permaculture

["Foss _" <old_growth@hotmail.com>]

>Sara in IN Wrote:

>Question on buckwheat -- how long after last frost date should it be planted? Last year we had a late frost that knocked out the first buckwheat planting and the second planting about 3 weeks later never did take off.

Here in Wisconsin we plant Buckwheat about same time as soybeans are going in.  It's more of a summer crop and wilts at the smell of frost.  I'm guessing the seeds of the second planting rotted during the winter.  

>What recommendations do you have on use of buckwheat as a cover crop ?

Don't let it go to seed, can become a pest quickly.

Jeff

---

Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com.