Buckwheat seed (Fagopyrum esculentum) is widely grown as a grain forage crop, bee pasture, and soil improving cover crop. It is a warm season grain with a rapid and dense growth. Often used in rotation with vegetables.
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is often grown to attract beneficial insects and as pasture for honey bees.
Planting Instructions:
Seeding rate:
50-60 lb./acre drilled
96 lbs/acre broadcast
Planting Depth:
1/2 – 1 inch
Avg. 14,800 seeds/lb.
Performs well on low fertility soil but not droughty or excessively wet soils. Sow in late May through July and till in about a month later, when flowering has begun. For grain harvest, sow 3 months before fall frost. Harvest after killing frost.
Who is Great Basin Seed?
Great Basin Seed is a seed company that specializes in seed sales and consultation for home, ranch, farm, range and reclamation. We have been a leader in the seed industry since 1974.
Our History
We've been in the seed business since 1974.
What We Offer
We offer seed for home, farm, ranch, range and reclamation projects.
Meet the Gang
We have the best employees in the world! We are proud of the work they do, and trust them to serve you!
Right: Company founder Lloyd and his wife Paula Stevens in a wildflower seed production field circa 1977
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