Buckwheat Summer Cover Crop

Fagopyrum esculentum Germination: 90%  Jan 2025 Packed for 2025 Buckwheat is a popular choice as a cover crop for several reasons, offering benefits to soil health, weed management, and pollinator support. By planting buckwheat as a cover crop, you can enhance soil health, manage weeds naturally, support biodiversity, and prepare your garden for future plantings with minimal effort. Improves Soil Health: Buckwheat germinates rapidly and produces abundant biomass within a few weeks, making it excellent for short planting windows. Its residue decomposes quickly, adding organic matter and improving soil structure. Buckwheat is particularly effective at scavenging phosphorus from the soil and making it more available to future crops. Suppresses Weeds: Its fast growth and broad leaves form a dense canopy that shades out weeds. Buckwheat can release compounds that inhibit weed seed germination. Supports Pollinators and Beneficial Insects: Buckwheat blooms early and continuously, providing ne