Buckwheat Cover Crop in the Home Garden

Buckwheat is my go-to warm season cover crop in my Zone 6, Ohio garden. This video covers the benefits of buckwheat, how and when to sow, and how to terminate for best results in the garden.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Benefits of Buckwheat
02:35 When & How to Plant Buckwheat Cover Crop
03:31 How & When to Terminate Buckwheat Cover Crop

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[gladeswalker]

Buckwheat shades out weeds and when tilled in it enriches soil. Especially in heavy clay soils. I’ve been growing it for thirty years or more. Learned about it from Dick Raymond’s Gardening book.

[lauranyc]

Finally, someone explained properly 🙏🏻 I planted for bees 🐝 🌸

[billherrick]

In late June, I hand seed buckwheat into the winter rye I planted in early spring and then immediately mow the rye down and the buckwheat comes up through the rye mulch. I will do the reverse in September by seeding the winter rye into the buckwheat and cut the buckwheat down as a mulch.

[jdgo]

I'm in Zone 6 but could just not wait until mid September so I started August 8. I needed roots in the ground for a possible slight water erosion problem, weed control, and soil health for clay soil. I had to water first 4 days luckily we have had some rain after that.

I've watched several of your videos along with multiple others and once I got it in my head, things settled in. This video is the best explanation of buckwheat, short and sweet. (not counting the hours spent on other channels)

Any way, I have not decided what my final goal is for that plot, but it is a start and fun to watch it grow. Not sure if I could squeeze in some Crimson Clover before the frost. Sounds like I have about a month to decide what to do from there.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with the novice.

[upatthefarm]

Last year I planted buckwehat for the first time and was blown away with how fast it germinated and grew to maturity. I didn't expect it to do as well as it did in my sandy soil. At the time I didn't know you could cut buckwheat prior to it flowering and it went to seed. Thanks for that tip!

[lonewolf]

Awesome video on Buckwheat as a cover crop, very thorough, thank you!

[johnjude]

Just planted black eye peas just because I knew my local market had em, And yes I am listening hard and will get into cover crops

[jessb]

LOVE buckwheat. It’s great to see someone else appreciate it!

[karma]

We plant 100s of pounds of buckwheat. I know you probably don't have a heavy crimper but with this small of a place u can use a board with a rope on each end and just knock it over good. "not being negative" love your videos and subscribed. The reason is u can just broadcast allot of different seed right into it especially tillage radish. If you break that stem it's full of water and will really help get whatever you broadcast growing good. Me being a person doing allot of no till food plots is amazed with your videos. Check out Jeff Sturgis and his no till food plots. He's the one that got me started on the no till system

[pseudopetrus]

I had no idea Buckwheat was so useful! I will have to make a study of this, I like natural ways to choke out weeds and at the same time build up the soil!

[yomomathumpcheesie]

I like buckwheat from little rascals never tried it but I will hear soon after watching this.

[shaneoconnor]

Great segment.. I use it for a cover crop to break up clay.

[timmooney]

I just bought Buckwheat seed from True Leaf Market for microgreens. Instead and addition to this I sowed some seed on the south facing east side raised bed. I had uesed the bed for sweet potatoes, with not too much of a harvest. I turned the soil in the bed and broadcast the buckwheat seed on a Thursday afternoon. That Saturday night we had a great rain event. Three days after the rain i saw the tender red plants stsrting to germinate. I am excited and look forward to using the buckwheat for several purposes. I am in zone 9 of central Florida in a town called Deltona.

[CBsGreenhouseandGarden]

Buckwheat is an awesome cover crop Mrs. Jenna. Thanks for the info! Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!

[TheGardenFamily]

Thank you for another wonderful video!

[KishorTwist]

Buckwheat is awesome! I have a few patches of bare soil, I fill it with bw. The flowers are decent for pollinators!

[RebeccaShaffer-nb]

I'm thinking of using buckwheat to cover my entire back yard to replenish the soil and get it ready for planting a garden, seasonal plants and shrubs, as well getting my soil ready for grass to grow in some places in the years to come. Right now we are overrun by seasonal weeds and I don't know how else to get rid of them so I can start planting the plants that I actually want. I don't want to use chemicals so watching this video gave me some good insight. Thanks for the advice.

[dwayneshephard]

Just planted 4300 sq ft of it 2 weeks ago! PS: you’re gorgeous

[borgboy]

Super information as always.Its pretty flowering as well! Thanks again! Jenna you
have great advice as always!

[andylenart]

I recently ran across your videos and have to say you do an amazing job with them!! I finally expanded my atlantic giant pumpkin patch so I can rotate patches every other year. Started dabbling with buckwheat & mustard last season mainly for soil amendments. But watching your videos I've learned about the other benefits like how they attract insects (and deer) away from your cash crop and how/when to terminate them. We pollinate our own pumpkin flowers so bees aren't necessary but are nice to see. I also liked your video on mighty mustard and how/when to properly terminate it. I just did the roll/pack-in after mowing & tilling the mustard for the first time this year thanks to your video. Thank you so much for taking the time to make such great, informative videos!!!