Buckwheat: Fast-Growing Broadleaf for Beneficial Insects and Phosphorus Scavenging

0:00 Hey guys, Noah here with Green Cover Seed. Like most of you across the country, it's harvest time for us that means.

0:06 Harvesting buckwheat. Buckwheat is a fast-growing warm season annual broadleaf. Within a week of planting it will emerge.

0:16 And begin flowering after 30 days in 70 to 90 days this plant will reach maturity and is ready for harvest.

0:23 This buckwheat was planted directly into triticale residue after we harvested the triticale the first week in July.

0:29 Buckwheat is fast growing but does not produce a lot of biomass, so the triticale residue is helpful in keeping.

0:36 The soil cool during the hot summer months. In addition, it is great for preventing erosion and increases water.

0:42 Infiltration buckwheat's quick flowering makes it an excellent attractor of beneficial insects. It is also one of the

0:58 Cache problem. In the end we were able to harvest two crops from this field and the buckwheat seed will go into our

1:05 Mixes for customers all across the country so whether you're harvesting buckwheat, corn, soybeans or any of the

1:12 Other products that make agriculture so diverse. From all of us at Green Cover Seed, we hope you have a great harvest.

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