BUCKWHEAT
Summary
Buckwheat is a warm-season, broadleaf annual commonly used in cover crop mixes, wildlife food plots, and pollinator mixes.
Plant Characteristics
Taxonomy
Zone
- Regional Growing Zone
- 1 - Northwest Coastal, 2 - California Coastal, 3 - Southern Mountain, 4 - Mountain, 5 - Midwest, 6 - Northeast Lakes, 7 - Great Lakes South, 8 - Appalacia, 9 - Southeast, 10 - South Florida, 11 - South Texas, 12 - Southwest
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Temperature Zone
- Warm, Cool, Transitional
Plant Characteristics
- Height
- 2" - 3"
- Bloom Period
- Mid-Summer
- Bloom Color
- White
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Growing Cycle
- Annual
- Sun Requirement
- Full Sun
Plant Information
- Planting Season
- Spring - Summer
- Plant Depth
- 0.5" - 1.5"
- Minimum Soil Temp for Germination
- 42° F
- Establishment
- Easy
Seed Information
- Seeds Per Pound
- 20,000
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Tracheobionta
- Super Division
- Spermatophyta
- Division
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Subclass
- CARYOPHYLLIDAE
- Order
- POLYGONALES
- Family
- POLYGONACEAE
- Genus
- FAGOPYRUM
- Species
- FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM
