Summer plot soil builder

[Brian662]

FYI, Northwoods whitetails has buckwheat for $47/50 lb bag. Availability of seed must have increased this year, appears buckwheat is down $25+ / bag.

 

[matinc]

Brian. Curious on shipping costs as I bought 50 pounds for $48 and that is shipped this year Albert lea seed company

 

[Brian662]

I'm sure it isn't cheap to ship, I think AL is a better deal. More so just commenting that the prices have dropped across the industry it seems.

 

[matinc]

Brian. For sure I was amazed at these prices. I was told by Albert lea it is $50 to ship 50 pounds from Minnesota to Michigan. Ughhh. But if you find a albert lea dealer near you add $5 extra. Hope this helps all

 

[matinc]

Curious what the panel believes is best way to plant buckwheat Broadcasted 200 pounds of rye last fall. No growth n no rain. Now fast forward to spring. I have bio mass in the field whatever rye n grass. Should I broadcast 50 pounds of buckwheat in 1 acre then crimp and then spray glycophate and then run the disc through at 1 to 2 inches. Please let me know your thoughts on these steps and if you would change it. Ty

 

[Buckhunter10]

Curious what the panel believes is best way to plant buckwheat Broadcasted 200 pounds of rye last fall. No growth n no rain. Now fast forward to spring. I have bio mass in the field whatever rye n grass. Should I broadcast 50 pounds of buckwheat in 1 acre then crimp and then spray glycophate and then run the disc through at 1 to 2 inches. Please let me know your thoughts on these steps and if you would change it. Ty

You need to have a legume to balance. You’ll have a lot of carbon at 200lbs to the acre of rye grain. So if you doing buckwheat - atleast add a pea or annual clover or something. That’s my 2 cents.

 

[Brian662]

Curious what the panel believes is best way to plant buckwheat Broadcasted 200 pounds of rye last fall. No growth n no rain. Now fast forward to spring. I have bio mass in the field whatever rye n grass. Should I broadcast 50 pounds of buckwheat in 1 acre then crimp and then spray glycophate and then run the disc through at 1 to 2 inches. Please let me know your thoughts on these steps and if you would change it. Ty

Unless you're just trying to smother weeds, a monoculture planting of buckwheat is just ok. Like Buckhunter said, mix it up a bit and get some diversity in there with the buckwheat.

 

[matinc]

Brian I have both cc6 and buckwheat. What I'm asking is the way to plant it via broadcasting. Broadcast crimp spray glycophate and then disc in the seeds or what steps should I change.

 

[Brian662]

Brian I have both cc6 and buckwheat. What I'm asking is the way to plant it via broadcasting. Broadcast crimp spray glycophate and then disc in the seeds or what steps should I change.

So you have rye growing now? It depends how much rye biomass you want to deal with and what your planting dates are, but I would probably broadcast mid May after terminating rye with gly. Cultipack after broadcasting and pray for rain.

 

[GMan5465]

I planted my left over Diversimax in a new 2 acre plot. This area had quite a few hazelnut bushes that we dug out with a front end loader and then disked and dragged to make a good seed bed. It was planted with a seed drill the last week of May. After planting, we fertilized with 100 pounds total. And…we got rain! Buckwheat was dominant early and now the sorghum is growing strong. Many of the other seeds germinated as well with the exception of sunflowers. Deer have been hitting the buckwheat hard. Plan to terminate in the next couple of weeks and plant my fall food.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I planted my left over Diversimax in a new 2 acre plot. This area had quite a few hazelnut bushes that we dug out with a front end loader and then disked and dragged to make a good seed bed. It was planted with a seed drill the last week of May. After planting, we fertilized with 100 pounds total. And…we got rain! Buckwheat was dominant early and now the sorghum is growing strong. Many of the other seeds germinated as well with the exception of sunflowers. Deer have been hitting the buckwheat hard. Plan to terminate in the next couple of weeks and plant my fall food.

View attachment 66417

Nice to see what happens when you actually have rain @GMan5465 !

 

[Westwind]

That looks awesome. I bet there are deer in there all the time!

 

[matinc]

Gman. I did the albert lea cc6. I see you did the cc10 diversimax. The only reason i didn't wad the 10% annual rye grass. Curious on your thoughts. Your planting looks awesome. Mine is now been down 2 weeks but no way to check on it.

 

[GMan5465]

Gman. I did the albert lea cc6. I see you did the cc10 diversimax. The only reason i didn't wad the 10% annual rye grass. Curious on your thoughts. Your planting looks awesome. Mine is now been down 2 weeks but no way to check on it.

A couple of thoughts. My plan was to terminate before my fall planting which should kill it all. Also, it’s an annual. Shouldn’t be a problem based on that. I’ve got very sandy soil, so biggest need is to build organic matter. This is a good start.