Crop in the Garden
05:52 Buckwheat Summary