Buckwheat
Estimated Delivery between April 24 and April 26.
Buckwheat is a fast-growing summer crop valued for its rapid canopy development, weed suppression, and soil health benefits. It establishes quickly in warm conditions, providing an excellent short-term cover or green manure crop between spring and autumn plantings.
As a non-grass, broadleaf species, Buckwheat is ideal for crop rotations to break disease cycles, improve soil structure, and enhance nutrient availability - particularly phosphorus. It’s also highly attractive to pollinators and beneficial insects, making it a valuable addition to regenerative and sustainable farming systems.
Sowing Rate: 5-15kg per hectare in a mix | 50-60kg per hectare on it's own
Key benefits
- Type: Fast-growing summer cover and soil-improvement crop.
- Rapid Establishment: Emerges and covers soil within 3–5 weeks of sowing.
- Short Growth Cycle: Ready for incorporation or harvest in 6–10 weeks.
- Weed Suppression: Dense canopy outcompetes weeds and shades the soil.
- Soil Health Benefits: Excellent at mobilising phosphorus and building organic matter.
- Attracts Pollinators: Abundant flowering supports bees and beneficial insects.
- Frost Sensitive: Best grown during warm months (late spring to early autumn).
- Non-Grass Species: Breaks disease and pest cycles in cereal-dominant systems.
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Buckwheat
Buckwheat is a fast-growing summer crop valued for its rapid canopy development, weed suppression, and soil health benefits. It establishes quickly in warm conditions, providing an excellent short-term cover or green manure crop between spring and autumn plantings.
As a non-grass, broadleaf species, Buckwheat is ideal for crop rotations to break disease cycles, improve soil structure, and enhance nutrient availability - particularly phosphorus. It’s also highly attractive to pollinators and beneficial insects, making it a valuable addition to regenerative and sustainable farming systems.
Sowing Rate: 5-15kg per hectare in a mix | 50-60kg per hectare on it's own
Key benefits
- Type: Fast-growing summer cover and soil-improvement crop.
- Rapid Establishment: Emerges and covers soil within 3–5 weeks of sowing.
- Short Growth Cycle: Ready for incorporation or harvest in 6–10 weeks.
- Weed Suppression: Dense canopy outcompetes weeds and shades the soil.
- Soil Health Benefits: Excellent at mobilising phosphorus and building organic matter.
- Attracts Pollinators: Abundant flowering supports bees and beneficial insects.
- Frost Sensitive: Best grown during warm months (late spring to early autumn).
- Non-Grass Species: Breaks disease and pest cycles in cereal-dominant systems.
We are a family-based business that lives and breathes farming. In 1937, we purchased our first family property for growing seed crops in North Canterbury. Four generations and 86 years later in 2023, we are still immersed in the industry.
We are a family-based business that lives and breathes farming. In 1937, we purchased our first family property for growing seed crops in North Canterbury. Four generations and 86 years later in 2023, we are still immersed in the industry.
