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  • From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Cover crop question
  • Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:28:57 -0400

Scott,
The approach you suggest will work JUST FINE unless you are in a droughty region which Maine generally isn't. I've occasionally sowed all three at once. The buckwheat grows much faster while the others sprout beneath. Then scythe or just let the buckwheat make seed and fall over. Early sowings of buckwheat can often make enough seed to regerminate in the same season.
Keith

Scott Vlaun wrote:

hello all,

I've got a plot of buckwheat that is now flowering on a piece of pretty lousy ground. I want to cut it before it goes to seed and put in a rye/vetch cover crop for the winter. I was thinking of sowing my rye/vetch seeds then just scything the buckwheat and letting it lay over the newly sown seed. Does anyone have any experience or suggestions one way or the other?

Thanks,

Scott Vlaun,
Western Maine, USA







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