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[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.