Buckwheat, Miss Parsley?

[freewheat]

Miss Parsley, you mentioned buckwheat in
the other thread. Anything you can tell
me about personal experience growing it
as a crop? I have lots of online info I
have collected over the past few years,
but there is very little recent info.
And where does one find seed? I know it
has a ridiculously short growing season,
and makes awesome honey, but I need
practical information. From an actual
grower...

[parsley]

http://www.primegrains.com/

[parsley]

Google buckwheat

[freewheat]

Yes ma'am, I have googled buckwheat 47
times in the last 6 years. lol

Thanks for the link...

[newguy]

Had a cousin in Ontario who did well growing buckwheat. Someone would put their bees out there for honey also. Think it is a crop that you may have trouble spraying out broadleaf weeds. Worth looking into though.

[ColevilleH2S]

Is Buckwheat the crop where 20% of it goes in the
combine and 80% goes on the ground? Uneven
maturity or something like that?

[parsley]

It's an indeterminate crop. para

[sumdumguy]

Some guys tried it in our area, only once.

[Hopperbin]

I would be very worried if its as hard to get rid of the next year like the wild variety. Wild buckwheat is a very bad weed here.

[parsley]

I don't know of anyone who sows wild buckwheat.
Japan's specialty is soba noodles made from
buckwheat. Pars

[jcelder]

I've tried buckwheat 3 times with varying success, but not for 8 or 10 years. Its a different crop to grow, plant late, never speak the word frost within 3 miles of the crop, swath late and leave it for a long while. Yield depends a great deal on weather and pollination I think.

There were $15/bu contracts out there this spring. There are a couple new varieties out that are supposed to yield better. Call Vandaele Seeds in Medora, MB (204) 665-2384. They had seed, contracts and info earlier this spring I believe.